Stellar Neon: Stars with Kacie Lees
Sunday, December 27th, 2026
11am - 5pm
Location: Museum of Neon Art - 216 S. Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA, 91204
Price: $400
Making neon is working with the raw materials of space to form contained and luminous, subatomic interactions. In Stellar Neon: Stars, students will work with clear glass, a bending pattern, and a simple step-by-step guide to bend pointed stars out of 180° bends in the Electric Lab. Then we will watch our stars glow to life via the bombarding process. Learn about neon by making your own celestial wonder. No prior experience with neon bending is required.
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
Kacie Lees (b. 1986 — St. Louis, Missouri, she/her) is a teaching artist whose prismatic body of work examines themes of identity, environment, and access. Drawing from somatics, gestalt, and the sublime, Lees’ radical pedagogy often takes form as neon, holography, video, or print. Splitting her time between Brooklyn and Chicago, Lees teaches the craft of neon bending at both New York University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She envisions a world where the power of light amplifies our humanity and expands the discourses of aesthetics, gender, and culture.
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.
