Fulcrum Arts
@fulcrumarts.org
Championing creative and critical thinkers at the intersection of art and science to provoke positive social change
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Fulcrum Arts champions creative and critical thinkers at the intersection of art and science to provoke positive social change and contribute to a more vibrant and inclusive community.
www.fulcrumarts.org
Hi @bsky.app 👋 We are a non-profit art org championing creative and critical thinkers at the intersection of #Art and #Science to provoke positive #SocialChange
Our gallery is located in Pasadena, CA
Learn more about us and connect with us here: www.fulcrumarts.org
Our gallery is located in Pasadena, CA
Learn more about us and connect with us here: www.fulcrumarts.org
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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...
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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September 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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...
If art/science is your thing you should give Fulcrum a follow!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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.
Explore the three-channel video installation documenting the artist’s journey across the Catalina Channel and see the mushroom boat in person.
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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.
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
For more information, visit artnightpasadena.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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
For more information, visit artnightpasadena.org
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1 ticket left for the field recording workshop this Sunday with Aaron Tupac and myself through the wonderful @fulcrumarts.bsky.social !
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Introduction to Field Recording: Listening to Secret Worlds w/ Aaron Tupac
With local mycologist Aaron Tupac, this workshop will begin at Pasadena’s Upper Arroyo Park and will explore the sounds of secret worlds alo
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August 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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...
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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!
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!
August 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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!
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
@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...
www.fulcrumarts.org
May 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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
@simonsfoundation.org
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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
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
May 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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
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
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
May 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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
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
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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!
May 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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!
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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
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
May 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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
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
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
May 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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
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
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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!
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April 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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!
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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
🕐 Apr 26, 1–2 PM
📍 Pasadena City College
🎟️ FREE! RSVP: tinyurl.com/5cepb7h4
April 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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
🕐 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
#lafires #soilremediation #ecology
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
No experience needed & all ages welcome
🕐 Sat, Apr 5, 11 AM
📍Fulcrum Arts HQ
🎟️ FREE! RSVP now: tinyurl.com/yc3f7698
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This Saturday! Join us at the Fulcrum Arts HQ to help restore local landscapes 🌿
#lafires #soilremediation #ecology
#lafires #soilremediation #ecology
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
No experience needed & all ages welcome
🕐 Sat, Apr 5, 11 AM
📍Fulcrum Arts HQ
🎟️ FREE! RSVP now: tinyurl.com/yc3f7698
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
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
Read the interview: tinyurl.com/2mxnnx98
March 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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
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
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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March 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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
Read the Sequencing issue now: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/s...
#sequencing #publication
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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
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...
www.fulcrumarts.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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
Read the Sequencing issue now: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/t...
#publication #photography
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...
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...
February 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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...
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...
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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 🔗
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
YouTube video by PBS SoCal
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February 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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 🔗
Check out the documentary and dive into the ideas and works that shaped the exhibition: youtu.be/JU5P5_iLIdY 🔗
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
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...
www.fulcrumarts.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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
Read the Sequencing issue now: www.fulcrumarts.org/sequencing/t...
#publication #photography
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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...
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.
www.pbssocal.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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...
www.pbssocal.org/shows/pst-fu...
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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.
Alba Triana’s work in this show was the best thing I saw in all of PST.
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.
www.pbssocal.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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.
Alba Triana’s work in this show was the best thing I saw in all of PST.
Reposted by Fulcrum Arts
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.
www.pbssocal.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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.
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 🔗
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
YouTube video by PBS SoCal
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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 🔗
Check out the documentary and dive into the ideas and works that shaped the exhibition: youtu.be/JU5P5_iLIdY 🔗