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GRAND VIEWS: THE IMMERSIVE WORLD OF PANORAMA WILL BE TOPIC OF AUGUST 3 ZOOM PRESENTATION PRESENTED BY PASADENA SENIOR CENTER
A Zoom presentation presented by the Pasadena Senior Center on Thursday, Aug. 3, at 2 p.m. will explore the history of panorama, a large-scale artistic format popularized in the 18th and 19thcenturies.
This Cultural Thursday event with the title “Grand Views: The Immersive World of Panoramas” will feature an array of paintings, prints, posters and archival photographs from that period. The multimedia presentation will be narrated live by Dr. James Fishburne, director of Forest Lawn Museum. It also will include original artworks and artifacts related to Polish painter Jan Styka’s enormous, original 1897 195-foot-wide by 45-foot-tall “Crucifixion” panorama on permanent display in a purpose-built hall next to Forest Lawn Museum.
Registration is free for members of the Pasadena Senior Center and only $5 for nonmembers 50 and older. To register or for more information, visit www.pasadenaseniorcenter.org and click on Activities & Events, then Special Events or call 626-795-4331. Residency in Pasadena is not required. Everyone who registers will receive an email link to the Zoom presentation.
Fishburne earned his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History in 2014 at UCLA and has taught course on ancient Roman, Renaissance and Baroque art history at UCLA, Cal State Long Beach, Pierce College and Valley College. From 2015 to 2018 he developed and implemented programming for the Getty Research Institute’s Scholars Program that welcomes scholars and artists from around the world to conduct research at the Getty while residing in the Los Angeles region. He became director of the Forest Lawn Museum in 2018 and has curated several popular exhibits there, including “The Elevated Eye: Aerial Photography Past and Present” and “Judson Studios: Stained Glass from Gothic to Street Style.”
In addition to online classes, onsite events and other activities, members and nonmembers of the Pasadena Senior Center are encouraged to visit the website regularly for a quarterly online magazine, free food delivery for older adults in need, COVID updates specifically for older adults and more.
The center is an independent, donor-supported nonprofit organization that has served older adults for more than 60 years. Extended summer hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Rooms are sanitized after each use. Masks are optional.