Outreach
We participate in several community projects to promote our organization
and to carry out our mission to educate the public in the lapidary arts.
We have programs designed to coordinate with the Los Angeles School
District curricula for elementary grades on "Igneous, Sedimentary and
Metamorphic Rocks" and "Fossils". These programs are brought to the
schools by our club member volunteers who share their expertise with the
children. We have hands-on exhibits for each of these programs where the
children can experience examples discussed in the programs. To inquire
or schedule a visit please email the club for specific presentation information.
2nd Grade Class at Chatsworth Hills Academy
- Introducing Rock Types and Fossils
Our members share their work and interests by placing exhibits at
several types of venues. We offer educational exhibits for our local
public libraries and community events. Our society participates as an
exhibitor at many local gem and mineral club shows.
Showcase Display at Culver City Society Show 2018
Our members participate at the Chatsworth Historical Society sponsored
Pioneer Day held the first Sunday in October at the Homestead Acres in
Chatsworth Park South.
We bring lapidary equipment and demonstrators who share how we do our lapidary arts.
2018 Pioneer Day Booth
For more information use our Contact form: Attn: Outreach Chairman
School or Group Presentations
On hold
We adjust the content of our presentations according to the age of
the students or group members. We bring many rocks that the
participants are able to touch and inspect so we need trables that the
partiicipants can tour. The presentation can be customized to
meet the time available. We prefer several weeks notice for
scheduling a visit. Our service area is the San Fernando Valley
of Los Angeles, but nearby areas of Ventura County may be suitable.
Showcase Display
Members of our Society volunteer as a group to put together
our showcase from items on loan from many of the member's
collections.
Each year we set a theme for the display.The showcase for 2018
had the theme "A World of Gems - We Collect Everywhere" Items were
included from all the continents exxcept Artica - we had bone from
Alaska, minerals from Siberia and petrified wood from Antarctica.
The theme for 2019 is "Rough and Ready". Our putpose is to show rocks and
minerals in their rough form and then the same material cut, polished
and ready to be used in a finished display or piece of jewelry.
Watch for our showcase at the Ventura Societys' show in March,
the Conejo Society's show in April, Culver City Society's show in June,
Ventura County Fair in July & August, Chatsworth Public Library in
September, our Gem Show in October snd the Oxnard Society's show in
November. More information on our show is on the
Anual Show page.
Chatsworth
Historical Society Pioneer Day
On Hold
Our members have many talents and share how these are used for
Lapidary work. Rough rocks are shaped into stones for jewelry
using grinding, sanding and polishing wheels on our Pixie machine.
Adiamond bladed trim saw is used to cut open small geodes to show the
crystals or agate inside. Other members share making jewelry
from wire, without the use off solder. We enjoy being part of
Pioneer Day each year.
