It’s right across the street from PPC, but the big blocky building remains a mystery to many. If you haven’t yet visited the Pasadena Museum of California Art—or if you love the rotating displays and want to catch the latest—come along with Congregational Life on Sunday, February 12.

If you’ve driven by on the Union side, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the brightly painted façade and cartoons in the garage. The garage is the work of Pop artist Kenny Scharf and is permanently on display.

The three exhibits that will be displayed in February are quite diverse:

This exhibit brings together works by 40 artists (including Altadenan Paul McCarthy) in a variety of media

– painting, sculpture, photography, and performance, tracing the aesthetic from the late 1940s through the present. PMCA says, “The figurative artists from the 1940s and ‘50s who dominated the Los Angeles art scene of that time have largely been written out of today’s art history.” The exhibit gives these artists historical context and examines the pivotal role they played in post-war American art.

The Pasadena-based artist, who passed away at age 45 of ALS, is known for his distinctive style. The exhibit examines several periods in his career. “Bunkall trained his rich, muted palette and painterly approach on a broad and inventive consideration of the urban environment, one that creates its own compelling reality and draws the viewer into mysterious interiors and lofty exteriors in which improbable things are seen in improbable situations,” PMCA states. We think you have to see it to understand it.

Cahill is inspired by electron microscopy, parasitology, and prehistoric cave paintings. With Fascinomas, she explores “the uncharted territory between physical vulnerability and metaphysical indefinity, where undulating, spectral forms arouse curiosity and wonder at the same time that they impart a visceral feeling of dread.” Installations in the Project Room are interactive, and in this case, visitors are integrated into a large-scale specimen sample which blurs the boundaries between organisms.