Neon Paperclips: 1-Day Class with Joanne
1-Day Class
Sunday, July 19th, 2026
11am - 6pm
Location: Museum of Neon Art - 216 S. Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA, 91204
Price: $325
Hold on loosely while we keep it all together!
The paperclips we use today were designed in the nineteenth century, and are so useful that we haven’t found a reason to change them since. Perhaps this is a principle of excellent and reliable design. Sound familiar? (NEON!)
Join Joanne, MONA’s Electric Lab Manager, as she guides students through each step of creating a neon paperclip - from heating glass over fire, to working with a bending pattern, to wiring up a finished artwork. Three turns in a tube of glass is all you’ll need to properly secure a few sheets of paper. You’ll be fasten-ated as we celebrate the humble paperclip, a wondrous piece of compressed ingenuity.
Disclaimer: Clippy was not harmed in the making of this work.
Class Price Includes:
Use of safety glasses and neon bending tools / equipment
Practice glass
Glass for final project
1 processed unit (glass tubing, electrodes, argon / neon gas, optional mercury)
1 transformer
Tube mounts / supports
Electrode covers
For ages 18 and up
Member Discount (Argon level and higher): Enter MONAMEMBER at checkout for $50 off your class!
Enrollment deadline is 48 hours before the start of the class. In the event you want to be put on a waiting list for a class or you're trying to sign up past the 48-hour deadline, please call us at 818.696.2149 or email us at info@neonmona.org. Want to participate but the class is sold out? Email us at info@neonmona.org to inquire about our waiting list.
To receive a full refund, cancellation requests must be received 2 weeks before the start date of the class. Due to the limited number of participants in each class, any cancellations after that date are not eligible for a refund. We reserve the right to cancel the class due to insufficient enrollment, in which case your tuition will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for non-refundable travel expenses.
