Upcoming exhibitions are listed in chronological order by opening date.
Main Gallery
Romance of the Bells
September 28 - January 4, 2008
Romance of the Bells focuses on paintings of California's historic Spanish missions created between 1850 and 1950. Featuring works by such important Impressionist painters as Franz Bischoff, Alson Clark, Joseph Kleitsch, Arthur G. Rider, Elmer Wachtel, and William Wendt, this exhibition features gentle rolling landscapes filled with lush wildflowers alongside the weathered adobe walls of the missions. The romance of these old missions has been immortalized by artists who sought to capture the unique historical heritage of old California, as well as the spirit and beauty of the California landscape.
This exhibition is supported by Historical Collections Council of California, Josh Hardy Gallaries, Robert Giem, and PMCA Board Member, Simon Chiu.
Side Gallery
William Stranger
September 28 - January 4, 2008
William Stranger's work integrates strong structural elements with traditional and innovative joinery to produce sustainable, organic furniture, which he refers to as ecological artifacts. He strives to have as little impact on the environment as possible, using wood salvaged from the rural and urban landscape, recycled lumber and wood from certified well-managed forests. Influenced by the structure of trees, buildings and animals, his work exemplifies restraint, simplicity and harmony.
Back Gallery
Seeing Greene & Greene: Architecture in Photographs
September 28 - January 4, 2008
Presented through the lens of some of the twentieth century's leading photographers of art and architecture, this exhibition is conceived as a different take on the architectural work of Greene and Greene. Attracted by the special qualities of the Greenes' architecture and design, each photographer uses his own historical perspective to capture and interpret the architects' work. The resulting collection of images reveals the evolution of Greene and Greene's significance as architectural pioneers through the years. The selection of approximately 75 photographs includes work by William R. Current, Johan Hagemeyer, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Frederick Martin, Maynard Parker, Julius Shulman, Minor White, and Morgan Yost.
Made possible in part by the Friends of the Gamble House, Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, and the Ann Peppers Foundation. In-kind support has been generously provided by Yvonne and Shawn Speck of Shawn Speck Picture Frames.
Project Room Gallery
Deborah Aschheim and Lisa Mezzacappa: Earworms
October 10 - January 4, 2008
The PMCA Project Room welcomes this inspired collaboration between sculptor/installation artist Deborah Aschheim and musician/composer Lisa Mezzacappa, featuring complex yet fragile site-specific installations that incorporate both sight and sound. Earworms began as an experiment to preserve memory for language by transforming words into songs (the title is borrowed from the German word Ohrwurm, a term for a portion of a song that becomes stuck in a person's head and repeats against his or her will.) The project has evolved into a meditation on space, sound, and remembered realities, experienced somewhere between the realms of installation and performance. For the PMCA, the artists transform the project space into an immersive, suspended network of video, light and sound based around three individual "Earworm" sound sculptures/instruments.
Made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.
Main Gallery
Hidden Realities: The Invisible Stories Revealed by Data
January 18 - April 15, 2009
More information coming soon.
Main Gallery:
California Art Club 98th Gold Medal Show
April 19 - May 21, 2009
More information coming soon.
