Join us for the last workshop of our Tending Ecologies series! Paige Emery will introduce participants to making clay seed balls. Dr. Danielle Stevenson, founder of CAER, will discuss soil health + understanding results of soil contaminant tests. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/6aemxmx6

Sign up for the third workshop of our Tending Ecologies workshop series with artist Paige Emery!

Introducing a new workshop series with Paige Emery! Participants will learn hands-on practices for healing the connection between their health and land using soil and plants. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tending-ec... Hope to see you there!

Introducing Tending Ecologies: A NEW Workshop Series with Paige Emery! Participants will learn hands-on practices for healing the connection between our bodies and land using soil and plants. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tending-ec...

Tending Ecologies with Paige Emery: Release ~ Bioremediation

Tending Ecologies is a workshop series about caring for the land around us and the landscape of our bodies.

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We're proud to announce that Fulcrum Arts was awarded a $15,000 grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation!

Sam Shoemaker’s Mushroom Boat is making headlines — even landing in a Los Angeles Times food and culture roundup. The project has captured attention across local and national press.

Awesome article in @theguardian.com about Sam Shoemaker's mushroom kayak project. Sam will be exhibiting the kayak and documentation of the trip at my husband's gallery @fulcrumarts.org this October! If art/science is your thing you should give Fulcrum a follow! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The man and the mushroom kayak: can a boat made from mycellim change the future/

Sam Shoemaker’s record-setting voyage shows the promise – and limits – of fungi as a plastic alternative

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Experience Sam Shoemaker: Mushroom Boat at Fulcrum Arts, on view through January 17, 2025. Visit us Wednesday through Saturday, 12–5 PM. Explore the three-channel video installation documenting the artist’s journey across the Catalina Channel and see the mushroom boat in person.

Join us at our new headquarters for the opening reception of Mushroom Boat, presented in conjunction with ArtNight Pasadena. For more information, visit artnightpasadena.org

1 ticket left for the field recording workshop this Sunday with Aaron Tupac and myself through the wonderful @fulcrumarts.bsky.social ! www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...

Sam Shoemaker successfully paddled his mushroom boat from Catalina Island to Cabrillo Beach yesterday! Thank you to everyone for your support, including The Andy Warhol Foundation, City of Pasadena, Pasadena Arts Alliance, Perenchio Foundation, and our team who ensured Sam made it safely!

We're thrilled to share that Fulcrum Art has been selected for the Simons Foundation’s Open Interval grant! The new program supports 7 months of unbound exploration between an artist, a scientist, and a producing partner. Read more: www.fulcrumarts.org/2025-open-in... @simonsfoundation.org

Fulcrum Arts Joins Simons Foundation’s 2025 Open Interval Cohort

Fulcrum Arts is thrilled to share that we’ve been selected for the Simons Foundation’s Open Interval grant — a new program from the Science, Society & Culture division that supports seven months of op...

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Malena Szlam: Archipelago of Earthen Bones On view at Fulcrum Arts HQ until June 16, 2025! A three-channel video and sound installation that traces cartographies of time through the Earth’s geologic formations. With sound by @room40.bsky.social

Malena Szlam: Archipelago of Earthen Bones On view at Fulcrum Arts HQ until June 16, 2025! A three-channel video and sound installation that traces cartographies of time through the Earth’s geologic formations. With sound by @room40.bsky.social

𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 by Malena Szlam, with sound by @room40.bsky.social opens tonight at @fulcrumarts.bsky.social in Pasadena! It’s gorgeous, come by if you can!

Join us for the Opening Reception this Saturday, May 17, 6–9 PM at Fulcrum Arts HQ! Malena Szlam: Archipelago of Earthen Bones A three-channel video and sound installation that traces cartographies of time through the Earth’s geologic formations. On View: May 17 – June 16, 2025

Join us for the Opening Reception this Saturday, May 17, 6–9 PM at Fulcrum Arts HQ! Malena Szlam: Archipelago of Earthen Bones A three-channel video and sound installation that traces cartographies of time through the Earth’s geologic formations. On View: May 17 – June 16, 2025

It’s not a non-profit yet, we are currently fiscally sponsored by @fulcrumarts.bsky.social, so if you like the idea and want to donate you can do so below. Or if you have a site, or know of one that needs saving, please get in touch! www.flipcause.com/secure/cause... 🧵 4/4

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This Saturday! Join us and artist @karenlofgren.bsky.social to create your own seed sculptures that will dissolve into the landscape—simple, effective tools for ecological recovery 🌿 🕐 Apr 26, 1–2 PM 📍 Pasadena City College 🎟️ FREE! RSVP: tinyurl.com/5cepb7h4

This Saturday! Join us at the Fulcrum Arts HQ to help restore local landscapes 🌿 #lafires #soilremediation #ecology

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Join us and ecological artist Paige Emery to jumpstart soil bioremediation after the Altadena fires 🌱 Creare your own seed balls and learn about native plants in this free workshop! No experience needed & all ages welcome 🕐 Sat, Apr 5, 11 AM 📍Fulcrum Arts HQ 🎟️ FREE! RSVP now: tinyurl.com/yc3f7698

Join us and ecological artist Paige Emery to jumpstart soil bioremediation after the Altadena fires 🌱 Creare your own seed balls and learn about native plants in this free workshop! No experience needed & all ages welcome 🕐 Sat, Apr 5, 11 AM 📍Fulcrum Arts HQ 🎟️ FREE! RSVP now: tinyurl.com/yc3f7698

Kathie Foley-Meyer is a mixed-media artist whose work explores interconnectedness, memory, visibility, and transparency. Her PhD research examines the ocean memory of Black lives lost during the trade in human beings from the African continent. Read the interview: tinyurl.com/2mxnnx98

Artist and researcher Kathie Foley-Meyer joined curator Patrick J. Reed to discuss her creative practice and scholarship on ocean memory and the territoriality and temporality of Blackness. Read the Sequencing issue now: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/s... #sequencing #publication

SURFACE AND MEMORY: A CONVERSATION WITH KATHIE FOLEY-MEYER

The artist and researcher Kathie Foley-Meyer joined curator Patrick J. Reed to discuss her creative practice and scholarship on ocean memory and the territoriality and temporality of Blackness.

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Artist Tristan Duke photographs the Placerita Oil Field and the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area using lenses made from frozen drinking water. Fulcrum Arts’ Curator, Patrick J. Reed, goes along for the ride. Read the Sequencing issue now: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/t... #publication #photography

TRISTAN DUKE: TRANSITIONAL LENSES - Fulcrum Arts

Artist Tristan Duke photographs the Placerita Oil FIeld and the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area using lenses made from frozen drinking water. Fulcrum Arts’ Curator, Patrick J. Reed, goes along for the ri...

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Tristan Duke is a Los Angeles-based artist exploring light, optics, and perception through photography, holography, and experimental media. His Glacial Optics project uses ice lenses to view glaciers as both literal and poetic lenses of our time 🧊 Read more: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/t...

Last year, PBS SoCal visited Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific, part of @gettymuseum.bsky.social’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide. Check out the documentary and dive into the ideas and works that shaped the exhibition: youtu.be/JU5P5_iLIdY 🔗

Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific | PST ART Shorts: Fusing Art & Science | PBS SoCal

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Artist Tristan Duke photographs the Placerita Oil Field and the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area using lenses made from frozen drinking water. Fulcrum Arts’ Curator, Patrick J. Reed, goes along for the ride. Read the Sequencing issue now: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/t... #publication #photography

TRISTAN DUKE: TRANSITIONAL LENSES - Fulcrum Arts

Artist Tristan Duke photographs the Placerita Oil FIeld and the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area using lenses made from frozen drinking water. Fulcrum Arts’ Curator, Patrick J. Reed, goes along for the ri...

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So proud of my husband 😍 @rtaka.bsky.social and our good friend @room40.bsky.social, their show 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙁𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙𝙨: 𝙑𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 for @gettymuseum.bsky.social's PST is featured on @pbs.org! It's a great video and good news feels good! @fulcrumarts.bsky.social www.pbssocal.org/shows/pst-fu...

Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific

Energy Fields examines the science of vibration, sound and kinetic energy detection through art.

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If you missed it (or if you didn’t), this is a great look at the ENERGY FIELDS exhibition curated by @rtaka.bsky.social & @room40.bsky.social for @fulcrumarts.bsky.social Alba Triana’s work in this show was the best thing I saw in all of PST.

Robert Takahashi Novak@robert.takahashinovak.com · 2y ago

We've been waiting for months, and it's finally out! Huge thanks to PBS SoCal for putting so much love into this. @room40.bsky.social and I make a pretty decent team I think.

We've been waiting for months, and it's finally out! Huge thanks to PBS SoCal for putting so much love into this. @room40.bsky.social and I make a pretty decent team I think.

Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific

Energy Fields examines the science of vibration, sound and kinetic energy detection through art.

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