Collab for July: LA's Best Art Salon and Creative Mixer
LA’s best art salon and monthly creative party had an absolute amazing June! Over 100 guests and a bunch of amazing stuff including a live opera singer, fire dancers, piano concerto, amazing graffiti artists slinging cans, delicious sliders, lots of free drinks and the debut of the ONE STOOL BAR!
So look out July, Collab is coming through again!
If you’ve been looking for your people in LA—this is where they are.
Collab is part art salon, part creative mixer, part idea incubator. For 20 years, it’s been a space where artists, founders, makers, and curious minds come together to connect, collaborate, and spark what’s next.
Expect a room full of:
Artists · Designers · Filmmakers · Builders · Entrepreneurs · Musicians · Creative Technologists · And people doing things that don’t fit in a box
What Happens at Collab?
Guest Speakers (Ask + Offer Format)
Real people building real projects share what they’re working on—and what they need.
It’s not just inspiration… it’s collaboration in real time.
AMELIA G and FORREST BLACK Founders of BLUE BLOOD, which began as a pioneering magazine of counterculture erotica & lifestyle in the 90's & grew into some of the first membership sites. Award-winning and tech-forward first adult site to accept Bitcoin. "BlueBlood Collab Beta Test" - Photography has been overlooked in the platform space, so BlueBlood is relaunching with new collaboration features to solve this. Beta testing starts end of summer!
VIBE CODING FOR ANIMATION AND GAMES! Scott Barrett and Kerry Kirkpatrick are presenting a fascinating 2-for-1 demonstration about vibe coding for video game animation! We’ll see exciting previews of a new game about to be released, and also get a first look at Scott’s revolutionary new product “Dragon Engine” for vibe coding.
Then Kerry Kirkpatrick will show us examples of an entirely different video game that she is developing using Dragon Engine! No deep coding skills necessary! Voila! You can DO this!
Live Artists
Creating throughout the night
July Artists
The COLLAB Graffiti Patio is live with K2S/STN crew including ShanduOne and CRG-1. Learn and Collab on our live graff panels. If you've got some cans, bring them along!
Performances
Pop-up moments of music, performance, and creative expression
July Performances
MUSICAL GUEST: LIZZY AND THE PALM!
Food + Drinks
Free wine + soft drinks included
COME HUNGRY- Chef Sion is serving delicious sliders in all your favorite styles! Have one... or two or three! And his delicious signature potato wedges! Mmmmmmm!!! And of course, free wine and soft drinks!
Want to showcase your work?
We’re looking for live artists + projects aligned with this theme—DM us.
First Time?
Perfect. Collab is designed to be easy to walk into—even solo.
People are open, curious, and actually talk to each other here.
Collab works best with new faces, so if you can, bring a friend!
Details
$5 Donation (but we always welcome larger donations to help us keep Collab going)
Dystopian Studios II
341 South Avenue 17, Unit A
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Tuesday, July 14th
7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Keep the Momentum Going
Next dates:
July 14
August 11
September 8th
October 13th
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If you'd like to be a live artists, presenter, culinary contributor, performer or speaker at Collab, send an email to collab@collabproject.org