“Something Revealed” at the Pasadena Museum of History is an exhibition of over 250 works by under appreciated California female artists and the role they played in shaping the arts and culture over a period of 100 years.
This exhibit offers a new appreciation of the artists who defied gender and expectation in an era of inequality. Although some of the featured artists have achieved name recognition, the exhibition will focus on historically important yet often unknown women artists.
This exhibition will present a long history of excellence in female-created art by over 150 artists, with works on view by Belle Baranceanu, Mary Blair, Elizabeth Borglum, Nelbert Chouinard, Eva Scott Fenyes, Jason Herron, Ruth Miller Kempster, Bertha Lum, Helen Lundeberg, Elsie Palmer Payne, Agnes Pelton, Elise Seeds, Thelma Johnson Streat, Vivian Stringfield, Beulah Woodard and many others through an eclectic array of styles and media from traditional to abstractions, thereby demonstrating that women could and did contribute to the evolution of style, technique, and exploration in the world of art, especially in California.
In order to showcase as many works as possible during the run of the exhibition, the galleries will be partially re-installed with numerous additional artworks in January 2019. The reinstallation of the show ensures a new and exciting presentation during the course of the exhibition and allows added opportunities and incentives for the viewer to engage with these remarkable artists who have been overlooked for far too long.
“This exhibit will shatter any preconceived notions of the limitations of art created by women,” says exhibition curator Maurine St. Gaudens. The exhibit is an extension of her recently published four volume book Emerging from the Shadows; A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960 (Schiffer Publishing, 2016).
This exhibition is sponsored by the John F. Merrell Foundation, The Paloheimo Foundation, and made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.
“Something Revealed” will open on September 29, 2018 and remain on view through March 31, 2019 to coincide with Women’s History Month in March.
Admission prices: $9 General; $8 Students/Seniors; Free for Museum Members and Children under 12; Free to local residents on the first Wednesday of each month. Free parking is available in the Museum lot and on Walnut Street.
The Exhibition Galleries are open 12:00 to 5:00 pm Wednesdays through Sundays unless otherwise noted on the Museum Calendar. Please check the Museum’s website for special holiday hours and a complete list of exhibition related programming.
Pasadena Museum of History is located at 470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena. For further information, contact (626) 577-1660 or visit pasadenahistory.org.
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