Barnsdall Arts Programs
For more than three decades, Barnsdall Arts/FOJAC has been committed to providing outstanding, affordable arts education programs to young people both on site at Barnsdall Art Park and in extensive outreach. With your help, we continue to develop and administer an impressive array of core programs, distinguished by excellence, imagination and rigor. We currently reach over 8,000 children annually with our art programs. For details on our programs, click here.
The quality of our work has received the highest praise and recognition. In 2008 the LACAC called Barnsdall Arts a "jewel in the crown of Los Angeles."
Special Events/Programs
Summer International Artist Residency
We are pleased to announce a new Ragan Academy summer residency with Mana Bernardes, an internationally acclaimed Brazilian artist. Beginning Monday July 26 she will teach four 2 1/2 hour workshops centered on art from recycled materials. She has worked with people in the Amazon, the favelas as well as students to create unique, exquisite works of art. Her work is carried by MOMA and has been exhibited in mususems in Brazil as well as the Cartier Institute in Paris.
July 26-July 29 5:30 to 8:00 at Lehrer Architect Studio in Silverlake
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RAGAN ART ACADEMY STUDENTS WILL UNVEIL SCULPTURES
Eight weeks ago, middle school students enrolled in the Ragan Art Academy class, held at the Armory Center for the Arts, were given an unusual assignment: They were asked to create sculptures with the theme “Signs and Sign Posts.” To prepare for the project, the young artists strolled around Pasadena, viewing, sketching, and photographing signs and local architecture . Then, using found objects including cardboard, plastic bottles, old toys, art papers, wood scraps and vinyl sheeting, they created 9 three-dimensional pieces.
The artworks will be displayed in the lobby of the George Ellery Hale Building (Permit Center), 175 N. Garfield Ave. in the Pasadena Civic Center area. The students will be honored at an opening reception Monday, June 21, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. Immediately following the reception, the students will be honored at the start of the City Council meeting in the Council Chamber, room S249 at Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave.
The project was organized as a celebration of local partnerships including arts organizations and municipal participants. Last year, students who were involved in the youth outreach portion of the General Plan Update process exhibited artwork at the Hale Building. The new exhibition was inspired by and builds on the success of that event. “As we move forward, we want to include children, teens and young adults in city activities and plans,” said Deputy Planning and Development Director Stephanie DeWolfe. “Young people are vital residents of Pasadena, where there are so many opportunities for them to become involved in their community.”
For more information visit www.cityofpasadena.net/generalplan or call (626) 744-4009.
Signs and Signposts: Photo-Collaged Sculptures from Recycled Materials
An Exhibition by Ragan Art Academy Students
Opening Reception: Monday, June 21st, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Hale Building, 175 N. Garfield Ave. Pasadena, Ca. 91101
This exhibition is sponsored by the Ragan Art Academy and the City of Pasadena Planning and Development Division with special thanks to the Armory Center for the Arts. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Take action - Save Barnsdall Arts Park!
Nine cultural centers and theatres in the City of Los Angeles are slated for closure, including Barnsdall Arts Park and the Junior Arts Center. Please voice your support here.
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Include Barnsdall Arts in your next birthday party!
Price includes one and a half hour of fun-filled art activities for up to twenty kids at your location. Art supplies are included. You can choose from our standard menu of themes, or we can help you custom design your package to suit your needs. All art instructions are given by one of LA’s best art teachers.
Price: $225 for 1-1/2 hours, up to 20 kids; additional $15 per additional child
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INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S EXHIBITION
“Children Celebrate the World Through Art: People at Work, People at Play”
March 2009 - 2010
Main Concourse, Kaiser Sunset
1505 North Edgemont Street, Los Angeles, CA 90027-5299
BARNSDALL ARTS SUNDAY
Free Family Art Workshops every Sunday from 2:00-4:00
On the patio of the Junior Arts CenterAll materials provided
Funded by the Barnsdall Art Park Foundation, LA City Council member Eric Garcetti, DCA
RAGAN ART ACADEMY
Currently registering for spring session
Introducing the Ragan Student Art Gallery
GRIFFITH PARK GROWS ART
Free Family ART in the PARK
Saturdays 2-4
Sponsored by LA City Councilmember Tom LaBonge, the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council, Blick Art Materials, and The Charitable Foundation.
