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Build It and Ride: How Skateboards Began

In-person and online talk by Todd Huber, skateboard historian and founder of the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame on the DIY origins of the skateboard.

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Vintage Homemade Flag Skateboard c. 1950s. Courtesy of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Craft in America Center
8415 W 3rd St 
Los Angeles, 
CA 
90048
Virtual
Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, Flower Garden, glass tesserae tiles, 1958. Photo by Dario Diovisalvi, courtesy of Billings Auction.

Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman

Craft Contemporary
Nov 15, 2025 -
May 10, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows Workshops + Courses
Gee's Bend Flyer. Mary Ann Pettway & William Arnett & 1937 photograph taken by Arthur Rothstein

Gee’s Bend Quilting Experience LA

Quilting for Community
Apr 30, 2026 -
May 3, 2026
Talks + Conferences Workshops + Courses
Vehicles of Expression. Courtesy of Craft in America

Vehicles of Expression: The Craft of the Skateboard

Craft in America Center
Mar 14, 2026 -
May 30, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Skateboarders using peripheral urban areas for skating. Images courtesy of Hugh Holland (M and B Photo)

Skateboarding the Canyons, Plains, and Asphalt-banked Schoolyards of Coastal Los Angeles in the 1970s

Craft in America Center
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Talks + Conferences Virtual