Pacific Standard Time Regional Focus Weekend

Claremont, Pomona, and Palm Springs
February 18-19, 2012

Join the Pacific Standard Time celebration at AMOCA's partners in Claremont, Pomona and Palm Springs for a weekend of art related events, tours and promotions.

Additional events happening this weekend

The Claremont Museum of Art is opening their exhibit, Claremont Modern: Artists of the GI Bill at the Claremont Heritage Ginger Elliot Exhibition Space. This exhibition looks at the soldiers returning from WWI and how their taking advantage of the art education at the Claremont Colleges through the GI Bill changed Claremont into a vibrant art center at the mid-century.

While you're in Pomona, you may also enjoy the exhibit at the Petterson Museum of Intercultural Art at Pilgrim Place in Claremont. It highlights artist from this same time period, many who were represented in these other shows as well, and the multicultural influences that were made manifest in their art.

If you missed the Sam & Alfreda Maloof Foundation's In Words and Wood PST Exhibit, you're in luck. For the Regional Focus weekend, it's been extended until March 3rd and will also be open specially on Sunday February 19th.

AMOCA's Schedule for the Regional Focus Weekend

Saturday, February 18, 2012, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. <<--- YES! We WILL be open on Sunday!

Activities offered throughout the day:

All activities are free with paid admission.

Docent Tours

Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945-1975 A broad survey of more than fifty ceramic artists who worked in the Los Angeles Area in the decades following World War II

Clay Activities

Ceramic artist demonstrations and wheel-throwing opportunities for visitors ages six and older

Film Viewings

• Susan Peterson’s half-hour demonstration television program, Wheels, Kilns and Clay
• Los Angeles Finlandia Foundation presentation, Otto Heino: A Way With Clay
• Terry Sanders film, The World According to Dora

Suggested Itinerary

If you're visiting the area for Los Angeles or San Diego we recommend spending one day in the Pomona/Claremont area and one day in the Palm Springs area. The drive between the two is about 1.5 hrs and can be intimidating to do twice in one day.

On both Saturday and Sunday, AMOCA will open different hours than normal.

Map of Locations