Exhibitions and Events
March 2008 through June 2008

Conscientious Projector
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena
Thursdays, May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, 7 p.m.
Second Thursday of each month, a free documentary film screening, a series presented by Sustainable World and The Theatre of the Oppressed. Meet filmmakers, and join in discussions.

Good Doll Bad Doll
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena
March 16 – June 1
Opening reception Saturday, March 15, 7–9 p.m.
This exhibition surveys work by modern and contemporary artists who use dolls as substitute selves or esthetic alter egos.
Michael Duncan, guest curator. On view in the Caldwell Gallery.

Interactions: Armory Artists & Their Art
Armory at 2948, 2948 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena
April 13 – June 15
Opening reception, Saturday, April 12, 3–9 p.m.
Includes art by M.F.A. students and graduates participating in the Armory’s Fellowship program. Lorraine Cleary Dale, curator.

Conscientious Projector Photographs by Maria Theresa Fernandez
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena
May 8 – June 12 Sustainable World will host a reception for Maria Teresa on May 8, 6-7 p.m. (before the screening of the documentary) Exhibition of color photographs of the fence at the United States and Mexico border, produced by Mexican photographer Maria Theresa Fernandez. This exhibition is in conjunction with a film screening of Crossing Arizona, presented by Conscientious Projector. On view in the Pasadena Art Alliance Gallery

International Day for Sharing Life Stories
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena
Friday, May 16, 3 – 9 p.m.
The Armory joins with the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) and The Museum of the Person International Network (Brazil, Portugal, USA and Canada) for an international celebration of life stories. We call on people to gather in community halls, classrooms, public parks, theaters, and auditoriums on this day to share their stories. At the Armory, we will feature digital stories created in on-site workshops, including artist/author Riua Akinshegun and documentary filmmaker Kathy Huang's Miss Chinatown, USA; CDS Los Angeles presents an evening of story performance, digital storytelling screenings, narrative documentary and story swapping. For information, contact Gayle Nicholls-Ali at gayle@storycenter.org or visit www.ausculti.org/english.html Presented in the Community Room
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Our Identities
At the Armory, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Old Pasadena
June 14 – September 30 Preview party, Saturday, June 7, 2–4 p.m.
This project, which is presented as banners with students from Northwest Pasadena, deals with issues of identity and community and will include the work of students from Washington Middle School, Muir High School, and the Madison Neighborhood Community Casita. These students will be learning digital photography and Photoshop in a classroom setting over a 10-week period and will then create self-portraits as a final project. These portraits will then be curated by Armory staff and the winning images will be printed on banners that will be displayed on light poles in Pasadena. The preview party will take place at the Armory.

Armory Public View: Yoko Ono
Armory at One Colorado, West Colorado Blvd.
Between Fair Oaks & Delacey, Old Pasadena
August 2 – November 8, 2008 The third large-scale installation for Armory Public View, a series dedicated to the commissioning and presentation of site-specific artworks that challenge conventional notions about art in urban spaces. This program continues with an installation by Yoko Ono, who is known for her work as an avant-garde artist, including temporary outdoor art.

Old Pasadena Film Festival
Fridays & Saturdays, July 11 – 26, 7–10 p.m.
A district-wide film festival happening on rooftops, in basements, on walls, in courtyards, in shops and in theaters in Old Pasadena. All screenings are free and open to the public. Presented in partnership with American Cinematheque, the festival presents a wide variety of genres that reflect the outdoor urban setting of Old Pasadena alleys, courtyards and buildings. Genres include emerging student work presented at the Armory, classics in the One Colorado Courtyard, animé, travel, French New Wave, science fiction and more. www.onecolorado.com.