Since we are unable to host Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day this year, we compiled these nature-inspired activities for some at home fun along Read More »
Tag: art
The Art of Greetings: Studio Art Greeting Cards
Lillian Jacobs. Noel, n.d. Print on gold paper, 11 x 14 cm. (Greeting Card Collection. Acc. # G.card.17.b) Sending greeting cards during the holiday season Read More »
Beaches: Watercolors and Sketches by Eva Fényes
Several years ago, Collections staff posted a progressive exhibit of beach art using watercolors and sketches by Eva Scott Fényes (1849-1930) on the Museum’s Facebook Read More »
Beautiful Ephemera: Chalk Festival Street Painting
I am an artist, and I know that making art, while enriching and enlivening, can also be an intensely solitary process. Think of a painter Read More »
The Art of Getting There: Railroad Inspired Artistry
Steve Crise, co-curator of the exhibition The Art of Getting There: Railroad Inspired Artistry (on view March 29 - August 13, 2017) describes a selection Read More »
Railroad Edition of the Collections Quarterly
Archives Feature - Trolleys in Pasadena Local cars on Raymond Avenue, 1939. (Main Photo Collection, T13-26) Since a horse drawn wagon carried the first electric Read More »
Grayson Arts
John Gail Grayson (1909-1977) and Helen Lee Hoecker Grayson (1913-2003), circa 1945. Image courtesy of Nina Hoecker. Grayson Arts, the firm which created artisan ceramics Read More »
Ernest A. Batchelder (1875-1957)
In comments about the tilemaker, Robert Winter, PhD has noted that Batchelder wrote two books on design and illustrated them with his own drawings. He Read More »
PMH Collection Policy Reflects Pasadena History
Among the more than 10,000 objects in the Pasadena Museum of History’s collection is a silver-mounted vase donated by the Estate of Mary M. Pearson. Read More »
