Welcome to the Armory Center for the Arts

The Armory Center for the Arts is a nonprofit, donor supported organization offering innovative approaches to creating, teaching and presenting the arts, through classes and exhibitions at its main location in Old Pasadena, as well as a range of free programs in the community. For two decades, the Armory has trained professional artists to use their expertise and enthusiasm to teach and inspire individuals of diverse ages and backgrounds.

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> In the Caldwell Gallery...

Steve Roden: In Between, a 20 Year Survey
Opening: September 11, 7-9pm
Exhibition: September 12, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Curator: Howard N. Fox
Gallery Hours: Noon-5pm (closed Mondays)

Pasadena artist Steve Roden is known internationally as an abstract painter, sculptor, installation artist, and sound artist whose works employ a strong presence of irregular geometries—a distinctive palette that ranges from somber tones, bright colors, and segmented all-over compositions. This is the first exhibition to bring together Roden's art in all its divergent forms and reveals his work as a homogenous, conceptually coherent practice.

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> Art Classes for Children, Teens, Adults & Families

Fall 2010 Studio Classes
Fall Studio Season: September 27-December 11
Registration: Begins August 18

Register today for the Armory's award winning art classes. Discover why the Armory was voted 2010's "Best Art Education" program by the readers of Los Angeles Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and L.A. Parent Magazine.

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> In the Mezzanine Gallery...

NewTown: Convergences
Opening: September 11, 7-9pm
Exhibition: September 12, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Gallery Hours: Noon-5pm (closed Mondays)

In one of NewTown’s most ambitious gallery shows, eleven digital and media artists appropriate the ubiquitous tools of their media into cutting-edge, highly personal, curiously accessible experimental art forms. Convergences seamlessly integrates media with sculpture and installation into an immersive experience. The exhibition will be a multi-station journey through a labyrinth of interactions, aesthetics and technologies, from garage pillaged elegance to experimental circuitry. The exhibition will feature work by artists; Nancy Buchanan and Ismael De Anda, Claudia Bucher, Robert Ladislas Derr, Heidi Kumao, Katja Loher, Lisa Mann, Anne Oren, Steve Shoffner, Rachel Siegel, Trixy Sweetvittles, and Laura Yilmaz.

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> In the Courtyard @ One Colorado...

Lynn Aldrich: Three Founts
In the Courtyard @ One Colorado |
On View: July 4 - November 7

In place of a former water source, Aldrich draws from Pasadena history to create a fanciful and tranquil fountain that acts as a respite for visitors to beat the summer heat. In her signature style, Aldrich creates the work out of clustered hoses in multiple shades of blue and green, which sprout out of three flower pots on fabricated plant stands. From most of their tiny, brass hose ends, a trickle of water will fall into the pond covered in floating plants. It is Aldrich’s hope that the people of Pasadena will consider the fountain a "blessing" - a site to slow down and take a break from working, shopping, dining or visiting before returning to their activities with renewed energy.

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> Armory Public Art Initiative

Matthew Moore: Urban Transplanter
Lydia Vilppu: Water Harvester
733 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena |
On View: On-going through 2010

As it becomes more challenging to live within the capacity of our supporting eco-system, many contemporary artists are investigating how changes in individual lifestyles and developing green technologies can help conserve natural resources. The Armory Center for the Arts is pleased to present two projects – Urban Transplanter by Matt Moore and Urban Harvester by Lydia Vilppu– that specifically address issues of sustainability

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> In The Community Room...

Ribét Academy: Past, Present, Future
Opening: September 11, 7-9pm
Exhibition: September 12 - November 15
Gallery Hours: Noon-5pm (closed Mondays)

A group show reflecting the expressive and creative young minds of art students from Ribét Academy in Los Angeles. Curated by Charles Dailey and Andrea Lee. For more information call (323) 344-4330.