#BoldPas

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Painted a little guy at the Pasadena art festival #boldpas #watercolorpainting

[flowerpeppergallery]

BoldPas: An Art Takeover is about 3 days away🎉We are thrilled to present 8 canvas teepees by various artists for this one day art event💖Pictured here is Peek by Vivien Mildenberger @vvberger 🙏🏻This Saturday, Aug 12th from 12 pm to 8 pm, site specific art installations throughout Old Pasadena's historic, pedestrian alleyways☀️Free & Family Friendly🎉If you would like a little bit extra fun. You could participate in BoldPas Old Pasadena Walking Tour at 1:30 pm & 5 pm. See @pasadenawalkingtours for details👏🏻 Reposted from @vvberger "hang out, play around, and pose for a picture in this little house Saturday, the 12th, in Old Pasadena! this is a little crop of my piece for BoldPas, big thanks to @flowerpeppergallery for having me paint one of their tepees for the event!" Cheers!

[miakks]

@aslitusavul #boldpas #arttakeover #onlyinoldpas #pasadena #publicart #artinpublicplaces

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ScHoolboy Q- John Muir

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/10-5/13/18)-

Thursday

Hammer Museum has a free screening of the short film Eve, by Susan Bay Nimoy, with a discussion to follow

American Pleasure Club (fka Teen Suicide) are playing at The Hi Hat with Special Explosion and Wreck and Reference opening

Khalid is playing at the Greek Theatre with PrettyMuch opening

CalArts Writers Showcase is hosting a free reading series featuring its graduating Creative Writing MFAs at REDCAT

Doja Cat is playing at The Echo with StarBoi3 and L8loomer opening

Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) is playing at the Bootleg Theater

Friday

There are still some seats left for The Championship Tour at The Forum featuring Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SiR, and Lance SkiiiWalker (also Thursday)

There’s a screening of the Hitchcock classic Rear Window at Vista Theatre

Or you can check out Hitchcock’s Psycho as well as the non-Hitchcock sequels Psycho II and Psycho III for the triple feature at the Aero Theatre

RuPaul’s DragCon begins today and runs until Sunday

Born Ruffians are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Little Junior opening

Liam Gallagher is playing with Richard Ashcroft at the Greek Theatre

Saturday

Photographer John Divola will be in conversation with Getty Museum Department of Photographs curator Amanda Maddox at Arcana Books followed by a book signing

Artist Charles Gaines and curator Connie Butler are giving a free walk-through of the Mark Bradford exhibition at Hauser & Wirth

BoldPas: An Art Takeover is a free one day art event in Pasadena with 13 large scale installations in the historic alleyways, live painters, art activities, and more

EatSeeHear’s outdoor movie at LA State Historic Park this week is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Hit Bargain are playing at Rec Center with Media Jeweler, Moira Scar, and Fucked Forever

Hovvdy are playing at The Hi Hat with Lomelda and Diners opening

Sunday

Curator Connie Butler is leading a walk-through of the exhibition of video art Unspeakable: Atlas, Kruger, Walker at Hammer Museum

Celebrate Mother’s Day 2018 with the double feature of Grey Gardens and Mommy Dearest at the Egyptian Theatre

The Telescopes, LSD & The Search For God, No Sun, and Snowball II are playing Part Time Punks 13th Anniversary show at the Echoplex

Pllush are opening for Editors at The Belasco

Emmy Award winner Debbie Allen is giving free outdoor dance lessons at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

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BoldPas Boasts Oodles of Outdoors Art

The free one-day happening returns to Old Pasadena; stroll and see nifty things.

Photo Credit: Bold Pasadena

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        from BoldPas Boasts Oodles of Outdoors Art via BoldPas Boasts Oodles of Outdoors Art January 31, 2019 at 01:25AM

[eyedraugh]

This is a creature from some kind of swamp or lagoon. #boldpas #reddoor

[theartofla]

The offices of tHeARTofla.com reside in the lovely city of Pasadena where we are fortunate to enjoy a huge slice of the arts and culture that the greater LA area has to offer.  Year-round there can be something interesting to experience in Pasadena.

This August the city hosted another of its public art events (free to the public).  For a single day, artwork was installed throughout the Old Pasadena District in public spaces. The works varied greatly in size, scope, vision, and mediums.  Many of the works encourage interaction, offering some new and surprising ways for people to engage with the city.

We got the change to speak with one of the planners behind the event  Janet Swartz and with an art lover Mia Karnatz-Shifflett who attended BoldPasadena.

  Mia Karnatz-Shifflett

DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICES Art lover/Knitting Goddess KCLU

What brought you to the art take over?

A friend read about it in the LA Weekly and it sounded like a great afternoon.

Did you come out with a specific plan?

There was no plan other than to spend the afternoon experiencing art.

Was the art difficult to find?

Everything was very easy to find.  The Old Pasadena website had a self-guided tour map and maps were also available at info booths set up throughout the area.

Was there anything about the event that surprised you?

Although I grew up in this area and know the city fairly well, I was surprised that there are so many great spaces in Old Pasadena that are ideal for public art installations.  There are a lot of people who don’t visit art museums.  I don’t know whether it’s because they don’t feel it’s for them or what.  Bringing art installations into free, public spaces is a great way to make it accessible.

Do you feel that there was a nice range of styles and mediums represented?

I loved that the art ranged from whimsical, like Po Yan Leung’s “Walking the Pets,” to practical (Anali Gharakhani’s “Blister”), to the political/environmental messages of Viviana Palacio’s “Displacement of Working Objects” and Asli Tusavul’s “Better as a Color.”  Many of the pieces encouraged interaction, which is a leveler that breaks down the notion that art is elitist and inaccessible.

Would you come to an event like this again in Pasadena?

Definitely!

How often do you come to Pasadena and why?

Probably 4 or 5 times a month.  Museums, movies, shopping, and visiting family.

What kind of visual art do you often seek out and what kinds of visual arts would you like to see more?

I was fortunate enough to have parents to took us to art museums from the time we could walk so it’s always been an important part of my life.  My tastes are broad, although I have a special fondness for the post-impressionists, German Expressionism, mid-century modern design, and light and space artists like James Turrell.

Asli Tusavul “Better as a Color”

Asli Tusavul “Better as a Color”

Viviana Palacio “Displacement of Working Objects”

Po Yang Leung “Walking the Pets”

Po Yang Leung “Walking the Pets”

Po Yang Leung “Walking the Pets”

Po Yang Leung “Walking the Pets”

Po Yang Leung “Walking the Pets”

Arty Vartanyan & Zenah Sakaamini “Vantage Obscura”

Arty Vartanyan & Zenah Sakaamini “Vantage Obscura”

Anali Gharakhani “Blister”

Armory Center for the Arts

Gold Bug

Images courtesy of Mia Karnatz-Shifflett

    Janet Swartz Director of Marketing & Events OLD PASADENA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

  How long ago was this event being planned from inception to the day of the event?

We’ve been working on BoldPas for more than 6 months

How did you get the word out?

We ran KCRW radio spots, partnered with various social media outlets, distributed 15K postcards, placed posters in all of our merchant’s windows, and leveraged our own social media accounts.  Our merchants (30 of which created Art Stops for the event) were also key in promoting the event to their customers and clients.

Was the event well attended?

It was a hot day and we were thrilled by the turnout.  It was a hot day, and a first-time event, but we had nearly 15K views of our Google map, and handed out 5K printed maps of the art locations. The district was really busy all afternoon long and we saw people walking and enjoying the art in every corner and walkway.

How did the walking tours go? Do you feel this was the best way to experience this event?

Julia Long of Pasadena Walking Tours does a great job of preparing and presenting the information. She does extensive research on the history, architecture, our permanent public art, as well as the temporary art installations for BoldPas.  We had two tours and both sold-out.  The tours are one option for people who really want to know more about Old Pasadena and experience BoldPas in the context of our history and permanent art since only 30 people can take each tour. The number is predicted by Julia’s ability to be heard, and the difficulty in navigating people on the sidewalks and alleys in an already busy downtown.

What was the overall concept behind the art take over?

We wanted to create an event that motivated people to explore our alley walkways and public spaces.  Pasadena has a rich arts community from which to draw, and Old Pasadena, in particular, offers the unique network of alley walkways and original historic architecture.  BoldPas is the intersection of design, architecture, history, and art.  The name came from the idea of presenting something surprising and fresh in Old Pasadena, as well as incorporating bold color, and play in our urban spaces.

How did you find the artists that participated?

We put out a call for submissions and posted it to various websites offering a stipend to the selected artists.

Some of the installations were quite large (“The Rainbow Gates” ), were there any concerns with this and were the artists given creative restrictions?

Yes, we worked closely with the City of Pasadena to permit the event and for them to allow us to place art installations in the public right of way, as well as for the merchants to extend out from their storefronts onto the sidewalk.  Our guidelines for submissions were very specific and upheld the public safety and the protection of our historic district above all.

Will this event become annual?

Yes! We are very excited to bring BoldPas back in May 2018.

Would you consider doing it for longer than one day?

We are considering this possibility, but part of the original concept was the ephemeral nature of the one-day takeover and the imperative to get out and see it before it is gone.  We will explore all of the options as we look to plan the next edition.

As a person involved in planning many of the art programs in Pasadena, what do you see as your overall objective or vision for the city now and going forward?

I work as Director of Marketing & Events for Old Pasadena, the 22 block historic district.  Our goal is to promote Old Pas as a destination and encourage people to discover all of our side streets, parks and alleys.  Old Pasadena has 300 ground floor businesses, and nearly 200 of them are independent and local.  We want to create memorable experiences and a sense of community and connection in our authentic downtown.

If someone wanted to get involved with events like this or volunteer is there a way for them to participate?

As an artist, look for our call for submissions in February, and/or contact us to offer your services as an artist or creator for our merchant Art Stops. Contact us to volunteer in our info booths, and help set-up for the event.

  ABBEY LUCK “The Rainbow Gates”

PAUL HEINTZ “Colorful Cacti”

HOMAGE

SARAH UMLES “Crystal Lucida”

Viviana Palacio “Displacement of Working Objects”

ANALI GHARAKHANI “Blister”

ASLI TUSAVUL “Better as a Color”

Arty Vartanyan & Zenah Sakaamini “Vantage Obscura”

 If you live in the area or visit we highly recommend checking the website for OldPasadena to find out about more events of this kind in the future.

MORE ABOUT THE WORKS

ASH CANO “Rose Garden” – A structural yet playful installation that has an interactive component: Passersby can “pluck” the six-foot flowers – crafted from painted PVC pipe, cardboard, and fabric – and pose with the roses for a photo op. ashcano.com

ANALI GHARAKHANI “Blister” – Consisting of seven compressed cardboard spheres that have gone through a process of deconstruction, “Blister” is interactive, allowing visitors to rearrange them at will and use them to sit and lounge. analigharakhani.com

L.L. KESSNER “Macro/Micro Waves” – Playing with water imagery and cosmic representation, the tissue paper “tapestry” calls to mind a hanging sea of brightly colored blue waves and the pattern of microwave radiation that permeates the entire universe. The piece toys with a pun of water waves and microwaves, mixing the celestial with the silly. llkessner.com

PO YANG LEUNG “Walking the Pets” – A whimsical papier-mache installation that imagines Old Pasadena’s pet scene in a new way. The pets were from 18” to 36” tall – a size meant to encourage interaction with visitors. poyanleung.com

ABBEY LUCK “The Rainbow Gates” – Recyclable and brightly colored large streamers are strung across an urban alleyway to create seven inverse rainbows, which dance in the breeze and make a colorfully visual impact across a large space. abbeyluck.com

VIVIANA PALACIO “Displacement of Working Objects” – Evoking Pasadena’s history as a citrus grove capital, the installation places together found wooden orchard ladders and now cast off for their lightweight aluminum counterparts — a testament to a former place and time. vivianapalacio.wordpress.com

PAUL HEINTZ “Colorful Cacti” – Colorful Cacti showcases 200 brightly colored papier-mache cacti, some of them standing upwards of seven feet tall, bringing a showy garden to an urban alley. localstudiola.com

ZENAH SAKAAMINI & ARTY VARTANYAN “Vantage Obscura” – A visual and interactive exploration of color, perspective, and light, the installation features simple yarn and translucent colored film woven throughout a wooden framework of six 8-foot cubes. Shifting playful views are created as the viewer walks around and inside of the art work. zenahsakaamini.com and arty-v.com

ASLI TUSAVUL – “Better as a Color” Serving as both a commentary on the environmental consequences of plastic straws and how small individual elements form urban spaces, “Better as a Color” comprises thousands of straws sewn together and strung in rows across a 50-foot pre-fabricated steel frame. The straws will move with the wind and people passing by, colliding continuously and creating an unexpected, gentle “voice.” aslitusavul.com

  BoldPas Art Takeover in Pasadena The offices of tHeARTofla.com reside in the lovely city of Pasadena where we are fortunate to enjoy a huge slice of the arts and culture that the greater LA area has to offer.  

[pasadenachamber]

BoldPas art installations in Old Pasadena. Very cute. @oldpasadena #boldpas #pasadena #chamberofcommerce #pasadenachamber #chamber #california @visitpasadena @pasadena_restaurant_week (at Pasadena Restaurant Week)

[victorhadesign]

Painting with @warriorpainters at the BoldPas sitting on my butt on Big Bang Theory Way in Pasadena, CA. Watercolor and gouache. . . . #sketchbook #painting #watercolor #gouache #instaart #bigbangtheory #pleinairpainting #pleinair #pleinairpainter https://www.instagram.com/p/BygyDLsAyeV/?igshid=1se65j3uyv3w4

[dinexdesign]

What a fun interactive art installation we stumbled upon tonight! #boldpas had handfuls of art installations and performances happening in several tucked away historical alleyways - this watercolor table with crystal objects stoped me in my tracks!! Here's to creating something bright and positive this weekend! 🙌🏻💕 http://ift.tt/2hV833g

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BoldPas Boasts Oodles of Outdoors Art

The free one-day happening returns to Old Pasadena; stroll and see nifty things.

Photo Credit: Bold Pasadena

    copyright © 2018

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[flowerpeppergallery]

How amazing is this💖Here is the finished canvas teepee by @mcmintea for BoldPas🙏🏻One day intersection of design, architecture, art, history, and public space featuring one dozen site-specific installations in Old Pasadena's historic, pedestrian alleyways🌿Pop-Up Canvases hosted by our gallery and featuring artists @mcmintea @amy_vangilder @liten_kanin @vvberger @valeriepeee @lenasayadianart @joeystupor @yetisandfriends 👍🏻Looking forward to BoldPas: An Art Takeover throughout @oldpasadena from 12 pm to 8 pm on Saturday, August 12, 2017🎉

[miakks]

@postthepo #boldpas #arttakeover #onlyinoldpas #pasadena #publicart #artinpublicplaces

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Froth- Laurel

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (6/6-6/9/19)-

Thursday

Film at LACMA is having a free screening of Empty Metal followed by a post-screening conversation with co-directors Bayley Sweitzer and Adam Khalil, an artist and filmmaker whose work is featured in the Whitney Biennial

Hand Habits are opening for Broken Social Scene at The Fonda Theatre

Filmmaker, artist, and award-winning cinematographer Arthur Jafa will be speaking with writer Saidiya Hartman at the Hammer Museum

Sebadoh are playing at The Roxy Theatre with Flower opening

Little People is performing with Arms and Sleepers, and Newman Wolf at The Echo

Jarina de Marco and Sister Mantos are playing a free show at the Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park

Spiral Stairs (Pavement co-founder Scott Kannberg), Human Barbie, and Near Beer are playing at the Bootleg Theater

Friday

Froth are having an album release show at Lodge Room with Cosmonauts, Adult Books, and Automatic also performing

FIGFEST, a free summer concert series happening at FIGat7th downtown, begins this week with performances by Cherry Glazerr, Liily, and Benjamin Lee Ritchie Handler

Artist and muralist Kent Twitchell is giving a walkthrough of Charles White: A Retrospective at LACMA

Culture Abuse are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Tony Molina, Entry, and Dare opeing

Lee Fields & The Expressions are playing at the El Rey Theatre with Holy Hive And Brainstory

Hear a discussion on earthquakes, check out DJs, have some drinks and snacks, and see musical performances by Claude Fontaine, Gavin Turek, and Brasstacks- all happening as part of Natural History Museum's First Fridays monthly evening programming

Vundabar and Dehd are opening for together PANGEA at The Regent Theater

Friday through Sunday

LA!PRIDE Festival is taking place all weekend in West Hollywood starting with a free opening ceremony on Friday which includes a Vogue Ball & Drag Show, a film screening, and performances by Paula Abdul, Todrick Hall and DJ Goodboy.  The concert on Saturday includes performances by The Drums, Cupcakke, and Meghan Trainor, and Sunday's performers include Years and Years, Ashanti, Sateen, The Veronicas, and Miss Vanjie. There will be a parade on Santa Monica Blvd on Sunday from 11am-2pm

Saturday

Hammer Museum is having an opening celebration party for the new exhibition Sarah Lucas: Au Naturel

BoldPas: A Day of Art and Play in Old Pasadena is a free all day event where you can see art installations created by LA based artists with the artists on hand to present their work, instructor led art activities at various locations and more

Fenne Lily is opening for SOAK. at the Echoplex

Celebrate PRIDE at the Troubadour with Kitten, Iconique, Mood Killer, and Blu Detiger performing

Inner Wave are playing at The Fonda Theatre with Eyedress and Jean Dawson opening

Sunday

Field Medic is playing an early show at Moroccan Lounge

Zebulon is having a free screening of Alain Resnais' film My American Uncle and later Erik Davis will present- Welcome to the Weird, a free slideshow and talk "that riffs on the historical, conceptual, and aesthetic considerations of living in weird times".

[cucircula]

Weekend: Find Great Mother’s Day Ideas

So many wonderful ways to treat your mom to a special outing. Plus: pizza fest, fried chicken, Grand Central Market, BBQ & Beer, BoldPas, Echo Park Craft Fair

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[eyedraugh]

A walking tree from another dimension. #RedDoor #BoldPas