After experiencing days of rain (and snow!), Pasadena Art Alliance members traveled to the Craft Contemporary Museum for the March meeting and to view two exciting exhibits: Strings of Desire and Alicia Piller: Within. Suzanne Isken, executive director of Craft Contemporary led the group through the two exhibits providing valuable background and insight. Both exhibits demonstrate the use of a wide variety of …
Education in LA traveled to The Geffen at MOCA on January 17th to see the Tala Madani Show:Biscuits. Lunch followed at the Chado Tea House. Iranian born and now California artist Tala Madani has a comprehensive show of paintings and animations. Her show takes an absurdist’s view of cultural stereotypes and the deeply-seated cultural fears, conflicts and desires of our …
Thirty-one enthusiastic PAA members gathered over two days at Julie Ward’s home to sign, stuff, seal, and stamp over 600 patron letters for our Fringe Benefit! It was an amazing effort by all involved, and it was wonderful to be together catching up and supporting the PAA. Thank you to Julie for begin such a gracious host and to all …
Another fabulous PAA Holiday Party is in the books! Thank you to Deedie McCarthy for hosting, to Susan Masterman for co-chairing, to Laura O’Connor, Andrea Nagata, and Patty Zuber for their help, to Brian Masterman for stocking the bar, and to John Robinson for terrific catering!
Pasadena Art Alliance members met in-person at MOCA, Grand for our general meeting and for a guided tour of the current exhibition, Henry Taylor: B Side. Annaly Bennett opened the meeting and introduced the new members and guests who were present. Patty Zuber provided the current financial report and mentioned that members can make stock donations. There …
Our first excursion of the year with PAA Education in LA was to a jewel of an exhibition: Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Ceramic Beacon at Craft in America. It was a feast for the eyes, literally and figuratively, and for the mind, as Takayama-Ogawa tackles many challenging political, social, historical and environmental issues in her gorgeous ceramic work. This Pasadena born and …
On a spectacular sunny day, Pasadena Art Alliance members convened at the main campus of the ArtCenter College of Design to meet in person and enjoy the current exhibit, Cantos of the Sibylline Sisterhood. Highlights of the meeting included: -The announcement of a private art sale from the MARY GERKE estate on December 16th -Jeannie Vaughn’s pitch for the sale …
PAA was excited to hold its first Artist Party since 2018! About 50 artists and their guests, as well as PAA members, gathered at Betsy Greenberg’s at the end of October to celebrate each artist’s generous donation to our successful Spring Auction. It was fun to meet and thank some artists who couldn’t make the Auction but were able to …
President Annaly Bennett dedicated the first general meeting of the year to Jennifer Baxter, PAA’s 2021-2022 president, who passed away in July. She is missed terribly, and we cherish all of our PAA memories with her and send condolences to her family. Meeting highlights: – During the meeting, we welcomed PAA’s newest members: Suzanne Holder, Karyn Kohl, Betty Sargent, Toi …
Many decades ago PAA decided that the private beachside community St. Malo in Oceanside, with several Art Alliance members in residence there, would be a perfect place to “get away” and get some serious business accomplished at the beginning of each year. The size of the Board has fluctuated over the years, as have the number of homes available to us. In addition …
