Share Your Story! Nominate a friend (or yourself) to be interviewed for the Robinson Park Recreation Center Public Art Project! We are calling on Northwest Pasadena residents and community members to contribute their personal stories, histories and first-hand experiences to this community-focused public art project. Artists Carla Jay Harris and Deborah Aschheim have each been commissioned by the City to develop public artworks for the Robinson Park Recreation Center. As part of the artwork development process, both artists are currently...
Arts and Cultural Affairs News
Rotating Public Art Program: Series IV Brochure
The City is excited to release the Series IV Exhibition Brochure for the Rotating Public Art Program. We hope this guidebook inspires you to immerse yourself in the arts and explore all eight artworks in the Series IV public art exhibition. Situated in unusual and often overlooked corners of the City, the Series IV artworks activate and transform small public spaces into exciting moments of discovery. By exhibiting both existing and commissioned artworks for a temporary period, the Rotating Program...
Robinson Park Recreation Center Public Art Project Updates
The public is invited to learn more about the Robinson Park Recreation Center Public Art Project by reviewing the attached Staff Report and Community Meeting Presentation. The public art project for the Robinson Park Recreation Center was developed through guidance from the Robinson Park Stakeholder Group and community members and is intended to prioritize community input and collaboration during the first phase of the artwork development process. This project serves as an exciting opportunity for the Northwest community to contribute...
Public Art Dedication Event to be held on September 21st in recognition of the Rotating Public Art Program
The public is invited to join the City’s Cultural Affairs Division for a Public Art Dedication Event at 10 a.m. on Thursday, September 21 at the Pasadena Convention Center, in recognition of six newly installed public artworks sited throughout the City as part of the fourth iteration of the Rotating Public Art Program. This event will be held at the main entrance to the Convention Center, 300 E Green Street, the site of Cynthia Minet’s sculpture Unsustainable Creatures: Elephant. Attendees...
City of Pasadena Hosts Public Art Community Meeting at the Robinson Park Recreation Center
The City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division invites the public to a Community Meeting on Thursday, August 31, 6-8 p.m. at the Robinson Park Recreation Center, 1081 N Fair Oaks Ave, to learn more about the Robinson Park Recreation Center Capital Improvement Public Art Project. This event is a great opportunity for residents to meet the selected artists and find out how they can participate in the public art development process. Artists Deborah Aschheim and Carla Jay Harris will introduce...
Rotating Program Spring Update
The Cultural Affairs Division recently de-installed the current series of artworks as part of the Rotating Public Art Program. At the April 6, 2023 meeting, the Arts & Culture Commission approved the selected artworks for Series 4 of the Rotating Public Art Program. These eight artworks will be installed at City-owned sites, in each Council District, beginning in June and will be on view for a 36-month period. Keep an eye out for new public art coming soon! Rotating Public...
Annual Grants Program 2022-2023 Awards
At the July 14, 2022 Arts and Culture Commission meeting, the Commission voted to approve Cultural Affairs staff recommendations for partial funding of proposals in the 2022-2023 grant cycle. Grants of up to $9,500 were awarded to 26 individual artists and arts and culture organizations based on evaluation panel scores and available funding for the fiscal year. Access summaries of the grants here: 2022-2023 Annual Grants Program Awards
No Boundaries Program
Arts Commission selected artworks from 2023 PUSD’s district-wide student exhibition “No Boundaries”
Public Art Site Improvement
Public Art Site Improvement Presentation
Rotating Public Art Program Phase III Podcasts
Pasadena’s Public Art Program has collaborated with Side Street Projects and Pasadena’s Complete Streets Coalition to develop podcasts with the artists featured in Phase III of the Rotating Public Art Exhibition Program. This project was developed as a part of the City’s participation and sponsorship of Bike Month. Given the Complete Streets Coalition’s suspension of group tours for the time being, we teamed up to create new programming that may be experienced broadly and safely via technology. The podcasts are...