Category Archives: Williamson Gallery

Po the Panda is Here!

Williamson Gallery Director Stephen Nowlin gives us a behind-the-scenes peek at the installation of the upcoming exhibit DreamWorlds, opening March 4. A partnership between the College and DreamWorks Animation, the exhibit will highlight the artistry and craftsmanship behind today’s most successful animated features.

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Williamson Gallery Exhibition Piece Shown at Winter Olympics

A digital installation artwork commissioned by Art Center’s Williamson Gallery for the 2008-09 exhibition OBSERVE is part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad Festival. George Legrady’s We Are Stardust is one of more than 40 digital art installations in CODE Live, an 18-day event featuring visual art, music and performance fueled by digital technology and audience involvement. CODE Live, which began February 4, continues through February 21.

We Are Stardust was created by Legrady for OBSERVE, an exhibition organized by the Williamson Gallery in collaboration with the NASA/JPL Spitzer Science Center.

(Pictured: Stardust I, George Legrady, 2008)

Things That Float

Our own Stephen Nowlin, director and curator of the Williamson Gallery, is the first participant of NASA Images’ “Guest Showcase,” a monthly presentation of digital exhibitions curated by leading professionals in the fields of science, education, art, entertainment, business and academia. The exhibitions will consist of carefully selected images, videos and audio from NASA Images. Nowlin’s piece is titled Things That Float.

“As a native Earthling, bred and raised with an awe-threshold heavily influenced by our terra-firma existence, I remain captivated by how big things stuck to the surface down here can hover like floating poetry up there in the blackness of space,” Nowlin writes.

See the video after the jump.

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Opening Reception for TOOLS

The Art Center community is invited to attend tonight’s opening reception for TOOLS at the Williamson Gallery. The reception will take place tonight, Oct. 22, in the Williamson Gallery from 7 to 9 pm.

For millennia, tools have transcended biological limits, playing a role in human physical and cultural evolution. TOOLS explores this theme by mixing art with artifacts from natural history and science. TOOLS is a part of ORIGINS: Art & Ideas 2009, the fifth in a series of theme-based collaborations among Pasadena arts and sciences organizations.

(Pictured: Untitled Self Portrait, 2007 by Tom LaDuke)

Art Center Opens its Doors for ArtNight

What are you doing this weekend? Celebrate the arts as part of Pasadena’s annual Art Weekend.

Enjoy a free evening of art, music and entertainment as Pasadena’s most prominent arts and cultural institutions swing open their doors for ArtNight Pasadena. During this much-loved annual event, Pasadena’s cultural institutions are free and open to the public, offering a rich sampling of fine art, artifacts and music along with free shuttle service. In addition to Art Center’s Williamson Gallery and student galleries, participants include the Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena Museum of History, the Armory Center for the Arts, and many more.

Last fall, 14,000 people experienced the excitement of ArtNight. Don’t miss the fun this Friday! For more information, call the ArtNight Pasadena Hotline at 626.744.7887.