Join us for a lunchtime workshop on solar cooking! Led by Jacqueline Falcone, curator and early childhood educator, this kids-friendly activity guides participants in producing DIY ovens that harness solar light and amplify energy. Under Light Gauge, which provides a clean-energy resource to the courtyard, this solar cooking activity explores another scale of solar power through accessible materials and means that may be replicated to heat all kinds of foods. During this workshop, s’mores will be on the menu!

This is an open workshop, and participants are welcome to drop in from 12 pm-1 pm, leaving ample time for all to enjoy their s’mores by 2:30 pm.

Participants are encouraged to bring a lunch to supplement the workshop’s dessert. Materials & Applications and Craft Contemporary will offer light food and refreshments, and guests are welcome to make a potluck-style contribution to this table. Picnic blankets and other picnicking materials will also be provided.

Materials & Applications programs are always free and open to the public. Programs at Light Gauge are produced in partnership by Materials & Applications with Craft Contemporary.

Jacqueline Falcone is a curator, educator, and childcare professional based in Los Angeles. In 2012 she founded Bed & Breakfast, an exhibition space located within her Miami bedroom to explore connections between art and hospitality. Falcone’s approach to exhibition-making is firmly rooted in community building and collaborative learning, and she strives to create a sense of “home” as she moves through distinct locations and publics. Falcone has worked on projects for Los Angeles' Public Art Triennial, CURRENT:LA FOOD, the Altadena Library, and Art in the Park at Hermon/Arroyo Seco Park, and her work has been featured in publications such as Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, the Miami Rail, and more. Falcone is currently pursuing a degree in Early Childhood Education.