A New Teen Art Center in Pasadena

Join us this Friday the 13th for Pasadena ArtNight at the new artWORKS facility!

Join us this Friday (the 13th) from 6 – 9 p.m. for Pasadena ArtNight Fall at the new and improved artWORKS! After the one-two punch of COVID and losing our original facility, artWORKS is back, with an updated facility, and ready to host ArtNight!

This season’s event will include family-friendly activities like skull painting, a screen printing demo and succulent planting. Another highlight will be live musical performances by Madeline Rahn on the charming patio of the Foothill Restaurant, right next door. For the hungry and thirsty, food and drinks will be available from Foothill as well. artWORKS is a stop for the ArtNight shuttles, and is now located at 2817 E. Foothill Blvd. in Pasadena.

What is artWORKS?

artWORKS is designed to facilitate the development of artistic expression for youth in Pasadena. It enables youth to free their existing passions and to expand their knowledge of language, technology, art and culture in order to engage students in academic achievement, postsecondary education, careers and community service. artWORKS is a collaboration of Learning Works Charter School and Armory Center for the Arts that “started with a yes!” from Victoria Rusnak of Rusnak Auto Group, a Pasadena-based company that generously leases the space for LW’s arts facility at 2914 East Walnut Street in Pasadena for $1 a month.

artWORKS is a venue to teach our community about new and emerging art forms, urban art and youth culture, which can legitimately contribute to society and the workplace. Space is used by Learning Works students only from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. and open to all youth in the San Gabriel Valley at 4 p.m.

artWORKS provides:

  • Classes and workshops in a variety of arts.
  • Space for performances and exhibits.
  • Help for youth to develop skill sets that are transferable to the workplace and school.
  • A connection for youth to a multitude of community resources in the arts.
About Us

At artWORKS, we encourage teens to express themselves through silk screening, graphic design, print design, photography, studio recording, video editing, graffiti art, spoken word/poetry and other visual and performing arts.

We creatively engage local youth to improve academic performance, deepen cultural awareness, develop positive social skills, and teach creative pursuits that matter in school…as well as the real world.

We strive to provide positive alternatives to destructive behavior for the region’s most at-risk teens, as well as engage any middle or high school student in a passion for the arts.

artWORKS is a collaboration of Learning Works Charter School & Armory Center For The Arts.

ArtNight Archives

If you weren’t able to join us at previous ArtNights, or would like to watch the videos and browse the images from previous ArtNights, just click here to access our archives.

 

2817 E. Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107
626.564.8762