The Pasadena Arts Council’s 2015 AxS Gold Crown Awards ceremony on Tuesday was the last official event on the last official day of Executive Director Terry LeMoncheck’s 13-year term of leadership for that important organization. The Council’s Board of Trustees... More »
Local artist Leisa Collins is proud to announce she has completed the first phase of a series of original pen and watercolor architectural house portraits featuring homes she loves in Pasadena. She is delighted to reveal 125 Pasadena portraits to the community... More »
The California Art League is excited to announce its 3rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, “My Favorite Subject”, a juried exhibition of small works featuring originals in oil, acrylic, photography, mixed media and sculpture. The show is sponsored by the Women’s ... More »
Professional mixed media artist Lisa Agaran has launched a new creative venue called True Creativity Within, which offers non-traditional classes to explore one’s artistic side. In a city full of traditional art classes such as oil painting, drawing or waterco... More »
The eccentric beauty of the plant kingdom will be celebrated in a traveling exhibition of contemporary botanical illustrations running June 13–Aug. 23, 2015 (Saturdays and Sundays only), at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. “Weird... More »
A winner has been selected in the Mount Wilson Trail Race Kid’s Fun Run T-shirt Design Contest. The winning artwork is titled “The Kids Fun Run” and was submitted by Sierra Madre Elementary School student, Christine Manoukian. Christine’s artwork will be featu... More »
Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) announced the winners of the Artistic Discovery Competition on Sunday. Two are from Pasadena schools. Now in its 34th year, the nationwide competition is sponsored by Members of Congress to promote and recognize the artistic achievements ... More »
Open Studios is a group of artists from Altadena and Pasadena, dedicated to the promotion of ART and to sharing art with the community. We provide the gift of twice yearly, free art shows to our neighbors. The Open Studios Tour is a self guided, multi-location... More »
The Huntington’s Art Collectors’ Council purchased two 1936 paintings—Burlesque by Milton Avery and Irises (The Sentinels) by Pasadena artist Helen Lundeberg—as well as a ceramic sculpture, Head of a Boy, by Sargent Claude Johnson, for the American art galleri... More »
This past year, students from Altadena’s Eliot Arts Magnet together with Mayfield Junior School students engaged with The Huntington Library on a two-month collaborative venture that yielded the artwork you see above — as well as other surprising results. Thro... More »
SPACE presents “South Pasadena is For the Birds”, a community exhibition and contest to make one-of-a-kind birdhouses, a project designed by artist Marie Switzer Miller. The goal is to inspire creativity in people of all ages while providing Southern Californi... More »
The Playhouse District Association is unveiling a new series of crosswalk designs installed at three locations in the Pasadena Playhouse District titled “River Migration” by local artist Hataya Tubtim. The crosswalk art program, the first of its kind in the Ci... More »
