On June 4th, Pasadena Art Alliance members gathered in Shari Boyer’s beautiful garden for the annual meeting, inspired this year by pollinators, gardens, and the importance of connection. There were flowers, field tables, honeyed details, and a garden full of people who continue to help ideas grows. Board members recapped the accomplishments of their pollinators (aka committees) who do the …
Members met on May 7th at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles for a general meeting, We cleansed our souls by touring “Speaking in Tongues“, a PAA-sponsored exhibition led by senior curator Amanda Sorka. The exhibition was a collaborative, group exhibit bridging art and the spiritual world. Both multi-generational and international, the artists’ works reclaim community recreated in the …
The Pasadena Art Alliance gathered at the Craft Contemporary on April 2nd, and had the privilege of enjoying a curator-led show of: Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman, an absolute throw-back to the 1960’s fueled folk art diaspora around interior design, textile design, ceramics and tile. The show of this quietly-legendary Los Angeles couple was nothing short of …
It was a blustery, beautiful morning as ladies of the PAA gathered outside the Los Angeles Museum of Art for the March general meeting. Encircled by Ai Weiwei’s monumental animal/zodiac sculptures, Benefits Chair Vivian Rescalvo reminded members that it’s never too late to support this year’s fundraising efforts by becoming a patron and invite friends to the 23rd Biennial Art …
What a marvelous 2025 Grants season the Pasadena Art Alliance endeavored to champion. Last week, at the February meeting, Annie Brose and Heidrun Mumper-Drumm took membership through the confidential listing of grant recipients who will be funded and honored this year. With thank you’s to the hard-working Grants Teams who dispatched themselves across Los Angeles to assess the candidates for …
What a marvelous day the Pasadena Art Alliance had in beautiful Old Town Claremont for the January meeting. The San Gabriel Mountains felt as if we could reach out and touch them heading east under blue skies. We gathered at the Claremont Lewis Museum surrounded by the show She Opens the Door: Women Artists & Writers Shape Language & Space. …
The ladies of the PAA sure can pivot and pirouette! More than 65 members met downtown on November 3, 2025 for an early lunch, followed by an afternoon meeting at MOCA and tour of MOCA Focus: Takao Yamaguchi. Gathering beforehand at Bottega Louie, members enjoyed a delicious family-style lunch of salad, ceci de pepi pasta and margarita pizza. The meeting …
Our first meeting of the year was held at the Art Center College of Design and was full of exciting information. Vivian Rescalvo announced that this year’s benefit will be held at The Pit, a 13,000 square foot contemporary art gallery space, in Atwater Village. Save the date for Art Auction May 2, 2026! Sigrid Burton arranged for Caroline Huber …
Braving the commute, numerous PAA members traveled to the Fowler Museum at UCLA for the May General Meeting. Benjamin Strauss, Director of Development, led members on a tour of the partially funded PAA exhibition Fire Kinship: Southern California Native Ecology and Art. The exhibition offers timely insights into Indigenous fire stewardship, ecological resilience, and climate change. Developed over several years, …
As work ramped up for our annual fundraiser, the PAA stepped out for some “playtime” at the Pasadena Kidspace Museum on April 3. The meeting was full of news regarding Le Petite Treasure Sale and the upcoming trip to London. And we enjoyed an inspiring discussion with Chief Executive Officer Lisa Clements. Lisa came to Kidspace in 2020 from the …
