On Sunday afternoon, September 25, 2016 64 members of the PAA and their spouses, along with 45 artists, gathered in Julie and Scott Ward’s beautiful garden to thank the participating artists for their generous contributions to the 2016 Art Auction. The food was deliciously catered by Alexandra Poer of Alexandra’s Table. A full bar, including Julie’s killer margaritas, kept guests enjoying …
Board members gathered in St. Malo in mid-September to discuss the upcoming year’s plans. This has been a tradition for 30+ years. Enormous thanks to Louise Brinsley for planning a spectacular retreat, and for also hosting our Wednesday cocktail party and overnight guests. Huge thanks to Allison Alanis, for once again hosting our Wednesday dinner, Thursday Board meeting, and overnight …
Education Inside L.A. Karen Smits and Diane Cornwell arranged a for a group of intrepid, fun-loving PAA members to visit the Hammer Museum for a tour of Made in LA 2016: a, the, though, only with the curator, Aram Moshayedi, in July.
Education Inside LA enjoyed a personalized tour with curator Jay Belloli to see Claire Falkenstein: Beyond Sculpture at the Pasadena Museum of California Art on June 8, 2016. Claire Falkenstein, an innovator with a maverick vision and a seemingly bottomless appetite for different media, lived and worked in Paris and Italy in the 1950s, before she returned and settled in …
At the annual meeting, Kate Clavijo introduced the new members to PAA for 2016 – 2017. Thank you to members of her committee who met frequently during the year. Annie Brose is retired from law and now has the time to volunteer. She has worked with museums including LACMA, the Minneapolis Museum of Art and the Smithsonian in art licensing. Annie …
Kirstin Molz’s lovely garden was the perfect setting for our 2016 Annual meeting where we recapped our incredible successes for the year, and presented the inaugural Impact Award to artworxLA. Cynthia Campoy Brophy, Founder and Executive Director, accepted the award, after which she and former student, Blanca Martinez, spoke movingly of how artworxLA has combated the high school dropout crisis by linking overlooked …
Education Inside LA enjoyed a double-header visit to the studios of member and visual artist Nancy Baker Cahill and fellow artist, Tanya Aguiñaga in Atwater Village. We began with a viewing of a video background of Tanya’s personal and artistic background in Tijuana, and then learned of her current work at the US-Mexico border that will culminate with a collaborative …
Thank you to all who supported our Art Auction on May 7th! The biennial event was wildly successful, with more than 500 PAA members, patrons and contributing artists gathered for the always-creative event. The divine Vibiana (an actual decommissioned cathedral) in the downtown Los Angeles arts district, boasted high ceilings, beautiful architecture, and a spacious setting to display the 90 pieces of …
At the May general meeting held at the Armory Center for the Arts, Patsy Pinney announced the recipient of the inaugural PAA Impact Award. The award, created to commemorate our 60th Anniversary, honors one organization which impacts youth through contemporary art education. The 2016 Impact Award will be presented to artworxLA at our Annual Meeting in June. We honor artworxLA because …
A record number of PAA members turned out in April to tour “Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947-2016” at the new Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in the DTLA Arts District. Before seeing the nearly 100 works made by 34 artists, we met in the airy courtyard for a discussion with Paul Schimmel. Revolution in the Making, curated by Schimmel …
