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displayGallery Hours: Fridays 2-6 PM Saturdays & Sundays 1-5 PM Admission is always free. Menu Support Contact Search 2024 Gala Visit Events Exhibitions Current Upcoming Past Education Summer Classes Spring Schedule Free Art Classes K-12 Field Trips Financial Assistance For Schools Shop Armory Store Become a Member Gift Certificates About Contact Meet Our Team Teaching Staff Cultural Equity Community Partners Board of Directors 2023-2024 Subscribe Recycle Room Donate LAST CALL FOR TICKETS: Join us on May 18 at the Pasadena Convention Center to honor Gale Kohl. Learn More Summer Studio enrollment is now open. Sign up today! Learn More Exhibitions View All Through June 16, 2024 Terry Chatkupt: A Year Extended through June! Recent work by the Pasadena-based artist that investigates our connections to nature and family, especially in the time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Opening August 09, 2024 From the Ground Up: Nurturing Diversity in Hostile Environments From the Ground Up presents works by 17 contemporary artists who confront the specter of global environmental disaster and disruptions in food production. K-12 Exhibition Field Trips Every student makes an artwork they can take home related to the themes of our current exhibition. Visit Our Shop Browse our current and past exhibition catalogues and prints for sale including works by Alison Saar, Sara Kathryn Arlege, Connie Samaras, and more. Members receive 10% off. Summer Art Classes View All Adult Classes Recommended materials list provided on first day of class. Classes meet once a week for 8 weeks. Kids Classes All materials included. Weekday classes are divided into 7 seven-week sessions that meet daily, Monday through Friday. Supervised lunch breaks available. Saturday classes meet once per week for 6 weeks. Teen Classes Mon/Wed and Tue/Thur classes meet twice a week for 6 weeks. Friday classes meet once a week for 6 weeks. Saturday and Sunday classes meet once per week for 6 weeks. Events View All Armory 2024 Gala Honoring Gale Kohl May 18, 2024 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Join us on May 18th at the Pasadena Convention Center’s historic 1931 exhibition hall to celebrate and honor Armory Board Member Gale Kohl’s dedication to the Armory and our community. Regular ticket ... Read more. artWORKS Classes For Teens All artWORKS after-school classes are free for ages 13-18, and registration is required. Art supplies are provided. Armory On-Demand Video Did 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 List Be 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 Armory View All Summer 2024 Studio Class Dates January 11, 2024 3:18 PM Mark your calendars! Summer Studio dates are now available, including the return of week-long summer kids classes with supervised lunch breaks! Summer Studio 2024Registration Open March 20 at Noon M... Read more. 2024 Winter Studio Registration and Session Dates Announced August 21, 2023 2:45 PM Save the Dates! 2024 Winter Studio Art Classes for Children, Teens, and Adults Winter Session Dates: Tuesday, January 16 through Sunday, March 24 (Monday classes start January 22 due to the MLK... Read more. Meet Our New Board Members August 01, 2023 2:13 PM From left: Grant Derderian, Luis Grane, Nic Cha Kim, Haven Lin-Kirk, and Timothy Thomas. Armory Center for the Arts has announced the addition of five new board members who will help support the Pa... Read more. Meet Our 2023 Getty Marrow Undergraduate Interns June 30, 2023 10:20 AM Please join us in welcoming our 2023 Getty Marrow Undergraduate Interns, Julia Aguila and Miranda Bazua. Julia Aguila recently graduated from California Institute of the Arts’ School of Art. Previo... Read more. Irene Georgia Tsatsos Stepping Down as Chief Curator June 13, 2023 3:19 PM Armory Center for the Arts announced the departure of longtime Director of Exhibition Programs and Chief Curator Irene Georgia Tsatsos. Tsatsos’ decision comes from a desire "for another mode of worki... Read more. Fall Art Class Registration Opens July 12! May 30, 2023 12:01 PM The Armory is here to support everyone’s artistic journey. Classes include Ceramics: Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding, Figure Drawing with Live Models, Oil Painting, Photography, Still Life Drawing & Pai... Read more. San Cha and Wyldeflower to Perform at Annual Benefit on April 8 March 24, 2023 9:48 AM Off the Wall, the Armory’s renowned biennial art auction and gala will return in person for the first time since the pandemic began at the Armory’s Old Pasadena campus on April 8. The gala will featur... Read more. Collaborative Mural Project to be Unveiled March 10 During ArtNight Pasadena March 03, 2023 2:35 PM Image: Myisha Arellano and Michelle Glass, Interwoven Stories (details), 2022-2023. Created at public workshops, in collaboration with community members and in partnership with the Armory, NAACP Pasad... Read more. Summer Class Dates: Kid & Teen Classes meet 2x a week! January 17, 2023 12:47 PM Now with more options of classes meeting twice a week or once a week for Kids and Teens! Classes everyday of the week for kids, teens, and adults! The Armory is here to support everyone’s artistic jou... Read more. Spring Class Dates: Register February 15 January 17, 2023 12:45 PM Let your creativity flourish this spring by enrolling in an art class at the Armory! The Armory is here to support everyone’s artistic journey. Classes include Ceramics: Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding,... Read more. Winter Class Dates October 24, 2022 12:45 PM Know someone hoping to build their skills or simply make time for creativity? The Armory is here to support everyone’s artistic journey. Classes include Ceramics: Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding, Figure... Read more. Fall Class Dates: Bringing back classes for ages 2+ July 25, 2022 11:44 AM Save the date!Family & Toddler classes are back! Classes for children aged 2 to 7 are back, including Art for Two morning sessions for toddlers, and afternoon classes for ages 5 and 6. We’re also bri... Read more. Armory Welcomes Five New Board Members July 07, 2022 10:34 AM The Armory has welcomed five new board members, whose diverse range of expertise and networks will help to advance our newly adopted mission to nurture our community and its young people by creating, ... Read more. Armory Announces New Mission and Vision Statements July 01, 2022 1:42 PM For nearly 20 years, the Armory’s mission was rooted in the idea of transformation — "to transform lives and communities through creating, teaching, and presenting the arts." When the Armory adopted C... Read more. Alumni Spotlight: Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras April 28, 2022 9:47 AM ArtNight 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 Arts March 21, 2022 1:47 PM The 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 Announced March 14, 2022 2:16 PM Popular 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 PM Updated 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...