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Javascript must be enabled for the correct page displaySkip to Content Galleries are currently closed.At The Table opens July 29, 2022.MenuSupportContactVisitEventsCOVID PoliciesExhibitionsUpcomingPastGallery FAQsEducationSummer ClassesOffsite ClassesScholarshipsVirtual Field TripsFor SchoolsFor TeachersSafety FAQsFacultyShopArmory PressMembershipGift CertificatesAboutCultural EquityCommunity PartnersBoard of DirectorsContactEmail ListDonateThere is still time to sign up for weekly art classes for kids, teens, and adults in-person at the Armory. Classes start July 5.Learn MoreAt the Tableis a group exhibition that explores our intimate and communal relationships with food and investigates the many ways these connections were severed or challenged during the 2020-21 lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.Opens July 29.Learn MoreGive the gift of art with an Armory art class gift certificate. Support the artists in your life by giving them the gift of creativity.Learn MoreYour membership provides tuition assistance to 1,300 students a year. Benefits include discounts, private events, and more.Learn MoreExhibitionsView AllOpeningJuly 29, 2022At the TableAt the Table is a group exhibition that explores our intimate and communal relationships with food and investigates the many ways these connections were severed or challenged during the 2020-21 lockdown triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch: Alison Saar Virtual Exhibition Field TripsTake your students (or yourself) on a virtual field trip of work from the exhibition Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe, then make art with lessons designed by Armory Teaching Artists that meet National Arts Common Core Standards. Revisit Our Past ExhibitionsRevisit over 10 years Armory exhibitions with Sarah Kathryn Arledge, Harry Dodge, Carmen Argote, Faith Wilding, Cauleen Smith, Jim Shaw, Alice Könitz, Martine Syms, Connie Samaras, Chris Burden, Robert Rauschenberg, and many more.Summer Art ClassesView AllSummer Surrealism: Drawing & Painting(Ages 9-11)In-person! Mondays • July 11 - August 8 (5 class meetings) • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Figure Drawing with Live Model(Ages 18+)In-person! Wednesdays • July 6 - August 24 • 6:00 - 9:00 PMDrama Character Workshop(Ages 7-11)In-person! Saturdays • July 9 - August 13 • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMAbstract Painting: Art & Techniques(Ages 18+)In-person! Thursdays • July 7 - August 25 • 6:00 - 9:00 PMIntermediate - Advanced Ceramics: Hand Building & Wheel Throwing(Ages 18+)In-person! Wednesdays • July 6 - August 24 • 6:00 - 9:00 PMStop Motion Animation(Ages 7-9)In-person! Fridays • July 11 - August 8 • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PMEventsView AllArmory On-Demand VideoDid you miss any of our virtual events this year? Visit our on-demand recordings of past events, including our Active Voice series, Alison Saar in conversation, readings by Mel Chin and Sehba Sarwar, and a performance by Tanya Aguiñiga.Join Our Email ListBe the first to know about upcoming Armory events, both virtual and IRL. Join our email list and receive monthly updates about classes, panel discussions, performances, celebrations, and more.Inside the ArmoryView AllAlumni Spotlight: Ro "Wyldeflower" ContrerasApril 28, 2022 9:47 AMArtNight Pasadena at the Armory on April 29 will be a homecoming for our musical guest DJ Wyldeflower, one of the rising stars at KCRW—arguably one of the most influential FM music stations in the nat...Read more.Armory Awarded Grant from Mike Kelley Foundation for the ArtsMarch 21, 2022 1:47 PMThe Armory is one of 18 LA County arts organizations selected for the 2022 Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts' organizational support grants. This is the Foundation's second year awarding unrestricte...Read more.Summer Dates AnnouncedMarch 14, 2022 2:16 PMPopular onsite classes for all ages or try our select online classes on Zoom. It's your choice! Classes include animation, book arts, ceramics: handbuilding & wheel throwing, collage & assemblage, co...Read more.Updated COVID Guidelines and Winter Studio Schedule January 04, 2022 3:19 PMUpdated Winter Session Dates (January 4, 2022) – Due to rising COVID cases in LA County, we are postponing the start of winter classes by one week in order to put increased prevention systems in pla...Read more.Partner Highlight: Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN)December 21, 2021 12:02 PMIn collaboration with our partner organizations from the Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN), the Armory helped provide a series of 20 healing-informed art workshops (and 60 of these art kits)...Read more.Meet Our Youngest Supporters! November 29, 2021 12:02 PMMeet our youngest supporters! When twins Cameron and Lindy celebrated their birthday recently, their mom Kelley had a concern and an idea. "With twins in the same grade, but different classes, our b...Read more.Armory Selected for WPA-Inspired "Artists at Work" ProgramSeptember 23, 2021 12:51 PMPasadena Community Job Center, NAACP Pasadena, and the Armory are excited to take part in the Artists At Work (AAW), a workforce resilience program designed to support the rebuilding of healthy commun...Read more.Alison Saar Re-imagines Catfish Dreamin' at the ArmorySeptember 17, 2021 3:34 PMThe Armory is excited to present Alison Saar's Catfish Dreamin’, an outdoor temporary sculpture and related online program, on view now in our front garden. One of Saar's earliest public projects, C...Read more. Fall Class Dates Announced: Online & OnsiteAugust 17, 2021 4:44 PMSave the date!We’re excited to welcome you back to the Armory this fall with onsite classes for all ages. Or, try our popular online classes on Zoom. It's your choice! Classes include ceramics, life d...Read more.WATCH: Log in to Emerging Arts Tech with Devon Baur and Peter Wu+August 16, 2021 2:27 PMThank you to all who joined the Armory in taking a look at emerging art technologies with artists Devon Baur and Peter Wu+. Produced and moderated by the Armory's Getty interns Shardé Alexander and Ja...Read more.VIEW: BOOM Online Showcase August 12, 2021 5:46 PMBOOM is an online showcase of the energetic, thoughtful and unapologetic work from the Armory’s Art High program. This exhibition highlights the talents of teens who share a common interest in art and...Read more.WATCH: Alison Saar Virtual Exhibition Field TripsJuly 29, 2021 5:53 PMTake your students (or yourself) on a virtual Armory field trip and make art with lessons designed by Armory Teaching Artists that meet National Arts Common Core Standards. These virtual field trips...Read more.WATCH: Active Voice Part 4: Art and Abolition in Los AngelesJuly 29, 2021 4:48 PMThank you to all who joined artists and abolitionists Mims and Cecilia Sweet-Coll for "Art and Abolition in Los Angeles," the fourth installment of the Armory's Active Voice conversation series. Watch...Read more.WATCH: Alison Saar in ConversationJuly 29, 2021 2:45 PMThank to all who joined the Armory for a lively, virtual discussion with Alison Saar and co-curators Irene Georgia Tsatsos and Rebecca McGrew (of the Armory and the Benton respectively) about the arti...Read more.Teens Document One Year of COVID Lockdown with Zine ProjectJuly 20, 2021 3:29 PMWhat does justice mean in the age of COVID? Armory Teaching Artists posed this question to young adults from across the Southland participating in our COVID Chronicles 'Zine class. This summer, the Ar...Read more.WATCH: Poetry Readings from the Alison Saar Exhibition CatalogueJuly 12, 2021 4:10 PMEnjoy a reading of three works included in the Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe exhibition catalogue, recorded during the virtual catalogue release event last autumn. First up is Pomona College Presi...Read more.Pasadena Parks After Dark with the ArmoryJuly 08, 2021 2:12 PMJoin Armory teaching artist Heather Hilliard for Pasadena’s Parks After Dark programs. A line-up of summer activities by Pasadena Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department free for all ages...Read more.WATCH: Mel Chin and Sehba Sarwar: How Would You Like Me Now?June 29, 2021 1:28 PMThank you to all who joined us for the Armory's new literary reading series on racial justice, presented in conjunction with the ongoing exhibition Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe. This inaugural re...Read more.WATCH: Christina Sharpe - Alison Saar Essay ReadingJune 24, 2021 12:00 PMWatch Christina Sharpe's powerful reading of an excerpt from her essay Alison Saar, Alchemist: 'the hand is in the making of textures'. You can find Sharpe's entire essay in Alison Saar: Of Aether and...Read more.Michael McMillen Motel (Under the World) Gets a MakeoverJune 23, 2021 12:00 PMRecently, artist Michael McMillen visited the Armory to spruce up Motel (Under the World), his permanent floor installation depicting a robot, resting under glass, watching TV, and polishing off a cas...Read more.WATCH: Active Voice Part 3: Home Studio, Teaching Art, and Learning During the PandemicJune 17, 2021 2:37 PMJohn Ziqiang Wu’s exhibition Art Making opened at the Armory on February 9, 2020, just a few weeks before LA County’s stay at home order went into effect, triggering the closure of all indoor cultural...Read more.Online Exhibition: Armory Art Making Classes in Boyle HeightsJune 15, 2021 2:13 PMGenerous support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs enabled the Armory to partner with Proyecto Pastoral and Homeboy to present free art making classes for children and teens ...Read more.WATCH: Active Voice Part 2: Wellness at Home and In CommunityApril 22, 2021 2:35 PMThe emergence and rapid proliferation of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 resulted in a global pandemic at a scale not seen since the Spanish flu of 1918. In the U.S. the virus came as a shock ...Read more.A Message from Our Executive Director Leslie A. ItoApril 09, 2021 1:25 PMThe deadly shootings in Atlanta and the countless attacks on Asian American elders in communities across the nation have saddened me and triggered memories. As a child, I remember walking through a st...Read more.WATCH: Active Voice Part 1: Lockdown, One Year LaterMarch 25, 2021 2:31 PMOn March 19, 2020, following the emergence and rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus, California became the first U.S. state to issue a state-wide safer-at-home order. Subsequently, the County of Los Ang...Read more.WATCH: Sara Kathryn Arledge Book LaunchMarch 23, 2021 2:51 PMOn March 11, 2021, the Armory celebrated the live book launch of Sara Kathryn Arledge: Serene for the Moment, the first extended monograph on the artist produced in conjunction with the 2019 Armory ex...Read more.Armory Launches New Series Inspired by Conversations and Reflections in the Year Under LockdownMarch 17, 2021 1:04 PMActive Voice: Conversations at the Intersection of Art, Community, and Social Justice is a monthly conversation series hosted by Armory Center for the Arts inspired by the conversations and reflection...Read more.WATCH: Tanya Aguiñiga Virtual Exhibition Field TripsMarch 15, 2021 5:53 PMTake your students on a virtual Armory exhibition tour and make art with lessons designed by Armory Teaching Artists that meet National Arts Common Core Standards. This first round of virtual field ...Read more.WATCH: Dina Abdulkarim and Hugo Hopping in Conversation, Moderated by Harry Gamboa Jr.March 04, 2021 2:46 PMThis conversation between artists Dina Abdulkarim and Hugo Hopping, moderated by artist Harry Gamboa Jr. and introduced by the Armory's Chief Curator Irene Georgia Tsatsos, was recorded on February 5,...Read more.WATCH: Tanya Aguiñiga's Final Armory Exhibition Walkthrough and Q&AMarch 04, 2021 2:39 PMTanya Aguiñiga's exhibition opened in early 2020, but regrettably closed to the public only five weeks later due to the pandemic. This opportunity to experience Aguiñiga's exhibition virtually culmina...Read more.Getty Awards the Armory a Grant of $100,000, Part of Pacific Standard Time Art x Science InitiativeJanuary 27, 2021 12:29 PMWe are pleased to announce that the Armory has received a $100,000 research grant from the Getty Foundation for From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments, a forward-looking ethno...Read more.Armory Exhibition Catalogue Named One of the Best Black Art Books of 2020December 31, 2021 12:13 PMAlison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe has been named one of the 15 best Black art books of 2020 by Culture Type—an essential resource focused on visual art from a Black perspective that explores the inter...Read more.WATCH: Tanya Aguiñiga and Jackie Amézquita in ConversationDecember 15, 2020 12:00 PMArtist Tanya Aguiñiga was joined by her friend and colleague Jackie Amézquita last week for an hour-long conversation about their practices, both as individual artists and collaborators. At the center...Read more.Sock Puppets & Science: Arts Integration in the Age of COVIDNovember 02, 2020 12:50 PMWhen Pasadena Unified School District sent students home in March, the Armory followed the District's lead. It became quickly evident to the Armory's leadership team that this pandemic wasn't ending a...Read more.WATCH: Alison Saar Catalogue LaunchOctober 23, 2020 12:00 PMThe Armory and the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College virtual release of the exhibition catalogue Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe featured conversations with special guests, poetry readings, and...Read more.Collaborative Zine Project Encourages Young Adults to Vote October 09, 2020 3:21 PMWe all have a choice and a voice! Twice a week throughout the month of August, young adults from Greater LA and across the country met via Zoom as part of a "Get Out the Vote" zine class—a collaborati...Read more.Learning Art Over the Phone at Heritage Square Senior HousingSeptember 29, 2020 2:36 PMImagine taking your first art class... over the telephone. This is the improbable quarantine success story of "technology challenged" Phil Sanchez, a 70 year old resident of Pasadena's Heritage Square...Read more.Book & Blog Launch: Below the UndergroundAugust 17, 2020 11:54 AMJoin us on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 5:00 PM PT (7 PM CDMX) for a virtual release of the bilingual publication Below the Underground: Renegade Art and Action in 1990s Mexico / Más abajo que el und...Read more.Community Highlight: Daniel WilliamsJuly 28, 2020 2:47 PMDance for Love, Dance for Peace The weekend of June 22, 2020, we saw the virtual return of the Pasadena Chalk Festival, the largest event of its kind according to the Guinness Book of Records. In th...Read more.Community Highlight: Heritage Square HousingJuly 28, 2020 2:47 PMArt for EveryoneIn the 130+ days since lockdown, Armory Teaching Artists have remained resourceful, resilient, and devoted to the Armory's mission of transforming lives through the power of art. Usi...Read more.Community Highlight: Day OneJuly 28, 2020 2:47 PMCommunity CollaborationArmory Teaching Artist Sergio Hernandez shared this pic from his online lettering class, presented in collaboration with Pasadena's Public Library and Day One. Using watercolo...Read more.Schools Feature: Altadena Arts MagnetJuly 28, 2020 2:47 PMVirtual exhibition for the Armory's Artful Connections with Math program During the Fall 2019 semester, Armory Center for the Arts provided a new comprehensive visual art/math integrated curriculum ...Read more.JuneteenthJuly 28, 2020 2:47 PMCome Celebrate Juneteenth!This Friday, June 19, with a car caravan for black lives organized by our partners at the NAACP Pasadena and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Vehicles will asse...Read more.How to Make an Origami OwlJuly 21, 2020 12:26 PMAll you need is scissors, markers, paper! In 12 easy steps, you'll be able to make your own parliament of owls (BTW - a group of owls is called a "parliament"). Special thanks to Armory Teaching Ronna...Read more.Grief, Solidarity, and RespectJune 12, 2020 2:12 PMThe Armory grieves the loss of George Floyd and so many others who have lost their lives to police brutality and the systemic racism that continues to plague our country. We stand in solidarity with c...Read more.Austyn de Lugo: 5 Queer Collage Artists for Pride MonthJune 10, 2020 12:34 PMArmory Teaching Artist Austyn de Lugo (he/him/él) is an LA-based artist of Puerto Rican and Virgin Islander descent. Austyn is especially interested in queer and feminist theory, horror films, pattern...Read more.Caravan for Black Lives June 02, 2020 2:47 PMCome support this evening's "Mr. George Floyd Caravan Vigil & Peace," organized by our partners at the NAACP Pasadena Branch and the National Association of Day Laborers Organizing Network. Vehicles w...Read more.WATCH: Tanya Aguiñiga Live on InstagramMay 29, 2020 3:32 PMJoin us for a performance by Tanya Aguiñiga, live on the Armory’s Instagram on Wednesday, June 3 at 4:00 PM PDT. A centerpiece of Aguiñiga's Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro exhibition at the ...Read more.Faculty Feature: Andrew K. CurreyMay 27, 2020 10:00 AMOn May 26, 2020, we asked Armory Teaching Artist Andrew K. Currey to take over our Instagram account for the day. Here's what she shared. Be sure to follow us @ArmoryArts for future #TakeOverTuesdays ...Read more. HOME: An Armory Coloring BookMay 21, 2020 2:08 PMThis coloring book for all ages is a collaborative effort of the Armory's Teaching Artists. We invited our faculty to each create an illustration representing their personal interpretation of “Home,” ...Read more.Jocelyn Casas: Top 5 Favorite Sculptors Right NowMay 20, 2020 3:34 PMArmory Teaching Artist Jocelyn Casas makes paintings, sculptures, installations, murals, and wearables. Jocelyn's work navigates her fluid identity as a first generation Mexican-American, using both h...Read more.How To Make Coffee Ink ArtMay 15, 2020 1:33 PMFun for all ages! Adapted from Nick Neddo’s book The Organic Artist, this Coffee Ink Art activity comes to you from Armory Teaching Artist Michelle Ohm. Tag @ArmoryArts when you share photos and video...Read more.Grace Lacques: 6 Theater Performances That Took My Breath AwayMay 13, 2020 1:09 PMArmory Teaching Artist Grace Lacques is our resident theatrical expert. Grace began her theater studies in France, studying master Etienne Decroux's corporal mime techniques. She has taught children's...Read more.How To Make a Fabric MaskMay 08, 2020 10:32 AMArmory Teaching Artist Denise El-Hoss has directed our letterpress studio for more than a decade. A master of the letterpress medium, Denise is also quite handy with a needle and thread. In this short...Read more.Elonda Norris: 5 Ceramic Artists I've Been Thinking AboutMay 06, 2020 12:32 PMArmory Teaching Artist and ceramics instructor Elonda Norris has shown nationally and throughout Los Angeles. Using household items, furniture, and food, her artwork invites us to question our relatio...Read more.Create an Animal Companion with Ed LeonardiMay 01, 2020 4:08 PMPerfect for ages 3 to 5! Created by Armory Teaching Artist Ed Leonardi, we have some fun and simple directions on how to make yourself an animal companion including a 3D kitten or 2D puppy. Loadin...Read more.Sergio Hernandez: Top 7 Street ArtistsApril 29, 2020 4:14 PMArmory Teaching Artist Sergio Hernandez is our resident expert on all things street art — murals, lettering, slap boards, stencils, and more. An accomplished artist and designer, Sergio teaches some o...Read more.Armory Arts Challenge #3 - Beyond the Selfie: Summon the Actor Within April 24, 2020 3:15 PMAll the world’s a stage and we are all actors. Armory Teaching Artist and drama instructor Grace Lacques challenges you to invent a character based on this single word: HOPE. Your character will perso...Read more.How To Hang ArtApril 23, 2020 1:40 PMThis handy how-to guide from the Armory's exhibitions team shows you the essential steps and simple math used by professionals to hang art. You can also use this information to securely hang other thi...Read more.Faculty Feature: Gabriella Carboni April 21, 2020 10:00 PMOn April 20, 2020, we asked Armory Teaching Artist Gabriella Carboni to take over our Instagram account for the day. Here's what she shared. Be sure to follow us @ArmoryArts for future #TakeOverTuesda...Read more.Collage Scavenger Hunt with Sandra GallegosApril 17, 2020 4:58 PMArmory Teaching Artist Sandra Gallegos asked us to share one of her favorite collages with you that she made in 2017. "I thought it would be nice for children to hunt for things," like a scavenger hun...Read more.Matt MacFarland: 7 Cartoonists I LoveApril 15, 2020 4:30 PMArmory Teaching Artist Matt MacFarland loves drawing and comics. "I went to school for art, but still made cartoons. Then I went to grad school for art. I still made cartoons...then my son was born an...Read more.Armory Arts Challenge #2 - Cartoon Doodles from MemoryApril 10, 2020 1:04 PMIn 10 minutes, draw as many popular cartoon characters as possible...from memory! Forget about details. Be quick & loose. It's not about being "good." It's about discovering your unique cartooning sty...Read more.Artful Connections With Math: The Art StoreApril 09, 2020 2:58 PMFor 2nd & 3rd Graders: How do artists purchase materials for creating a project? This lesson a goal is for students to work within a given budget, create proposals, purchase materials from a classroom...Read more.Kate Lain's Top 5: Cabin Fever PlaylistApril 08, 2020 4:30 PMArmory Teaching Artist Kate Lain's Cabin Fever Playlist is a crowd-sourced list of experimental films that are currently free online. Kate started the list on March 13 for her video art students at th...Read more.Artful Connections With Math: Area Perimeter Blueprint CollageApril 03, 2020 4:31 PMFor 3rd Graders: How do we use math and art to represent our living spaces? This lesson’s goal is for students to create a floor plan collage, using graph paper to calculate area and sewing with embro...Read more.Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Helps Armory Brings the Power of Art to Youth in Boyle Heights, Lincoln HeightsAugust 05, 2019 4:49 PMWith generous support from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the Armory partnered with Proyecto Pastoral, Public Works, and the Art for Incarcerated Youth Network to present art ...Read more.The Brief Statements of Sara Kathryn ArledgeFebruary 14, 2019 2:06 PMIf she lived during the age of smart phones, what would Sara Kathryn Arledge think of Twitter? It's an intriguing question, because decades before the advent of the tweet, Arledge wrote and archived h...Read more.2020 Curators Award and $80,000 GrantDecember 18, 2018 10:05 AMFellows of Contemporary Art Bestows 2020 Curators Award and $80,000 Grant to the Curators at Armory Center for the Arts and Pomona College Museum of Art The Fellows of Contemporary Art (FOCA) has awar...Read more.Meet Our New Board MembersOctober 26, 2018 3:01 PMArmory Center for the Arts is pleased to announce three new additions to our board of directors. Please join us in welcoming architect Alice Fung, USC's Vice President of Admissions and Planning Katha...Read more.Leslie A. Ito Named New Executive Director of Armory Center for the ArtsJuly 09, 2018 3:03 PMFollowing a 6-month national search conducted by the executive search firm of Morris & Berger, Armory Center for the Arts' Board of Directors have announced that Leslie A. Ito of South Pasadena will b...Read more.Faculty Spotlight: Kristofferson San Pablo Exhibiting in Beyond the StreetsJuly 09, 2018 2:36 PMArmory Teaching Artist Kristofferson San Pablo will be exhibiting as part of a group show at Beyond the Streets in Los Angeles. Along with teaching an array of classes from Crazy Caricature, Anime, Co...Read more.Andre’ Barnwell's African USA Flag Encourages Investigation of African RootsFebruary 01, 2018 4:10 PMThroughout the month of February, and in honor of Black History Month, artist and designer Andre’ Barnwell’s African USA Flag project encourages Americans to genetically map their African heritage and...Read more.Armory Curates Public Art at Arroyo Seco WeekendJune 19, 2017 10:18 AMCoachella music festival organizers Goldenvoice will debut the Arroyo Seco Weekend— with three stages of live music along with curated menus from LA’s celebrated restaurants and chefs at the Rose Bowl...Read more.Limited Edition Octavia E. Butler Print by Connie SamarasDecember 08, 2016 1:35 PMConnie Samaras The Past is Another Planet: Huntington Tropical Garden; OEB 7185, Octavia E. Butler and Large Tree, Amazon River Region, July 1985. 2016 Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine ...Read more.Armory Helps Incarcerated Teen Girls Create a Mural in Santa ClaritaJune 23, 2016 12:15 PMBright pink and blue chairs, a television screen, and vibrant paintings fill the “Hope Center” of Camp Joseph Scott Juvenile Hall — and for a moment it feels “normal.” The Hope Center recently welcome...Read more.Ellen Lesperance's Interactive Sweater ProjectJune 20, 2016 3:33 PMCongratulations and Celebrations, the interactive project by artist Ellen Lesperance gives you an opportunity to wear the sweater designed and knit by the artist that is currently on exhibit at the Ar...Read more.First Lady Michelle Obama Honors the Armory at the White HouseNovember 12, 2015 8:15 AMTeen photographer Dalon Poole of Pasadena and Executive Director Scott Ward represented the Armory at the White House on November 17 to accept a major award from First Lady Michelle Obama. Since 200...Read more.Faith Wilding Limited Edition PrintOctober 08, 2015 5:25 PM"...Wilding achieves a weird combination of conservative sweetness and fierceness that made me tear up when I saw the show, full of work that's been waiting to be seen for decades." — LA Weekly"a go...Read more.Armory Helps Incarcerated Teen Girls Create Mural at Detention CampJuly 14, 2015 3:38 PMArmory Teaching Artist Carlos Callejo recently completed a stunning collaborative mural with 15 teenage girls currently serving time inside Santa Clarita's Scudder Detention Camp. • See Mural Pi...Read more.Warhol Foundation Awards $120K to Armory ExhibitionsJuly 10, 2015 12:21 PMThe Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has awarded the Armory $120,000 to support exhibitions and related programming over the next 2 years. The Armory is the only Pasadena institution to rece...Read more.Masks by LA County Inmates Support Teen Internships @ the ArmoryJuly 07, 2015 4:53 PMThese poignant self portraits are from a 2015 Armory exhibition of masks created by adult students from New Opportunities Charter School — a school for LA County inmates who do not have a high school ...Read more.Kim Abeles Spruces Up Fig LeavesJuly 06, 2015 2:59 PMWith the support of friends, volunteers, and donors, artist Kim Abeles and her team have spent the last several weeks giving a much-needed makeover to one of Pasadena's most unusual and informative pu...Read more.After Victor Papanek: Exhibition Related EventsMay 14, 2015 3:50 PMOn view through September 6, After Victor Papanek: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be is a group exhibition that focuses on Papanek’s pioneering influence on sustainable, socially responsible, human...Read more.The Armory Awarded $150K for New Art + Science ProgramSeptember 18, 2014 11:41 AMThe Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $150,000 to Armory Center for the Arts to develop, deliver, and evaluate Artful Connections with Science — a new visual arts/science integra...Read more. 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