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> Friday, March 9, 2012, 6-10 PM
Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors. |
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The ArtNight Minigrant program is funded by the Arts & Culture Commission to expand participation by Pasadena-based non-profit arts and culture organizations, arts organizations without venues, independent non-commercial galleries, ensembles and individual artists. The Minigrants this year are listed below at their respective venues.
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Alliance Française de Pasadena
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Voyages à travers l'Europe —
Born in Belgium, Elisabeth Johns is an established artist based in San Marino, California. Her paintings are inspired by the beautiful sceneries encountered during her travels through Europe.
Minigrant Recipient
Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra's Brass Quintet and Pipe Dream Flutes perform pops, light classics, and classical favorites. |
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Armory Center for the Arts
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See Richard Jackson's Accidents in Abstract Painting, showcasing paint-spewing army ducks and paint-filled airplane wreckage. Plus, solo shows by Jocelyn Foye, Nicholas Grider and Dawn Kasper.
Minigrant Recipient
Buddy Zapata's Junkshop Republic: visions of saw horses, old 78 records, a cast off voodoo doll, melodies from the Mississippi Delta treated through East LA and infused with California-grown soul.. |
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Art Center College of Design
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From the earliest to the most recent images of the cosmos, don't miss The History of Space Photography -- the most comprehensive exhibition of its kind ever organized.
Minigrant Recipient
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of composer John Cage with the performance of 0'00'' by Southwest Chamber Music's Artistic Director Jeff von der Schmidt. |
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artWORKS Teen Center
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See teen's stunning creations in art, design, music and new media. artWORKS is a collaboration of Learning Works, the Armory, Project Connect, and Flintridge Center. |
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Pasadena City Hall
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City hall is the hub for all the ArtNight shuttles, as well as a site of lively musical entertainment.
Minigrant Recipient
Opera Posse presents a reading of "Cooperstown," a contemporary operatic tragedy set in the world of major league baseball. |
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Lineage Performing Arts Center
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Enjoy contemporary dance and live music with Pasadena's own Lineage Dance and Michelle Bloom. Choreographer Hilary Thomas partners with acclaimed singer-songwriter Bloom, presenting new works.
Minigrant Recipient
Michelle Bloom performs from her latest work, "Fields of Attention," a 10-song journey inspired by the writings of poets, neuroscientists, buddhists and monks. Also, three-piece, indie collective Bird + Moon performs popular and original music. |
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Norton Simon Museum
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Enjoy Hans Memling's "Portrait of a Man," c. 1470-75, on loan from The Frick Collection in New York, plus centuries of masterpieces on permanent view. |
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Pacific Asia Museum
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46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum traces the development of the Pasadena Art Museum, focusing on its years in Pacific Asia Museum's Grace Nicholson Building.
Minigrant Recipient
String and Bamboo Music will perform music with traditional Chinese instruments, highlighting both Eastern and Western culture. Dragon and lion dancers fron the San Gabriel Valley Chinese Cultural Association parade between Pacific Asia Museum and City Hall, with a performance at the end of the parade route. Also, three string ensembles from the Verdugo Young Musicians Association perform classical selections with conductor Samvel Chilingarian. |
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Pasadena City College
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Satiric and seditious animated video shorts by multimedia artist Erin Cosgrove. Also: live jazz, and highlights from the PCC Cinema program. |
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Pasadena Museum of
California Art
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Three new exhibitions, including L.A. RAW which places post-war figurative art in historical context and examines the pivotal role played by L.A. artists from 1945-80.
This exhibition contains mature content.
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Pasadena Museum of History
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Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden III, a collaboration with the Pasadena Art Gallery Association, features juried paintings of life in the San Gabriel Valley by nationally recognized painters.
Minigrant Recipient
Indelible Ink host Monica Lee Copeland recites poetry with Douglas Kearney, Eric Morago and jazz vocalist Cheryl Dyrithe Barnes. |
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Shumei Arts Council
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Enjoy Robert Crowder's special paintings on Byobu folding screens & panels and dynamic Makoto Taiko drumming at 6:15, 7:15, 8:15 and 9:15 pm.
Minigrant Recipient
Experience traditional taiko drumming featuring Makoto Taiko and Grammy Award-winning Japanese taiko master Koji Nakamura. |
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Side Street Projects
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NewTown and Side Street Projects presents Untamed (parking) Spaces:
Tents, trucks & trailers transformed into pop-up galleries, theaters and
stages. Refreshments sponsored by Whole Foods Arroyo.
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ArtNight is an ongoing partnership among many cultural institutions and the
Cultural Affairs Division of the City of Pasadena.
The event is sponsored by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission with support
by the Department of Transportation’s Transit Division.
Brochure Artwork: Lisa Mann
Media Sponsors: LA Weekly, Pasadena Star-News, Pasadena Weekly
Website Design: Armory Center for the Arts
Domain Hosting: Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design
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