ReDiscover Center

Our Mission

Rediscover's Mission is to provide makers with the tools, resources, and confidence to engage in creative reuse and self-expression. We educate youth of all levels of expertise in transforming discarded materials into art, functional objects, and tools for learning. We support one another as hands-on creators, problem-solvers, community stakeholders, and stewards of the Earth.

Our Vision

Rediscover envisions a culture of makers who contribute to building a creative and environmentally sustainable society. We provide affordable and accessible programming for all youth in Los Angeles. Our imaginative and resourceful staff create spaces–physical and mental–where everyone is welcome to explore their creativity without judgment.

As Rediscover nurtures creative reuse among makers, we move closer to a culture where reclaimed materials can be recognized for their educational and creative value. We achieve this vision by enhancing youth’s instincts and interests to use the available resources in their lives responsibly. By sharing our resources in a makerspace, we reinforce practices of sharing that strengthen our neighborhoods, city, society, and planet.

Core Values

At Rediscover, we:

• Support Personal Expression - Nurture the joy of creation.
• We share excitement for making art, and create spaces to inspire the wildest ideas.
• Celebrate Creative Makers - Makers are everywhere; learn from everybody.
• Rediscover is a place where facilitators, tinkerers, and community members come together and learn from one another.
• Teach Environmental Stewardship - People who rediscover materials creatively learn to use material resources responsibly in all parts of their lives.
• We partner with organizations that teach environmental stewardship in all its forms.
• Engage Hands-On Learning - Sharing the joy of tactile making with youth from all walks of life, all over Los Angeles.
• Exploring materials and using tools with our hands deeply connects us to new concepts and new ways of looking at the world around us.
• Value Play - Because creativity is fun, experimental, and playful.
• Play is a vital part of learning.
• Establish a Culture of Safety - Trust is the foundation for using powerful tools safely.
• Respect the tools. Respect the space. Respect your body. Respect the people around you.
• Build Confidence by Teaching Competence - Maker skills turn imagination into real things.
• Rediscover instills individual agency in educators, artists, makers, and environmental activists to make their visions come to life. Every maker starts somewhere and can go anywhere.