SPOTLIGHT SERIES
OVERVIEW​
The goal of the Spotlight Series is to highlight artists and arts organizations in Glendale. Listen to the interviews below to learn about an artist's practice or the mission and history of an arts organization. Interviews are held on a quarterly basis inside Glendale Central Library's Sound Space.
Martial Arts History Museum
June 2025
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The Martial Arts History Museum serves as the only museum dedicated to keeping the history of the martial arts alive. The mission of the Martial Arts History Museum is to promote an appreciation of America’s cultural diversity by using the martial arts as its gateway into sharing how Asian history became part of American history. Learn more about the Martial Arts History Museum in an interview held with founder Michael Matsuda.
Mandy Palasik
March 2025
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Mandy Palasik installed Soft Surrealism at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station from March 3 - April 18, 2025. Soft Surrealism was an abstract sculpture composed of biomorphic inflatables that magnetically connect to form amoeba-like creations. Mandy Palasik Studio is a design practice based in Los Angeles that lies at the confluence of art, architecture, and community.​ Listen to Palasik share her background in architecture, challenges in her career as an artist, and her goals for having Soft Surrealism at the gas station.