Karen Green's Tiny Stampede this Saturday

We are so excited to have Karen Green back at SPACE on Saturday, Sept. 24. This is her third show and we feel so honored to have an artist with her talent and depth share her work with us. We do plan to have a preview of her 57 artworks on Friday before the opening so that fans and friends of SPACE will have a chance to nab one of her pieces early. Hope to see you at the opening on Saturday, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. More info about Tiny Stampede here. 

TAME

New Show
Paintings by Jordan Daines.
Opening reception May 21
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

SPACE presents Tame, a new series of oil paintings by South Pasadena artist Jordan Daines. She has exhibited her work in several group shows at SPACE, and has won over many fans with her painterly style and vivid palette.

With this new series Daines brings her eye from the landscapes of her earlier work indoors to the material trappings of domestic life. She renders commonplace objects with bold abstracted strokes, reminding us of the excess of material goods around us, but also celebrating their simple beauty with each tonal variation. The paintings will be on view at SPACE through Saturday, July 2nd.

WINDOW EXHIBIT

Featured in the SPACE storefront window are life-sized sculptures created by Cynthia Minet from a series of domestic animals made from recycled and re-purposed plastics, and LEDs. The work is part of an ongoing project which addresses the topic of genetic modification of animals, the prevalence of plastics in our environment and the food chain, and the dependence our culture has on electricity. More info on Cynthia Minet.

Still/LIFE continues through March 12

If you missed the opening of Still/LIFE, you still have a chance to see the work of photographers Shannon Leith and Pete Starman.

A graduate of The Art Center College of Design, Starman has focused his talents on editorial work, creating images that are dynamic, tense, and charged with the relationships of its players. They are stills from a larger scene, bursting out of the confines of their frame and highlighting the less tangible nuances.

"I'm interested in relationships and how people relate to each other but also how people relate to inanimate objects and their environments, in a word - context." The strength of many of his images lies in his very deliberate cropping, making us question the larger story beyond the still.

Shannon Leith's work is a meditation on the beauty and sanctity of the mundane. A recent Biola University graduate with a BFA in photography, Leith documents her home environment daily and is genuinely absorbed in celebrating life's smallest beautiful moments, and is able to capture them, so that we can too. She makes us all slow down to appreciate the beauty of a kitchen sponge, or colander. Or the pinkness of a straw, or a friend's red hair in the sun on a road trip.

"I am fascinated by the most ordinary things. For me, the everyday stuff of life has the potential to be full of meaning and mystery. These photographs are my way to practice being present. I'd rather rush, but this is how I slow down and actually see what I'm seeing."

Still/LIFE is on view through March 12.

At top, Untitled, Shannon Leith, Below, Untitled, Pete Starman

OPEN STUDIOS

Upcoming Saturdays, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

$20 per child, Ages 5 and up, reserve your space at southpasarts@sbcglobal.net, or call 626-441-4788.

Feb. 12 - VALENTINE'S DAY THEME

Children will create cards and crafts for their loved ones.

Feb. 26 - CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Come make collages and other artwork inspired by famous black artists.

Art Workshops Start Jan. 10

A new slate of arts workshops begins the week of Jan. 10 including drawing, painting, ceramics, creative writing, architecture and design, and photography. Information on the classes and registration info can be found on our website, spaceartscenter.com.

Ceramics classes with Rebecca Tager

Ceramics Show opens June 19

Space presents unearthed, a group show of local ceramic artists. Brenda Holzke, Toti O'Brien, Jocelyn Webb Pedersen, David Prince, Nicole Ruelle-Oppenheimer, Rebecca Tager and Cynthia Thiel celebrate the organic nature and history of the medium - the happy accidents and surprises; the tactile relationship with the object. The work ranges from ancient-looking vessels to objects resembling things found in nature. Come join us for the opening Saturday, June 19, with a reception from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.