Pasadena Museum of California Art
490 E. Union StreetPasadena CA, USA
(626) 568-3665
www.pmcaonline.org
About Pasadena Museum of California Art
The Museum’s permanent collection and stimulating exhibitions feature American and California contemporary art, modern and contemporary sculpture, Western art, Native American and Mesoamerican art, glass art, photography, and modern architecture and design.
Upcoming Openings
Wayne Thiebaud
70 Years of Painting
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, October 4, 2009 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
A survey of more than one hundred twenty works drawn from the oeuvre of the celebrated painter...more info
Frances Gearhart
Behold the Day: The Color Block Prints
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, October 4, 2009 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
an exhibition examining the remarkable contributions of the renowned color block print artist....more info
Ray Turner
Population
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, October 4, 2009 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
An exhibition of portraits....more info
Past Openings
Egg O' My Heart
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, September 27, 2008 - Saturday, September 27, 2008
Reception: September 27, 2008, 6-9pmAn evening of art, food, and music...more info
Deborah Aschheim and Lisa Mezzacappa: Earworms
Exhibition Dates: Friday, October 10, 2008 - Sunday, January 4, 2009
The artists transform the project space into an immersive, suspended network of video, light and sound based around three individual "Earworm" sound sculptures/instruments.
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Deborah Aschheim and Lisa Mezzacappa
Artist Talk
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, December 13, 2008 - Saturday, December 13, 2008
Reception: December 13, 2008, 3-4pmThe artists discuss their sound/sculpture installation, Earworms....more info
Data + Art: Science and Art in the Age of Information
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, January 25, 2009 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
Reception: January 24, 2009, 7-9pmalso showing: Exploring Mars: JPL’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
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California Art Club 98th Gold Medal Show
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, April 26, 2009 - Sunday, May 17, 2009
This extensive exhibition will present nearly 300 paintings and sculpture from some of the foremost representational fine artists, many of whom have been active in expanding the interest in and appreciation of the plein air heritage associated with the Club's beginnings in 1909....more info
Annie Lapin
Parallel Deliria Iteration
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, May 31, 2009 - Sunday, September 20, 2009
Lapin will install a constantly evolving piece in the Project Room to create a temporary painting that fills the viewer’s vision from every perspective....more info
You See: The Early Years of the UC Davis Faculty
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, May 31, 2009 - Sunday, September 20, 2009
Featuring work of five UC Davis faculty members Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud and William T. Wiley, all five artists came to teach at UC Davis between 1960 and 1965....more info
Edith Heath
Tabletop Modernist
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, May 31, 2009 - Sunday, September 20, 2009
This exhibition focuses on the life of Edith Heath and her defining influence on California design through pottery....more info
Benny Chan
Traffic
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, May 31, 2009 - Sunday, September 20, 2009
Reception: May 30, 2009, 7-9pmMr. Chan explores and sheds light on the conundrum of traffic as a symptom of a society being unable to keep pace with its own expansion, while at the same time rendering a serene beauty from the chaotic scene....more info
Artist Talk with Annie Lapin
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, June 7, 2009 - Sunday, June 7, 2009
Reception: June 7, 2009, 3-4pmBuilding upon her two dimensional work, Parallel Deliria Iteration is an ongoing experiment by Lapin "to see how and if the language of the flat can be transposed upon three-dimensions."...more info
Rock Me on the Terrace
Exhibition Dates: Friday, July 10, 2009 - Friday, July 10, 2009
Reception: July 10, 2009, 8pm-12amThis night of music and art will take place on Friday, July 10, from 8 o'clock until midnight on the museum's rooftop terrace and will feature three bands, an exclusive nighttime viewing of our exhibitions, and a cash bar....more info
Reviews September 2008
Review of Kori Newkirk: 1997–2007
The ten-year retrospective by Kori Newkirk highlights work from the New York-born, Los Angeles-based multimedia artist's distinctively diverse oeuvre, which explores the construction of African-American cultural identity, ...more info