Please join us on a guided tour of CAAM’s new exhibit Ode to ‘Dena:  Black Artistic Legacies of Altadena. We will travel to the museum by Metrorail, taking the A Line to the E Line, debarking at the Expo Park/USC station and walking a short 10 minutes to the museum.  The tour starts at 10:30AM and will last 45-60 minutes.  Afterwards, we’ll have lunch at Trimana Market food court in the California Science Center.

From the Museum website: “During the 1950s and 1960s, Altadena was home to a burgeoning Black community and was hailed as the epicenter of Black arts activity in Los Angeles County. Though this designation arguably shifted to the South Central neighborhood of Watts in the wake of the 1965 Watts Rebellion, Altadena continued to develop as a vibrant and creative haven with a distinctive Black cultural imprint. Since then, Altadena and the adjacent city of Pasadena have served as home to an extraordinary array of Black artists, educators, musicians, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and activists.

Ode to ’Dena lauds the rich and dynamic Black cultural heritage of Altadena. It surveys the town’s enduring legacy through the work and stories of an intergenerational group of artists and culture bearers that have called it home.”

I will distribute and coordinate Metrorail departure times the week before the event. We will depart from the Pasadena area between 9:00 and 9:30 (depending on the station) and arrive at the Expo Park station at approximately 10:05AM, to walk over to the museum.  I will board at Sierra Madre Villa Station and sit in the first car.  You can join me at that station or depart from one that is more convenient for you.  

Questions?  Please contact the event organizer, Jane Hufnagel.