Neon Paperclips: 2-Day Class with Joanne
2-Day Class
Saturday & Sunday, July 12th & 13th, 2026
11am - 6pm
Location: Museum of Neon Art - 216 S. Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA, 91204
Price: $600
Hold on loosely while we keep it all together!
Join us on Day 1 as we guide students through each step of creating a neon paperclip - from working with a bending pattern to heating glass over fire. 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! Students may make up to (2) paperclips to mount on a corkboard (or (3) paperclips (without corkboard) to be assembled into a chain/snake).
On Day 2, we will demonstrate what it takes to process a glass tube into a neon light and guide students through wiring and mounting their finished projects onto a corkboard to create their own personalized vision/gratitude board (or assembling into a chain/snake to be hung from a ceiling). Students are encouraged to bring in their own keepsakes to decorate their corkboards for a personal touch!
(Example: photographs, ticket stubs, stickers, push-pins, festival beads/wristbands, charms, etc.)
Class Price Includes:
Use of safety glasses and neon bending tools / equipment
Practice glass
Glass for final project
2 processed units w/ 11"x14" Corkboard; OR,
3 processed units w/o Corkboard (for a chain/snake)
1 transformer
Tube mounts / supports
Electrode covers
GTO Wiring
Hanging Accessories
Optional: Post-it notes, push pins, googley-eyes
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.
