For five ACTION packed days, twenty-three PAA members delved into all that makes Seattle, Seattle: the food, the weather, Dale Chihuly, the ferries, the water, the artists, the collectors, more Chihuly, the museums, the bridges and oh, did we mention shopping?? Led by Trip Planner Extraordinaire Anita Garnier and two irreplaceable Seattle-ites: our bus driver, Becky and art consultant, Margery, …
Our May General meeting took us to the hippest area of the #DTLA Arts District, SCI- Arc and its surrounds. The speaker for the meeting was the architect of the current exhibition, Hypostyle, Henry N. Cobb. Since time immorial, hypostyles have been constructed as halls wherein highly ordered arrays of vertical supports populate roofed spaces that are conceptually limitless — …
Co-Chairs Susan Crawford and Alfrida King secured the perfect site for 2015’s version of the Treasure Sale: 345 S. Lake Street, Pasadena. The location was central to members and shoppers alike, and with a Trader Joe’s, Coffee Bean, Corner Bakery and Macy’s just a stone’s throw away, volunteers were well fed (and supplied) as they worked their shifts. The location, …
Fifteen PAA members explored two campus art galleries for Education in LA outing on April 7th. Our first stop was the Kellogg University Art Gallery for a private tour with curator Michele Cairella Fillmore, to view the exhibition, “Abstract Mystique.” This exhibit features work from seven of Southern California’s top female artists working in Abstraction. Their work involves mixed media, sculpture …
On Thursday, April 9, the busy gals of the Art Alliance gathered for the April General Meeting at the Treasure Sale(TS15) site, 345 South Lake Avenue, Pasadena. Chairs Susan Crawford and Alfrida King got us all up to date with announcements regarding the sale, the set-up, clean-up and party. Mary Alexander and Ann Barrett gave us a history lesson on …
The March 5, 2015 meeting took us local– to our dear friends at the Armory Center for the Arts. The meeting reflected the fact that the program year is in full gear: the Treasure Sale (TS15) has a perfect site (345 South Lake Avenue), much to announce and many clipboards to pass; $285,000 in grants will be awarded on March 9; …
On Friday, February 6th the Art Alliance kicked off their Diamond Jubilee (60th) year with the first-ever exhibition displaying art created by their very own members (or those related to members). Headed by the dynamic duo of Diane Bedford and Barbara Maxwell, the evening was held at the first home of the PAA (USC Pacific Asia Museum), and was a smashing success with …
The Art Alliance stayed local in February and gathered at the gorgeous Pasadena Conservatory of Music on Hill Street. Following coffee, the group met in Barrett Hall to stay up to date on the many current happenings for the PAA, brush up on some PAA history and were then thoroughly impressed with the grants presentation which was led by …
Fun was had by all on the outing Friday, January 30th, 2015 to the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica to view the Art LA Contemporary art show. The day was made particularly special by a guided tour led by Lowell Pettit, a New York-based art consultant and independent curator.
