MacArthur Floating School Events

All events take place at MacArthur Park Lake, S Alvarado entrance. Click on event for details and reserve your free ticket.

Soul Song Rising: Singing for Fun

All Ages
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Join us for a morning full of joyous self-expression as we learn fun and simple techniques and exercises to connect us to our authentic voice.

Place It! Art-Therapy Community Engagement

All Ages

Place It! is a holistic, hands-on engagement tool that creates a safe mental space for participants to heal their communities and envision their utopia. By using their hands and objects, participants will learn how to blur the lines between logic and emotion in order to create places of wellbeing.

Medicine Dance: Mindful Movement for Well-Being

Ages 16 +
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Improvisational movement, guided by a facilitator and supported by music, stimulates creativity, self-expression, and authentic connection to others. This meditative practice softens self-judgement, restores vitality and promotes well-being.

Sing for Yourself

Ages 18+
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Simple mind-body games can lead us out of stress, into playfulness and connection. Learning by doing, we play with the voice as an instrument of change to become in-tune and in-sync with ourselves and each other.

Easter Eggs and Art Making

All ages
Sponsored by Inner-City Arts

Join the teens of the WORK OF ART program in an Easter Egg Hunt with a green heart. We will hunt for truths about preserving our environment for future generations, create art with recycled materials, and enjoy sweets in the process.

Drumming: Rhythm Muse

Ages 10+ 
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Come and feel the joy and well-being that comes from engaging and sharing in collective drumming with your community. We'll take turns listening and experiencing what it’s like to be heard in a safe, affirming, non-judgmental setting. 

Drumming: Rhythm Muse (2nd Session)

Ages 10+ 
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Come and feel the joy and well-being that comes from engaging and sharing in collective drumming with your community. We'll take turns listening and experiencing what it’s like to be heard in a safe, affirming, non-judgmental setting. 

Music and Meditation

Ages 16+
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Delve into the 4 elements of music for relaxation, release, connection, and community. Create and receive music by playing and listening to instruments from all over the world. Feel the vibrations of drum massage, meditate to the sounds of singing bowls and express your own inner song. No musical training necessary.  

Afro Peruvian Percussion and Dance Workshop

People of all ages are invited to have fun and get in tune with each other. Participants in this workshop will create their own Afro Peruvian rhythmic ensemble!

Community Art Making: Paper Quilting

pre-K through Adult

Come together with friends and family to connect and celebrate by creating a unique community art project in a peaceful and inspirational environment. Enjoy the experience of making art with others in a supportive space. All are welcome. Watch, help, or share.

Community Art Making: Paper Quilting (2nd Session)

pre-K through Adult
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Come together with friends and family to connect and celebrate by creating a unique community art project in a peaceful and inspirational environment. Enjoy the experience of making art with others in a supportive space. All are welcome. Watch, help, or share.

Medicine Dance: Mindful Movement for Well-Being

Ages 16 +
Sponsored by UCLArts & Healing

Improvisational movement, guided by a facilitator and supported by music, stimulates creativity, self-expression, and authentic connection to others. This meditative practice softens self-judgement, restores vitality and promotes well-being.