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 …
In May, a small group of members enjoyed a delightful afternoon at the Dominique Porter Gallery for it’s inaugural show SOON YOU WILL BE HOME and visited the studios of artists Hopie Hill and Jess Valice. Cocktails and shared tapas at Momed ensued and where enjoyed by all. Thank you to Mollie White for arranging the visit!
The Surrealist Holiday Party was held at the beautiful home of Katie High on Friday, January 23rd. And honestly, if Salvador Dali hosted a cocktail party in Pasadena, this might have been it! Guests arrived dressed to impress, while surrealist imagery was projected across the front of the house. It felt dreamy, theatrical, and just slightly unhinged in the best …
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 …
On April 27, a small group of PAA members gathered at Hauser and Wirth to view two shows. The first was the Christina Quarles exhibit of works from after she lost her home and studio in the Eaton Fire. The second was the Eileen Harris Norton’s inspiring collection (Destiny is a Rose) of women artists and artists of color. We …
Our founding mothers, Jessica Korzenecki and Deedie McCarthy took the liberty to assemble twenty-three PAA members for Ed Outside LA’26. They rang the bell in Philadelphia, our nation’s birthplace, creating a perfect union of art, food and friendship! We each made our own way to Philly, where we began our adventure by gathering at the Sofitel Hotel at Rittenhouse Square …
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 …
Erin McDonald and Shari Boyer, Ed Inside LA co-chairs, arranged a fabulous two-part MONUMENTS exhibit visit. On January 29th, members were invited to view the Cara Walker sculpture at The Brick, followed by a curator tour of the multi-artist exhibit at MOCA Geffen on February 12th. Both exhibits feature contemporary artist responses to decommissioned Civil War public tributes. In 2021, …
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. …
