Holiday Closure: Thanksgiving
The IAO team is taking a few days off to celebrate Thanksgiving. See you in December!
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Open Hours: Death Tastes Plastic
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesOpen hours for 'Death Tastes Plastic' by Sarana Mehra. In this exhibition, Mehra explores the tensions between the mythic & extant realities of death, dying and survival at the end of the Anthropocene.
Free
Experimental Perfumery with Atlas Obscura (online)
On ZoomIn this 3-part course with Atlas Obscura, Saskia Wilson-Brown leads an information-rich introduction to the practice of experimental perfumery.
$215.00
Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
Perfume Accords: Honey (online)
On ZoomIn this online class, perfumer Ashley Eden Kessler teaches perfume composition with an exploration of an animalic honey accord.
$75.00
Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
Introduction to Perfume Blending (in person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWant to understand and appreciate, and even start to work with perfume? We're here to help in an introductory perfume blending workshop led by Julianne Lee.
$100.00
Experimental Perfumery with Atlas Obscura (online)
On ZoomIn this 3-part course with Atlas Obscura, Saskia Wilson-Brown leads an information-rich introduction to the practice of experimental perfumery.
$215.00
Open Session: Returning Students Only (in person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFor returning students! Join your fellow perfumers and blend in community with plenty of aromatic materials to discover. In person, led by Julianne Lee.
$39.19
Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
Tracing Perfume: A Genealogy of Animalics and Musks (in person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDana El Masri leads an exploration of animalics and musks in fine fragrance, as we smell our way through the genealogy of perfume.
$49.87
Perfume 202 + 303: Video Lectures + Live Q&A
On ZoomJoin us for a hybrid video and live Q+A covering the crucial first steps of setting up and working in a perfume lab and making perfume compositions.
$55.00
Gallery and Library Hours at IAO
Visit IAO Library and Gallery during our winter open hours. We can't wait to meet you!
Balancing Act: Perfume + Proportion – Base Notes (In Person)
The Institute for Art and Olfaction 932 Chung King Rd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDanial Krasofski presents an interpretive class that explores the Jean Carles approach to form and perfume composition.
$100.00
“Eau de cookie dough”: Reading + Talk with R. Claire Bunschoten
On ZoomAcademic R. Claire Bunschoten joins the Institute for Art and Olfaction for a discussion of her recent publication "Eau de Cookie Dough" in an online session led by Minetta Rogers.
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