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...
Public Art Program News
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...
Rotating Program Phase III Dedication
Mayor Terry Tornek and Councilmember Gene Masuda welcomed the community to join them in dedicating Phase III of the Rotating Public Art Exhibition Program on Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 10:00 am. The event took place at the intersection of Sierra Madre Boulevard & Sierra Madre Villa Avenue in District 4, where Karen Reitzel’s artwork Calm a Little Soul is sited. More than 60 members of the community came out to celebrate with the participating artists, including the Arts & Culture Commissioners...
Dedication Event - All are welcome to attend!
All are welcome to attend!
My Pasadena NEA Our Town Public Art Project
Thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town $100,000 grant, Cultural Affairs and project partner Side Street Projects produced 12 amazingly diverse civic engagement projects that spurred interaction, dialog, participation and enjoyment in Pasadena. The following video documents many of the artist projects, as explained by the artists themselves. Thanks to partner Side Street Projects which produced this video: https://vimeo.com/album/4220747 The City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, along with partner Side Street Projects , is the proud recipient of...
Lions, Tigers, And...
PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO VIEW VIDEOS OF THE Lions, Tigers, And… public art installation at Pasadena City Hall and one of the drum circle events.
Request for Proposals - Rotating Public Art Exhibition Program III
The City of Pasadena is seeking proposals from artists, artist teams and galleries for the selection or commission of artworks as a part of the citywide Rotating Public Art Exhibition Program. Loaned artworks or site specific artworks will placed for a period of 3 years at various highly visible, key locations within the City in every Council district. Honorariums range from $6,000 (for loaned works) to $12,000 (commissioned site specific works). The Rotating Public Art Exhibition Program was established in...