Just Say YAYA is coming to your living room in 2020! Join us for our first ever virtual gala, an evening filled with special appearances from local cultural leaders, a live performance from the Arts Center by Tank and the Bangas, and online auction, presentations by YAYA artists, and more! Bid on online auction items and purchase original YAYA artwork from our online store. Patrons and sponsors will receive party boxes filled with special treats and everything you need to enjoy the evening from the comfort of your home. Grab your friends and family and Just Say YAYA with us!

Click here to view ticket & sponsorship information.

FAMILY ARTS: HALLOWEEN!
$5/per person
Geared to ages 5-11

Click here to register.

Join us for our annual Fall/Halloween-themed Family Day at the YAYA Arts Center. Things will look slightly different this year but we'll still have crafts, treats, a costume contest, and more! Special goodie bags will be given out while supplies last.

This event requires advance registration and we can accommodate family sizes of 2-5 (space and supplies are limited). **Masks are required.**

Questions? Email mari@yayainc.org or call 504.529.3306.

FREE | All Ages

YAYA hosts glassmaking demonstrations every month. Join us for the next glass demo at the Arts Center on Friday, April 10 featuring visual artist, YAYA board member and the head of Xavier University of Louisiana’s art department, MaPó Kinnord! Help support our free, arts programming by participating in our Goblet Grab! Take home a handmade cup and enjoy FREE drinks for the night (special thanks to NOLA Brewing)!

This event is FREE and open to all ages. Must be 21+ to drink.

Important notice: Out of an abundance of caution for our community, this event is postponed until further notice.

$40 | Ages 12+

Make your very own glass paperweight for your desk, as a gift, or to simply learn a new skill!

Note: Each participant will work individually with an instructor for approximately 20 minutes to create their paperweight, and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions, email mari@yayainc.org or call 504.529.3306

Important notice: Out of an abundance of caution for our community, this event is postponed until further notice.

FREE | All Ages

Rain or shine! Join us for our annual Easter Egg Hunt at the YAYA Arts Center! Get your face painted, dye eggs, build your basket, and join the egg hunt! We will also have opportunities to create your very own glass egg for only $10! This event is open to all ages and lunch will be provided!

Space and supplies are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Important notice: Out of an abundance of caution for our community, this event is postponed until further notice.

$10-25 | Ages 8+ (Ages 5-7 are welcomed but must be accompanied by an adult)

Make your very own Mardi Gras glass doubloon (pictured below)! Choose a color, then stamp your favorite festive design into molten glass. Make 1 glass doubloon for $10 or 3 for $25.

Note: Each participant will work individually with an instructor for approximately 10 minutes to create their doubloon, and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions, email mari@yayainc.org or call 504.529.3306

Advance registration is required. Click here for tickets and for questions, call 504.529.3306.

FREE (donations accepted) | All Ages

Laissez les bons temps rouler and happy almost Mardi Gras! Bring the family to celebrate carnival season at the YAYA Arts Center. Decorate masks, create funky bead mosaics, get your face painted, and remember to bring a cereal box or shoebox to make a parade float! We will also have opportunities to make your very own Mardi Gras glass doubloon for ONLY $10 (preregister here)!

Space and supplies are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Click here to register. For any additional questions, please call 504.529.3306.

FREE | All Ages

Drop by the Arts Center for a glass demo featuring YAYA's very own, Charity Poskitt! Charity is going to bring clay hand building techniques to the hot shop and with the help of her team, she will create a “coil pot” using shaped bits of glass from the furnace to build a vessel. The crowd will also get to participate in the demo and collaborate in the blowing process by sculpting forms with clay that she will use to mold glass bubbles.

This event is FREE & open to all ages. Must be 21+ to drink.

FREE | All Ages (must be 21+ to drink)

Join us on Friday, January 10 for the first glass demonstration of the season with Seattle-based, internationally known glass artists, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen & Jasen Johnsen. Karen & Jasen have over 50 years of combined experience in hot glass sculpting, have shown their work internationally, and have taught extensively, worldwide. Students from around the country will be at the Arts Center for an intensive five-day session led by Karen & Jasen that will cover a variety of hot glass sculpting techniques that will culminate with an exciting demo!

We’ll also have complimentary food and you can help support our free arts programming by participating in our Goblet Grab! Purchase a custom glass or ceramic cup and enjoy FREE drinks for the night (thanks to NOLA Brewing)!

To learn more about Karen & Jasen, visit www.willenbrinkjohnsen.com.

Get your holiday shopping done at the YAYA Arts Center with complimentary refreshments! This event is FREE and open to all ages but must be 21+ to drink.

Stay tuned for more details closer to the event!

The holidays are right around the corner! Drop in at the YAYA Arts Center between 11am-1pm on Saturday, December 7 to make your own ceramic ornament. Please note that this is an indoor event and will be held RAIN OR SHINE.

This is a FREE event, but does require advance registration (space and supplies are limited).

Click here to register or call 504.529.3306.

$30 | Ages 12+ (8-11 accompanied by an adult)

'Tis the season! Join us at the YAYA Arts Center for a fun-filled day of creating your very own blown-glass holiday ornament! You can also shop with YAYA and purchase one-of-a-kind gifts from our holiday sale! 

Advance registration is required. For tickets, click here or call 504.529.3306.

Join us on Friday, November 15 as we celebrate ARTrepreneurship, YAYA’s unique blend of visual arts training and entrepreneurial development. Just Say YAYA supports YAYA’s tuition-free arts and entrepreneurship training programs for local youth. YAYA is training the next generation of New Orleans culture-bearers, while also offering life skills and career development to benefit creative young people on their individual paths to success. Please help us celebrate YAYA’s ARTrepreneurs!

Ticket and sponsorship details are available online here.

$40 | Ages 12+

Goodbye summer, hello fall! Join us on Saturday, October 26 for our Make Your Own Glass workshop at the YAYA Arts Center! Learn to make a glass pumpkin as the perfect show-stopping centerpiece for your fall decorations! Everyone participating in the workshop is required to wear closed toed shoes. The glass studio can be quite hot; please wear comfortable clothing.

Advance registration is required. For tickets, click here or call 504.529.3306

Join us for our annual Fall Festival at the YAYA Arts Center. Pumpkin crafts, treats, costume contest, face painting, and more! Lunch will be provided and special goody bags will be given out while supplies last.

This is a FREE event, but does require advance registration (space and supplies are limited).

Registration opens on Friday, October 4! Click here for more information or call 504.529.3306.

Join us on Friday, October 11 for a glass demonstration with a spooky twist! Watch Teri Walker & Chad Ridgeway create a witch out of hot glass inspired by Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, WICKED! We’ll also have food by Cafe Reconcile and help support our free, arts programming by participating in our Goblet Grab! Take home a custom glass or ceramic cup made in house starting at $25 and enjoy FREE drinks for the night (sponsored by NOLA Brewing)!

This event is FREE and open to all ages. Must be 21+ to drink.

For additional questions, please call 504.529.3306 or email mari@yayainc.org.

Spark a new skill and try your hand at glass!
$40 | Ages 12+

Make your own glass! In each of our classes, our skilled instructors will guide you through the steps to create your own functional piece of art. Learn to blow your very own glass cup! Everyone participating in the workshop is required to wear closed toed shoes. The glass studio can be quite hot; please wear comfortable clothing.

Advance registration is preferred. For tickets, click here or call 504.529.3306

Every third Saturday of the month (unless otherwise stated), we host workshops for the entire family! Join us for a day of creating clay impression tiles with artist, Carla Santiago.

This is a FREE event, but does require advance registration (space and supplies are limited). Click here for tickets!

$50 | Ages 21+

Bring a friend or a date but leave the kids at home! Drop by the Arts Center for a fun night in our hot shop and make your very own glass! We’ll provide the drinks and you’ll also have a chance to purchase custom glassware inspired by the specialty cocktail!

Advance registration is required. For tickets, click here or call 504.529.3306

YAYA regularly hosts glass making demonstrations at the YAYA Arts Center. Join us on Friday, September 13 for our season opener! Help support our free, arts programming by participating in our Goblet Grab! Take home a custom glass or ceramic cup made in house starting at $25 and enjoy FREE drinks for the night! (Sponsored by NOLA Brewing)

Our season opener will feature glass artist, Christian Stock. Originally from Bristol, England, Stock received a B.A. in Design from Staffordshire University and an M.F.A. in Glass from Tulane University, where he was the recipient of the the Eleanor B. Kohlmeyer Award for Graduate Studies in Studio Art. In 2018, he joined the faculty at Tulane as Professor of Practice in Glass. Stock previously taught sculpture at Loyola University and glass casting at YAYA Arts Center in New Orleans.  His studio practice reflects his interest in structural forms and mechanical systems, especially architectural and organic frameworks, suspension bridges, medieval contraptions, and primitive supporting structures. Stock’s sculptures often combine glass with steel and concrete, today's three main building materials.  Utilizing glass' strength under tension and compression, and playing with its apparent unsuitability has been an integral part of his transformation of ideas about structure and space into sculpture.

This event is FREE and open to all ages. Must be 21+ to drink.

This Family Arts workshop has reached capacity. Please check back for more details about Family Arts: Clay with Carla Santiago on Sept. 21!

Create your own shimmering glass mosaic picture frame with the family! We will provide all of the materials, tools, and complimentary lunch.

This is a FREE event, but does require registration (space and supplies are limited).

Keep the party going after Jazz Fest at Brass 'N Glass, YAYA's spring fundraiser! Join us for music by the Treme Brass Brand, food by Cafe Reconcile, and entertainment by the YAYA team as they will be making blown glass instruments in the Entergy Hot Shop! Support YAYA artists by buying artwork and glassware made here at the Arts Center. Lastly, participate in our Goblet Grab by purchasing a handmade glass and drink for free all night! Special thanks to NOLA Brewing. 

This event is FREE and open to all ages. Must be 21+ to drink.

Brass 'N Glass supports free arts programming for New Orleans area youth ages 5-25.

Sat. May 11 | 9am-12pm 
$175 per session | Class Size: 6 students

On your mark, get set, GO! This glass marathon is an opportunity to see how many glass pieces you can make in just three hours! This class will teach you the basic skills of glass making while you make up to four handmade pieces with a skilled professional guiding you through every step of the process.

Glass pieces include: Ornament, Tumbler, Vase, Paperweight, Bowl, Goblet, Heart, Flower, and Hand.

Note: Each participant will work individually with an instructor to create their glass piece, and will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions, email mari@yayainc.org or call 504.529.3306.

Click here to register.

GiveNOLA Day is a 24-hour online giving opportunity to support the programming of local non-profits, hosted by the Greater New Orleans Foundation on Tuesday, May 7. 

Your contribution on GiveNOLA Day will allow us to provide summer camp scholarships to youth in our neighborhood to participate in our four-week summer arts camp, with workshops in glass, ceramics, painting, and more!

The official day is May 7, but you can schedule your gift now by clicking here!