Community Art Classes Beside Watts Towers
Explore an East 107th Street campus where exhibitions connect Simon Rodia’s legacy with creative learning.
🎨 A Campus for Making
Watts Towers Arts Center puts a community arts campus beside the monumental folk art of Simon Rodia. At 1727 East 107th Street in Los Angeles, the setting connects a cultural landmark with the people using the spaces around it. Think beyond a single sculpture stop and make room for the work happening across the campus.
The site encompasses the Charles Mingus Youth Arts Center, the Garden Studio Gallery and the main arts center. Each name belongs to a broader effort to preserve and promote an artistic legacy. That relationship gives the campus its particular pull, bringing education into the same conversation as the landmark it supports.
Community exhibitions, art classes and guided tours offer different ways into that story. You can start with looking, follow the teaching, or explore through a guided introduction. The emphasis stays on participation and shared culture, with community programming extending the purpose of the place beyond the sculptures themselves.
