MESMERIZED

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Mesmerized is a Pasadena-based 501c3 non-profit, offering a community arts and education programming space housed within the MM HQ.

We’re building something vibrant and meaningful for this community and the people who call it home.

  • Mesmerized is dedicated to creating inclusive spaces and programming that foster artistic exploration, cultural exchange, and creative education—amplifying underrepresented voices, uplifting emerging talent, and supporting storytellers and artists, which includes those in Altadena as the community rebuilds and beyond.

  • Mesmerized envisions a vibrant cultural ecosystem rooted in equity, imagination, and community care. Through arts education, storytelling workshops, pop-ups, and collaborative programming, we nurture creative confidence, foster lasting partnerships, and amplify underrepresented voices. Mesmerized will also work with students in college application writing workshops and one-on-ones. While our reach extends beyond any one place, we remain committed to supporting displaced creatives in Altadena as the community rebuilds.

  • We are inviting you to get involved with Mesmerized! Collaborate, volunteer, share your story, or help spread the word.

    Updates about our 501(c)(3) status are coming soon for tax-deductible donations and gifts.

    Email info@mesmermesmer.com to get involved now!

*Pasadena Freeway Stills, Gary Beydler, 1974. Courtesy of Canyon Cinema Foundation and the Estate of Gary Beydler

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