Both SPARC galleries are open for Arts Crawl | The South Pasadenan

Both SPARC galleries will be open for the Arts Crawl on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. The SPARC Center Gallery in the Fremont Center Theater building will host an exhibition of works by mixed media artist Karen Steen entitled “Celebrating Nature.”

Inspired by a threatened natural environment, Steen says she sees her vibrant, vibrant works “as ecosystems, a group of different elements and forces that have come together to form a balanced and dynamic system.” These are interpreted through a fusion of painting, drawing and paper forms laser cut from images of life forms in the natural world. “I try to give my pieces qualities of the biological world: variety, repetition, complexity, rhythm, balance and connection,” she explains.

Steen’s interest in nature’s diverse ecosystems began with his childhood fascination with tidepools – “little worlds full of life.” In addition to degrees from ArtCenter College of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Steen, a Pasadena resident and South Pasadena native, has
is a certified California naturalist.

Celebrating Nature runs until November 9, 2024.

SPARC Center Gallery
1000 Fremont Ave., Suite 120
South Pasadena, CA 91030
(The entrance is behind the parking lot
the Fremont Center on El Centro Ave.)

To arrange visits during the exhibition, contact the curator
Blue Trimarchi at (626) 676-4195.
Entry is free.