Fluids: A Happening by Alan Kaprows Armory Center for the Arts 2026-09-17 | Fluids: A Happening by Alan Kaprows
Conversation With Terry Chatkupt & Bodhi Chatkupt at the Armory Armory Center for the Arts 2024-04-12 | Terry Chatkupt and his son Bodhi in conversation with Exhibitions Director Heber Rodriguez at the opening reception for Terry Chatkupt: A Year at Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, CA. Recorded live on Sunday, January 28, 2024.
Spring Bloom at the Armory Center for the Arts Armory Center for the Arts 2024-03-30 | Our Spring gallery show titled Bloom, showing at the Armory Center for the Arts
ACM 2nd Grade: Regrouping Collage Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-03 | DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON PLAN: armoryarts.org/RC1ABOUT THIS LESSON How can we visually depict regrouping? This lesson’s goal is for students to add 3-digit numbers by examining ones, tens, and hundreds and regrouping when necessary. Then, using different sizes of paper to visually differentiate between place values, they will create an abstract paper collage that depicts the sum of their 3-digit numbers both with and without regrouping.GRADE LEVEL: 2nd GradeABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIESThis video is brought to you as a free public service courtesy of a three year collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena Unified School District. Made possible by a grant from the US Department of Education with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation.Artful Connections with Math © has been formally evaluated by CRESST: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles.For more video lessons, or to learn more about professional development opportunities through Armory Center for the Arts, visit armoryarts.org/math.ABOUT ARTFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MATH ©Artful Connections with Math harnesses the power of art to advance learning and achievement among struggling student populations. The arts open the door for learning in math, by helping to make abstract concepts more concrete, understandable, and approachable. The curriculum takes a hands-on, experiential learning approach that helps students appreciate the relevance of their math studies. Lessons are designed to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. The visual arts-math integrated lessons advance student understanding of grade level mathematics, in a way that enhances instruction and provides students with the building blocks for proficiency at higher grade levels.With the support of a U.S. Department of Education three year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant, Artful Connections with Math has been developed as a professional development model for the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. The program provides sustained, rigorous professional development training for multi-subject classroom teachers, instilling in them the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver standards-based visual arts-math integrated instruction to students attending high poverty schools, as well as providing key instructional materials and lessons to use in their classrooms. The curriculum has been designed by a seasoned team of Armory trained teaching artists and arts administrators, in partnership with the Pasadena Unified School District. Over the last three years, the Armory’s program has trained 60 classroom teachers and reached over 1,800 students in the PUSD.This visual arts-math integrated approach to instruction provides the classroom teacher with experience in developing more conceptual learning frameworks, emphasized as best practices by the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Moreover, the lessons rigorously embody the California Visual Arts Standards to broaden in-school opportunities for meaningful and substantive visual arts instruction. Curriculum will include alignment with the National Core Arts Standards upon final adoption. In the coming years, several additional changes to the program will be made: development of curriculum for the 4th grade; alignment with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy standards; and the addition of a technology component supportive of ELA and visual arts instructional objectives. The technology component will employ a user-friendly app designed by Caltech Classroom Connections for iPads. The Armory’s plan is to take the redesigned program into Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms over the next four years.Over the last three years with the support of a USDOE grant, the program has been formally evaluated as a professional development model by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Each year of the program and informed by the evaluation, the Project Team has worked to increase the programs impact by fine-tuning lesson design and instruction. The resulting portfolios of standards-based lessons and accompanying instructional videos guide the classroom teacher through the lesson, and are being disseminated to the education community with the goal of bringing the power of art into classrooms across the nation.
ACM 2nd Grade: Place Value Sculpture Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-03 | DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON PLAN: armoryarts.org/pv1ABOUT THIS LESSON How can we use sculpture to depict a number? This lesson’s goal is for students to group objects in ones, tens and hundreds in order to count to a 3-digit number. They will use color and length to visually differentiate between place values, and create an abstract wire sculpture that depicts their 3-digit number.GRADE LEVEL: 2nd GradeABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIESThis video is brought to you as a free public service courtesy of a three year collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena Unified School District. Made possible by a grant from the US Department of Education with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation.Artful Connections with Math © has been formally evaluated by CRESST: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles.For more video lessons, or to learn more about professional development opportunities through Armory Center for the Arts, visit armoryarts.org/math.ABOUT ARTFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MATH ©Artful Connections with Math harnesses the power of art to advance learning and achievement among struggling student populations. The arts open the door for learning in math, by helping to make abstract concepts more concrete, understandable, and approachable. The curriculum takes a hands-on, experiential learning approach that helps students appreciate the relevance of their math studies. Lessons are designed to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. The visual arts-math integrated lessons advance student understanding of grade level mathematics, in a way that enhances instruction and provides students with the building blocks for proficiency at higher grade levels.With the support of a U.S. Department of Education three year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant, Artful Connections with Math has been developed as a professional development model for the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. The program provides sustained, rigorous professional development training for multi-subject classroom teachers, instilling in them the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver standards-based visual arts-math integrated instruction to students attending high poverty schools, as well as providing key instructional materials and lessons to use in their classrooms. The curriculum has been designed by a seasoned team of Armory trained teaching artists and arts administrators, in partnership with the Pasadena Unified School District. Over the last three years, the Armory’s program has trained 60 classroom teachers and reached over 1,800 students in the PUSD.This visual arts-math integrated approach to instruction provides the classroom teacher with experience in developing more conceptual learning frameworks, emphasized as best practices by the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Moreover, the lessons rigorously embody the California Visual Arts Standards to broaden in-school opportunities for meaningful and substantive visual arts instruction. Curriculum will include alignment with the National Core Arts Standards upon final adoption. In the coming years, several additional changes to the program will be made: development of curriculum for the 4th grade; alignment with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy standards; and the addition of a technology component supportive of ELA and visual arts instructional objectives. The technology component will employ a user-friendly app designed by Caltech Classroom Connections for iPads. The Armory’s plan is to take the redesigned program into Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms over the next four years.Over the last three years with the support of a USDOE grant, the program has been formally evaluated as a professional development model by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Each year of the program and informed by the evaluation, the Project Team has worked to increase the programs impact by fine-tuning lesson design and instruction. The resulting portfolios of standards-based lessons and accompanying instructional videos guide the classroom teacher through the lesson, and are being disseminated to the education community with the goal of bringing the power of art into classrooms across the nation.
ACM 2nd & 3rd Grade: The Art Store Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-03 | DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON PLAN: armoryarts.org/AS1ABOUT THIS LESSON 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 “store,” and create a sculpture on a base.GRADE LEVEL: 2nd & 3rd GradeABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIESThis video is brought to you as a free public service courtesy of a three year collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena Unified School District. Made possible by a grant from the US Department of Education with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation.Artful Connections with Math © has been formally evaluated by CRESST: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles.For more video lessons, or to learn more about professional development opportunities through Armory Center for the Arts, visit armoryarts.org/math.ABOUT ARTFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MATH ©Artful Connections with Math harnesses the power of art to advance learning and achievement among struggling student populations. The arts open the door for learning in math, by helping to make abstract concepts more concrete, understandable, and approachable. The curriculum takes a hands-on, experiential learning approach that helps students appreciate the relevance of their math studies. Lessons are designed to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. The visual arts-math integrated lessons advance student understanding of grade level mathematics, in a way that enhances instruction and provides students with the building blocks for proficiency at higher grade levels.With the support of a U.S. Department of Education three year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant, Artful Connections with Math has been developed as a professional development model for the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. The program provides sustained, rigorous professional development training for multi-subject classroom teachers, instilling in them the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver standards-based visual arts-math integrated instruction to students attending high poverty schools, as well as providing key instructional materials and lessons to use in their classrooms. The curriculum has been designed by a seasoned team of Armory trained teaching artists and arts administrators, in partnership with the Pasadena Unified School District. Over the last three years, the Armory’s program has trained 60 classroom teachers and reached over 1,800 students in the PUSD.This visual arts-math integrated approach to instruction provides the classroom teacher with experience in developing more conceptual learning frameworks, emphasized as best practices by the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Moreover, the lessons rigorously embody the California Visual Arts Standards to broaden in-school opportunities for meaningful and substantive visual arts instruction. Curriculum will include alignment with the National Core Arts Standards upon final adoption. In the coming years, several additional changes to the program will be made: development of curriculum for the 4th grade; alignment with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy standards; and the addition of a technology component supportive of ELA and visual arts instructional objectives. The technology component will employ a user-friendly app designed by Caltech Classroom Connections for iPads. The Armory’s plan is to take the redesigned program into Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms over the next four years.Over the last three years with the support of a USDOE grant, the program has been formally evaluated as a professional development model by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Each year of the program and informed by the evaluation, the Project Team has worked to increase the programs impact by fine-tuning lesson design and instruction. The resulting portfolios of standards-based lessons and accompanying instructional videos guide the classroom teacher through the lesson, and are being disseminated to the education community with the goal of bringing the power of art into classrooms across the nation.
ACM 2nd Grade: Fraction Mobile Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-03 | DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON PLAN: armoryarts.org/FM1ABOUT THIS LESSON How can fractions and colors be understood as parts and wholes? This lesson’s goal is for students to correlate fraction families with color families by mixing secondary colors and cutting paper circles and rectangles into fractional parts. Then, students will create a mobile that demonstrates how fractional parts combine to make a whole.GRADE LEVEL: 2nd GradeABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIESThis video is brought to you as a free public service courtesy of a three year collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena Unified School District. Made possible by a grant from the US Department of Education with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation.Artful Connections with Math © has been formally evaluated by CRESST: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles.For more video lessons, or to learn more about professional development opportunities through Armory Center for the Arts, visit armoryarts.org/math.ABOUT ARTFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MATH ©Artful Connections with Math harnesses the power of art to advance learning and achievement among struggling student populations. The arts open the door for learning in math, by helping to make abstract concepts more concrete, understandable, and approachable. The curriculum takes a hands-on, experiential learning approach that helps students appreciate the relevance of their math studies. Lessons are designed to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. The visual arts-math integrated lessons advance student understanding of grade level mathematics, in a way that enhances instruction and provides students with the building blocks for proficiency at higher grade levels.With the support of a U.S. Department of Education three year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant, Artful Connections with Math has been developed as a professional development model for the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. The program provides sustained, rigorous professional development training for multi-subject classroom teachers, instilling in them the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver standards-based visual arts-math integrated instruction to students attending high poverty schools, as well as providing key instructional materials and lessons to use in their classrooms. The curriculum has been designed by a seasoned team of Armory trained teaching artists and arts administrators, in partnership with the Pasadena Unified School District. Over the last three years, the Armory’s program has trained 60 classroom teachers and reached over 1,800 students in the PUSD.This visual arts-math integrated approach to instruction provides the classroom teacher with experience in developing more conceptual learning frameworks, emphasized as best practices by the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Moreover, the lessons rigorously embody the California Visual Arts Standards to broaden in-school opportunities for meaningful and substantive visual arts instruction. Curriculum will include alignment with the National Core Arts Standards upon final adoption. In the coming years, several additional changes to the program will be made: development of curriculum for the 4th grade; alignment with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy standards; and the addition of a technology component supportive of ELA and visual arts instructional objectives. The technology component will employ a user-friendly app designed by Caltech Classroom Connections for iPads. The Armory’s plan is to take the redesigned program into Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms over the next four years.Over the last three years with the support of a USDOE grant, the program has been formally evaluated as a professional development model by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Each year of the program and informed by the evaluation, the Project Team has worked to increase the programs impact by fine-tuning lesson design and instruction. The resulting portfolios of standards-based lessons and accompanying instructional videos guide the classroom teacher through the lesson, and are being disseminated to the education community with the goal of bringing the power of art into classrooms across the nation.
ACM 2nd Grade: Coin Rubbing and Print Composition Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-03 | ABOUT THIS LESSON What are the artistic and mathematical attributes of money? This lesson's goal is for students to create a layered composition consisting of coin rubbings, a watercolor wash, and ink prints of coins they design.GRADE LEVEL: 2nd GradeABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIESThis video is brought to you as a free public service courtesy of a three year collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena Unified School District. Made possible by a grant from the US Department of Education with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation.Artful Connections with Math © has been formally evaluated by CRESST: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles.For more video lessons, or to learn more about professional development opportunities through Armory Center for the Arts, visit armoryarts.org/math.ABOUT ARTFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MATH ©Artful Connections with Math harnesses the power of art to advance learning and achievement among struggling student populations. The arts open the door for learning in math, by helping to make abstract concepts more concrete, understandable, and approachable. The curriculum takes a hands-on, experiential learning approach that helps students appreciate the relevance of their math studies. Lessons are designed to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. The visual arts-math integrated lessons advance student understanding of grade level mathematics, in a way that enhances instruction and provides students with the building blocks for proficiency at higher grade levels.With the support of a U.S. Department of Education three year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant, Artful Connections with Math has been developed as a professional development model for the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. The program provides sustained, rigorous professional development training for multi-subject classroom teachers, instilling in them the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver standards-based visual arts-math integrated instruction to students attending high poverty schools, as well as providing key instructional materials and lessons to use in their classrooms. The curriculum has been designed by a seasoned team of Armory trained teaching artists and arts administrators, in partnership with the Pasadena Unified School District. Over the last three years, the Armory’s program has trained 60 classroom teachers and reached over 1,800 students in the PUSD.This visual arts-math integrated approach to instruction provides the classroom teacher with experience in developing more conceptual learning frameworks, emphasized as best practices by the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Moreover, the lessons rigorously embody the California Visual Arts Standards to broaden in-school opportunities for meaningful and substantive visual arts instruction. Curriculum will include alignment with the National Core Arts Standards upon final adoption. In the coming years, several additional changes to the program will be made: development of curriculum for the 4th grade; alignment with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy standards; and the addition of a technology component supportive of ELA and visual arts instructional objectives. The technology component will employ a user-friendly app designed by Caltech Classroom Connections for iPads. The Armory’s plan is to take the redesigned program into Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms over the next four years.Over the last three years with the support of a USDOE grant, the program has been formally evaluated as a professional development model by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Each year of the program and informed by the evaluation, the Project Team has worked to increase the programs impact by fine-tuning lesson design and instruction. The resulting portfolios of standards-based lessons and accompanying instructional videos guide the classroom teacher through the lesson, and are being disseminated to the education community with the goal of bringing the power of art into classrooms across the nation.
ACM 2nd Grade: Polygon Stencil Watercolor Painting Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-03 | ABOUT THIS LESSON How can we combine and divide shapes to create new shapes? This lesson's goal is for students to use pattern blocks to create overlapping designs of repeated polygons.GRADE LEVEL: 2nd GradeABOUT THIS VIDEO SERIESThis video is brought to you as a free public service courtesy of a three year collaboration between Armory Center for the Arts and Pasadena Unified School District. Made possible by a grant from the US Department of Education with additional support from the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation.Artful Connections with Math © has been formally evaluated by CRESST: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at the University of California, Los Angeles.For more video lessons, or to learn more about professional development opportunities through Armory Center for the Arts, visit armoryarts.org/math.ABOUT ARTFUL CONNECTIONS WITH MATH ©Artful Connections with Math harnesses the power of art to advance learning and achievement among struggling student populations. The arts open the door for learning in math, by helping to make abstract concepts more concrete, understandable, and approachable. The curriculum takes a hands-on, experiential learning approach that helps students appreciate the relevance of their math studies. Lessons are designed to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. The visual arts-math integrated lessons advance student understanding of grade level mathematics, in a way that enhances instruction and provides students with the building blocks for proficiency at higher grade levels.With the support of a U.S. Department of Education three year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant, Artful Connections with Math has been developed as a professional development model for the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. The program provides sustained, rigorous professional development training for multi-subject classroom teachers, instilling in them the skills and knowledge necessary to deliver standards-based visual arts-math integrated instruction to students attending high poverty schools, as well as providing key instructional materials and lessons to use in their classrooms. The curriculum has been designed by a seasoned team of Armory trained teaching artists and arts administrators, in partnership with the Pasadena Unified School District. Over the last three years, the Armory’s program has trained 60 classroom teachers and reached over 1,800 students in the PUSD.This visual arts-math integrated approach to instruction provides the classroom teacher with experience in developing more conceptual learning frameworks, emphasized as best practices by the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Moreover, the lessons rigorously embody the California Visual Arts Standards to broaden in-school opportunities for meaningful and substantive visual arts instruction. Curriculum will include alignment with the National Core Arts Standards upon final adoption. In the coming years, several additional changes to the program will be made: development of curriculum for the 4th grade; alignment with the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy standards; and the addition of a technology component supportive of ELA and visual arts instructional objectives. The technology component will employ a user-friendly app designed by Caltech Classroom Connections for iPads. The Armory’s plan is to take the redesigned program into Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms over the next four years.Over the last three years with the support of a USDOE grant, the program has been formally evaluated as a professional development model by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. Each year of the program and informed by the evaluation, the Project Team has worked to increase the programs impact by fine-tuning lesson design and instruction. The resulting portfolios of standards-based lessons and accompanying instructional videos guide the classroom teacher through the lesson, and are being disseminated to the education community with the goal of bringing the power of art into classrooms across the nation.
Pasajes/Passages: Lecturas sobre migración, trauma y sanación/Readings on migration, trauma, healing Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | This virtual afternoon of poetry and prose examined the topic of migration, its effect on an individual and community, and the healing process that often follows migratory journeys. This event was held on Saturday, September 12, 2020, and featured readings/performances by Rossana Pérez, Omar Pimienta, Danyeli Rodriguez Del Orbe, and Sehba Sarwar. In addition to these presenters, the event included an open-mic style community sharing session.Produced by Armory Center for the Arts, this event was presented in conjunction with the Armory exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro."You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
HOME: An Armory Coloring Book for All Ages Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | Download your free copy of HOME: an Armory coloring book for all ages. We invited our Teaching Artists to create an illustration representing their personal interpretation of “Home,” a relatable theme the entire planet is experiencing during this pandemic. We hope this opportunity to interact with original illustrations by our faculty members will give you inspiration and help you feel nurtured, nourished, and renewed. Visit armoryarts.org/athome to download your free copy today/You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
How To Make An Origami Owl Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | All you need is scissors, markers, paper! In 12 easy steps, you'll be able to make your own "parliament" of owls! Visit armoryarts.org/about-us/news/armory-arts-home/origami-owl to download the instructions.You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Animal Companion: 2D Puppy Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | Perfect for ages 3 to 5! Created by Ed Leonardi, beloved Armory Teaching Artist, we have some fun and simple directions on how to make yourself an animal companion!You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Animal Companion: 3D Kitten Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | Perfect for ages 3 to 5! Created by beloved Armory Teaching Artist Ed Leonardi, we have some fun and simple directions on how to make yourself an animal companion!You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Armory Arts @ Home: Exquisite Corpse Video Chat Drawing Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | With Armory Teaching Artists Naomi Fox and Kate Lain. This video was made during the COVID pandemic to share how you can collaborate on this fun art project with your family, students, or friends.You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
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Armory Arts Challenge #2 - Cartoon Doodles From Memory Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | In 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 style.Download an activity sheet for this exercise and much more at armoryarts.org/athome.----------------------------------Music Credits:"Happy Ending" by Podington Bearfreemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_BearImage Credits:Examples of the Cartoon Doodle challenge by artists (1) Jeffery Brown and A.R. Williams (2). Subsequent examples by Armory Teaching Artist Matt MacFarland.
Armory Arts Challenge #3 - Beyond The Selfie: Summon the Actor Within Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | All 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 personify HOPE. Your character *is* HOPE. Once you create your character, take several selfies until you capture an image that truly personifies your character's spirit. Then, share it and tag it with #ArmoryArtsChallenge. Follow our link in bio or visit armoryarts.org/athome to download an instruction sheet that will guide you through this process actors use to invent and bring characters to life on stage.You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
How To Hang Art: Armory Arts @ Home Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | It's a perfect time to hang new work or rotate your existing collection! This handy how-to guide from the Armory's exhibitions team shows you the essential steps and simple math used by professionals to hang museum exhibitions. What are you going to hang this weekend? We want to see your walls! Share before and after pics of your new gallery at home. Use the hashtag #ArmoryArtsAtHome or send them to news@armoryarts.org. Happy hanging!You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Armory Arts Challenge #1 - Creature Construction Armory Center for the Arts 2023-11-01 | Make a real or imaginary creature using ONLY materials you have in your home. Give it a name and back-story. Does it have hobbies or talents? What does it like to eat? What fun things is it doing while sheltering in place with its family?If you have paint or markers at home, you can use them to decorate your creature, just don’t buy anything new! Get creative by using what you have at home.Find lesson plans and more at armoryarts.org/athome.----------------------------------Music Credits:"Happy Ending" by Podington Bearfreemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear
Tanya Aguiñiga Virtual Field Trip #3 Armory Center for the Arts 2023-10-27 | "Rubbing and Zine Making" for Grades 5 to 8Download Lesson Plan at armoryarts.org/vtlp-3Make art with Armory Teaching Artist William Camargo informed by the exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro," which was on view at Armory Center for the Arts from February 9, 2020 through January 31, 2021. Learn more about the exhibition at www.armoryarts.org/borderlands.You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Tanya Aguiñiga Virtual Field Trip #2 Armory Center for the Arts 2023-10-27 | "Rubbing and Trace Drawings," for Grades 3 to 5Download Lesson Plan at www.armoryarts.org/vtlp-2Make art with Armory Teaching Artist Valeria Duque informed by the exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro," which was on view at Armory Center for the Arts from February 9, 2020 through January 31, 2021. Learn more about the exhibition at www.armoryarts.org/borderlands.You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Tanya Aguiñiga Virtual Field Trip #1 Armory Center for the Arts 2023-10-27 | "Weaving a World of my Own" for Grades 3 to 5Download Lesson Plan at www.armoryarts.org/vtlp-1Make art with Armory Teaching Artist Danielle Katsumi Stolz informed by the exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro," which was on view at Armory Center for the Arts from February 9, 2020 through January 31, 2021. Learn more about the exhibition at www.armoryarts.org/borderlands.You can support our free programming by donating to Armory Center for the Arts at armoryarts.org/donate.
Afternoon Animation 2023 Armory Center for the Arts 2023-10-27 | Summer Stop Motion Animation 2023 (Afternoon)Check out these fabulous stop motion animation videos made by our students with instruction by Joe Bruns, Armory Teaching Artist. If you'd like to sign up for a class, visit armoryarts.org/studio. Art classes in a variety of mediums are offered year-round for ages 2 through adult. We also have a Financial Assistance program for anyone in need, simply visit armoryarts.org/financialassistance.
Our Mission Armory Center for the Arts 2023-10-25 | Pasadena's Armory Center for the Arts is a leader for contemporary art exhibitions and community-based arts education. The Armory believes that an understanding and appreciation of the arts is essential for a well-rounded human experience and a healthy community. At the core of our mission is a deep commitment to social justice through arts education. Learning and CreatingThe Armory teaching artists are the foundation of our organization. They collaborate with systems-impacted teens to create murals inside LA County juvenile justice facilities and probation centers. They instruct graphic design workshops at continuation high schools in Boyle Heights. They They help public school teachers integrate art with math to excite imaginations and inspire critical thinking. They deliver free art classes at Title 1 elementary schools, inner-city parks, and recreation centers—mentoring some our most vulnerable community members.If you'd like to support the efforts of our teaching artists, learn how here.Presenting Contemporary ArtArmory exhibitions inspire dialogue around visual culture and contemporary life, contribute to global discourses in contemporary art, and introduce contemporary visual art to Pasadena, Southern California, and beyond. In addition to critically acclaimed exhibitions by contemporary artists, our exhibitions team also produces a broad range of public programs, including artist residencies, forums, screenings, and performances, many of which we now bring to you online.
Alison Saar in Conversation with Irene Georgia Tsatsos and Rebecca McGrew Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | Thank 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 artist's work and her landmark, dual-venue survey. This conversation was recorded the night prior to the opening of Alison Saar: Of Aether and Earthe at the Armory on Friday, July 16, 2021. Reservations for the exhibition at the Armory are available now.
Log in to Emerging Arts Tech with Devon Baur and Peter Wu+ Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | Take a look at emerging art technologies with artists Devon Baur and Peter Wu+. Moderated by the Armory's Getty interns Shardé Alexander and James Morris, this conversation and virtual tour will focus on how emerging technologies will transform art over the next decade. The artists will present past, ongoing, and new projects, including Devon’s upcoming "Smell. Print." exhibition at the Architecture and Design Museum, as well as Peter’s virtual exhibition "FREEPORT."
Active Voice Part 1: Lockdown, One Year Later Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | On 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 Angeles lockdown shuttered cultural venues and museums. One year later, the closure ordinances remain in place, arts organizations are still closed to the public, and many are in peril of never opening again.Despite the closures and challenges that have come with this global pandemic, many artists and arts organizations have continued to work, create, and fight for a better future. Join artists William Camargo and Dan McCleary for a conversation moderated by the Armory’s Heber Rodriguez as we look back at the events of the last year, discuss their impact on the arts in Los Angeles, and consider their lasting effects on cultural production moving forward.About the PanelistsWilliam Camargo is an arts educator, visual artist, and arts advocate born and raised in Anaheim, California. He holds an M.F.A at Claremont Graduate University and his BFA at the California State University, Fullerton. His work is in response to found archives of a city through a historical art praxis that manifests as series-based artworks and strategies that address geographic place. His work creates counter-narratives that center communities of color. He is the current artist in residence at The Latinx Project at NYU and has lectured about his work nationwide in different institutions and universities.Dan McCleary (born 1952) is an American artist and founder and executive director of Art Division, a nonprofit organization offering professional arts training and academic and career support to young adults aged 18 to 26 in the under-served MacArthur Park community in Los Angeles. In 2014, the now 10,000-volume Art Division Library opened for students, artists, and the community at large. Located on W. 6th Street, Art Division also includes paint, media, and printmaking studios as well as a newly opened art gallery.As an artist, McCleary has been featured in more than 50 solo and group exhibitions throughout the U.S. and Europe. The subject of McCleary's paintings, drawings and prints is individuals, often alone and rendered life-size, engaged in daily activities at home, the office, a hair salon or restaurant. Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight has called McCleary “among the finest figurative painters working today.”About the ProgramActive 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 reflections in the year under lockdown orders.The past year presented many unique challenges. The arts community, locally and around the world, struggles to find its footing amid a global pandemic that has made the dangers of the politicization of science evident. An outpouring of demonstrations defending the value of Black lives were met with military opposition. And the recent, very real threats to American democracy made one thing abundantly clear: there will be no return to a post-pandemic “normal.”In response to this moment, the Armory is pleased to present Active Voice: Conversations at the Intersection of Art, Community, and Social Justice.Active Voice is a platform for the generation of ideas, conversation, and action. This series of programs brings artists, activists, community organizers, and other change agents together for thematic discussions that challenge audiences to imagine a “new normal” that: Advances our thinking around the function of the arts in our communities Allows for greater inclusivity within the arts and works against the inequitable practices ingrained in the arts infrastructure Increases our ability to deploy the arts to advance social causesThese conversations will not only look forward to a post-pandemic (lockdown?) future, but will also include calls to action based on the ideas put forth by participants. The conversations and audience responses to the calls to action will be archived on the web and compiled into an Art Action Log that can serve as a springboard for further activities.As difficult as the challenges of the past year have been, they have also offered some opportunity for the arts community to reset, root out inequities, look beyond business-as-usual, and imagine different models built through collaboration. Now it's up to us to take action. It is not a time for passivity or complacency.
Active Voice 4: Art and Abolition in Los Angeles Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | Following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota Police Department Officer Derek Chauvin in May of 2020, hundreds of thousands of people around the world took to the streets, town squares, city halls, and other gathering places amid a global pandemic to decry racism, protest racial injustices, take a stand against police brutality, and show support and solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. The loss of Floyd’s life, preceded by the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor just a few months earlier, was a tipping point. Tired of decades of a lack of accountability, countless black and brown lives lost, and coming at a moment where faith in institutions continues to wane and move toward decentralization, a growing number of activists and everyday citizens are calling for better alternatives to our current broken criminal justice system and its violent policing arm.In this climate, abolition, a call for the complete removal of the current system of incarceration and policing that looks beyond reform has increasingly become a viable strategy in working toward safer, healthier communities. Join artists and abolitionists Mims and Cecilia Sweet-Coll for an abolitionist workshop and conversation moderated by the Armory’s Heber Rodriguez as they discuss the abolitionist movement and its strategies while reflecting on the demonstrations, protests, and milestone events during the past year.
Active Voice Part 2: Wellness at Home and In Community Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | The 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 to an already strained healthcare system, pushing the medical infrastructure to its limits. More than a year since the first recorded case and after more than 500,000 recorded deaths nationally, we have been forced to take a different perspective on health, wellness, and care.In this climate of fear, loss, grief, and general lack of resources, many artists, arts organizations, and community organizers have pivoted to address the needs of communities through resource distribution, self-care and mental health practice education, and healing centered engagement. Join Karen Mack, founder and Executive Director of LA Commons, and Nicole Rademacher, artist and founder of Acogedor, for a conversation with the Armory’s Heber Rodriguez as we discuss the effects and responses to isolation, social distancing, and the pandemic on our communities and us as individuals.
Active Voice Part 3 Home Studio, Teaching Art, and Learning During the Pandemic.mp4 Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | John 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 venues. While initially thought of as a temporary closure, the lockdown orders ended up cutting the run of the exhibition (which was originally intended to go through August, 2020) down to one month.Join artist John Ziqiang Wu and the Armory’s Heber Rodriguez, who organized Wu’s exhibition, as they discuss the artist’s practice and reflect on the collapsing of domestic, artistic, and educational space, a theme explored in the exhibition that became ever more relevant after the COVID quarantine.
Alison Saar Interviewed by Isabel Fernandez Armory Center for the Arts 2021-08-16 | Recorded March 18, 2021 during the Armory's annual Regional Convening of Arts Providers Serving System-Impacted Teens, this poignant interview between Saar and Armory Teen Apprentice Isabel Fernandez was an absolute revelation for everyone in attendance.
Sara Kathryn Arledge: Serene for the Moment Book Launch Armory Center for the Arts 2021-03-23 | Documentation of the live book launch of "Sara Kathryn Arledge: Serene for the Moment," the first extended monograph on the artist. The event features comments and readings of texts from the catalog by Irene Georgia Tsatsos, Sasha Archibald, and Sarah McColl; exhibition images; and an Arledge-inspired art activity by artist Julia O. Bianco.Purchase your copy today:armoryarts.org/store
In Conversation: Dina Abdulkarim and Hugo Hopping, Moderated by Harry Gamboa Jr. Armory Center for the Arts 2021-03-10 | Artists Dina Abdulkarim and Hugo Hopping in conversation, moderated by artist Harry Gamboa Jr. and introduced by the Armory's Chief Curator Irene Georgia Tsatsos. This conversation was recorded on February 5, 2021. The inspiration for this talk came from some of the key themes of the 2019 exhibition by The Winter Office at the Armory, including the production of “non-perfect” models of adaptation to ever-shifting, always contested environmental conditions. Using the exhibition as a point of departure, this dynamic conversation looks at the evolving Los Angeles urban landscape against the dissolution of public space, the exclusive architecture of privacy, and housing inequities.
Tanya Aguiñiga Exhibition Walkthrough and Q&A Armory Center for the Arts 2021-03-04 | A virtual walkthrough of the exhibition "Tanya Aguiñiga: Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro." 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 culminates in a Q&A with the artist that was recorded on February 11, 2021. Hosted and moderated by the Armory's Heber Rodriguez.
Sandra De La Loza: Mi Casa Es Su Casa Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | In Mi Casa Es Su Casa, Sandra de la Loza interrogates historic photographs of her own Mexican American family to address issues of power, memory, and history through the concept of home. By obscuring, blurring, and replacing the bodies and faces in the photographs, she points to the codes that comprise the family photo—the landscape, architecture, pose, and fashion to investigate the uneasy and slippery terrain of representation itself. With this immersive installation, which simultaneously searches for shifting, non-reductive portrayals as it deconstructs hegemonic myths, de la Loza highlights a central paradox of our contemporary moment, where an increased social desire for fluid notions of identity coincides with a heightened demand to dismantle historic and current economic, political, and cultural violences.On view at Armory Center for the Arts through May 12, 2019. More at http://www.armoryarts.org/delaloza.
Sara Kathryn Arledge: Serene for the Moment Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | In this exhibition, abstraction is an entry point to consider daily encounters marked by abundance, loss, transcendence, and a dream-like passage of time. An under-recognized painter and innovator of mid-20th century experimental cinema, Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911-1998) was a prolific artist who emphasized the eerie in the mundane and the disorienting in the beautiful. Arledge worked at the margins of art history, shaping her practice with idiosyncratic personal myth. She is considered a pioneer of ciné-dance (dance made uniquely by and for the medium of film) and was one of the first to film dance movement to “extend the nature of painting to include time.” The exhibition includes over 60 of Arledge's vivid works on paper, seven short films, and a selection of hand-painted glass transparencies. The work quietly suggests that subjective, “alternative” normals are equally legitimate.View more from the exhibition at armoryarts.org/exhibitions/2019/arledgeClips from Arledge's films © All rights reserved, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Used with permission.
Armory Arts Challenge #1 - Creature Construction Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Make a real or imaginary creature using ONLY materials you have in your home. Give it a name and back-story. Does it have hobbies or talents? What does it like to eat? What fun things is it doing while sheltering in place with its family?If you have paint or markers at home, you can use them to decorate your creature, just don’t buy anything new! Get creative by using what you have at home.Find lesson plans and more at armoryarts.org/athome. Use the hashtag #ArmoryArtsAtHome or send them to news@armoryarts.org. ----------------------------------Music Credits:"Happy Ending" by Podington Bearfreemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear
Armory Arts Challenge #2 - Cartoon Doodles from Memory Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | In 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 style.Download an activity sheet for this exercise and much more at armoryarts.org/athome. ----------------------------------Music Credits:"Happy Ending" by Podington Bearfreemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_BearImage Credits:Examples of the Cartoon Doodle challenge by artists (1) Jeffery Brown and A.R. Williams (2). Subsequent examples by Armory Teaching Artist Matt MacFarland.
How to Hang Art: Armory Arts @ Home Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | It's a perfect time to hang new work or rotate your existing collection! This handy how-to guide from the Armory's exhibitions team shows you the essential steps and simple math used by professionals to hang museum exhibitions. What are you going to hang this weekend? We want to see your walls! Share before and after pics of your new gallery at home. Use the hashtag #ArmoryArtsAtHome or send them to news@armoryarts.org. Happy hanging! Download full instructions at armoryarts.org/about-us/news/armory-arts-home/how-to-hang-art
Story Time with Miss Grace Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Time for storytime with Miss Grace.Our fabulous theatre teacher Grace Lacques presents "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble," a classic children’s storybook about family and love. Enjoy!
Make a Fabric Face Mask with Denise El-Hoss Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Armory Arts @ Home presents Armory Letterpress Studio Director Denise El-Hoss showing you how to make a fabric face mask.
Animal Companion: 3D Kitten Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Perfect 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!
Animal Companion: 2D Puppy Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Perfect 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!
Armory Arts Activity - Coffee Ink Art Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Fun for all ages! Get creative with what you have at home. 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 videos of your Coffee Ink Art or email them to news@armoryarts.org. We’ll share some of our favorites! This activity can also be done using tea.Find lesson plans and more at armoryarts.org/athome.Music Credits: "Happy Ending" by Podington Bear.
HOME: An Armory Coloring Book for All Ages Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | Download your free copy of HOME: an Armory coloring book for all ages. We invited our Teaching Artists to create an illustration representing their personal interpretation of “Home,” a relatable theme the entire planet is experiencing during this pandemic. We hope this opportunity to interact with original illustrations by our faculty members will give you inspiration and help you feel nurtured, nourished, and renewed. Visit http://www.armoryarts.org/athome to download your free copy today/
Tanya Aguiñiga Live on Instagram - June 3, 2020 Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | A centerpiece of Aguiñiga's "Borderlands Within/La Frontera Adentro" exhibition at the Armory, "Ejercicios en Entendimiento (Exercises in Understanding)" will be activated through a weaving performance that the artist describes as “...an attempt to learn through my body. I am entering into spaces of strain and unnatural situations with craft-based materials to connect to and further process my border and immigrant experience. Using cotton dyed with the pulverized U.S./Mexico border, I am weaving a horizontal wall within the Armory’s gallery. My body is the vessel (shuttle) for transporting border-stained fiber and weaving a solid surface between gallery hemispheres. My body carries, pushes, and pulls the weft (fiber) over and under the warp (rope dividing the gallery space). The following is the Instagram Live recording of Aguiñiga's June 3rd performance, as documented by Armory Teaching Artist and filmmaker Kate Lain.
How to Make an Origami Owl Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | All you need is scissors, markers, paper! In 12 easy steps, you'll be able to make your own "parliament" of owls! Visit armoryarts.org/about-us/news/armory-arts-home/origami-owl to download the instructions.
Arts Challenge #3 - Beyond the Selfie Armory Center for the Arts 2021-01-20 | All 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 personify HOPE. Your character is HOPE. Once you create your character, take several selfies until you capture an image that truly personifies your character's spirit. Then, share it and tag it with #ArmoryArtsChallenge and #SummoningTheActorWithin, or email pics to news@armoryarts.org. We'll share some of our favorites.Visit armoryarts.org/about-us/news/armory-arts-home/armory-arts-challenge-summon-the-actor to download detailed instructions to guide you through this process actors use to invent and bring characters to life on stage. Want to participate in more "Summoning the Actor Within" challenges with Grace? Follow @amazingracie99 on Instagram or @grace.lacques on Facebook.
