SUMMER ARTS CAMP REGISTRATION BEGINS

Registration for the Summer Arts Camp at SPACE begins today, March 25.
We are excited to bring three weeks of fun and creativity to children in our community this summer. The camp, open to ages 6 - 14, will take place August 3 - 21 at SPACE and an adjacent facility.

The camp operates Monday - Friday, from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. We offer a choice each week of art workshops in the morning taught by teaching artists, then create a fun and creative open studio in the afternoon where students have the opportunity to work on their art projects, engage in group activities, and take our walking field trips to places like the Rialto Theater, the South Pasadena Music Conservatory, a professional photo studio and much more. We will also host visiting artists who will do unique projects and enlighten the children about careers in the arts. (Above, Lisa Garcia, 6)

For registration information about this special neighborhood camp, click here.

ARROYO SECO PHOTO WALK

Sunday, March 29

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Come explore the Arroyo Seco with photographer William Kelly and horticulturist Dana Kennedy. Bring your camera, if you like, as we revisit the settings of photographs currently on exhibit at SPACE.

Participant photos shot that day can be sent to us and posted on the SPACE blog. Details about the photo walk meeting place will be given when you r.s.v.p. to southpasarts@sbcglobal.net.

This event is free!

ARROYO SECO, Photographs by William Kelly

A series of black-and-white photographs depicting the uneasy yet beautiful co-existence of the natural and the man-made in the Arroyo Seco landscape.

On view through April 15.
For a look at more of William Kelly's photographs, go here.

ARTS WORKSHOPS BEGIN MARCH 2

We have an exciting new slate of arts workshops for children and adults, beginning March 2.

The session runs for six weeks and includes classes such as drawing, printmaking, photography, assemblage and more.

Space is limited to ten students per class. Register early to guarantee a spot.

For more information, click here.

POETRY READING AND WINE TASTING

Sunday, Feb. 8
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

We are proud to present a reading and book signing with noted poet Doraine Poretz, in honor of the publication of her new book,"This Alchemy".

The poetry of Ms. Poretz has the power to lift us up in these uncertain times. Give yourself the gift of hearing this special voice.

The reading is followed by a wine tasting provided by City Sip Wine Bar.

"'This Alchemy' is a book of poems that turns the concerns of everyday life into sublime acts of love."- Jack Grapes, editor Onthebus, poetry journal.

"The poems in 'This Alchemy' are transformative - taking our common language and spinning it into gold." - Laurel Ann Bogen

Here's a sample of Ms. Poretz' work.

A Story

The infant cries,
sharp blades through the ice cold dark.
She is in the world now, wanting.

Soon she will be drunk on wanting
and later, caught in the maw of time,
bloodied, delirious with it,

she will not know
why or what
she wants, until

the wind taking pity on her,
bangs open the backyard door
and pulls her into night;

and she, solitary,
hears her own heart beating to a
million billion stars, their every voice entreating:

Want this.
Want only
this.

"ALCHEMY": THE ART OF ANNIE HELM

Come see the art of assemblage artist Annie Helm whose work is currently featured in the SPACE gallery. This remarkable show is a comprehensive survey of the work of Ms.Helm, a South Pasadena resident, who, as a compulsive collector, sees beauty in the mundane, even discarded, objects in our lives and transforms them into beautiful, intricate manifestations of dreams, hopes and memories.

Much of Ms Helm's assemblage work features the Madonna figure. The artist was drawn to the Virgin Mary’s role as the Universal Mother, the embodiment of compassion and self-sacrifice, giver of hope and inner peace. Combining materials and elements from a wide variety of cultures and religions, Ms Helm re-creates the Madonna as an image of global iconography.

Don't miss the art of this local treasure!

Artist Reception: January 17
Discussion with Annie Helm: 5:00 p.m.
Reception: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

"Alchemy" is currently on view until Feb. 14.

SPACE offers Arts Workshops

SPACE is excited to offer a new slate of arts workshops for both children and adults. Click here for registration details.