Drawing Club began in the early 2000s when a group of nerds from CalArts gathered together to eat pizza and draw cartoons. It has since evolved into a community-building movement of doodling as an intellectual practice and art making for mental health.

Each Drawing Club workshop…er, playshop…is packed with structured, idea-generating activities that'll unlearn your brain and make you gleefully surrender to the power of the pen. Perfect for artists with writer's block, writers with artist's block, emerging/retired/recovering cartoonists, or those who just want to get their draw on, at Drawing Club we don’t believe in perfection—we believe in awesomeness.

Drawing Club is easily customizable for all ages, but especially for adults. We draw. We write. We collage. Sometimes we make zines. Sometimes we make pins. Sometimes we get deep. Each sesh culminates with dozens of visual gems, perhaps some concepts for a new tattoo, and hopefully a renewed sense of existential affirmation.

Warning: Instructor cannot be held responsible for dad jokes, ink spills or mogigraphia. Phenylketonurics — contains phenylalanine.

Creative Instigator and lifelong kerner Adriana Yugovich grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, MI and came of age in the suburbs of Los Angeles, CA. After a decade as a graphic designer for a famous global mouse cult that shall not be named, she was bored and became a public high school teacher. She now serves the creative growth of 150 Los Angeles teenagers every day and brings the same level of fun, lunacy, activism and compassion to every professional endeavor. In her spare time (LOL), Adriana is the Director of Education and Programs for The Pop-Hop, a small independent book shop and community art space dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices and empowering collective good works.