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Annual fundraiserOctober 23–25, 2026 · Old Town Monrovia

Painted Promises
2026

A three-day art fundraiser building a permanent home for Monrovia’s creative community.

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Attendees
600+
Artists
10–15
Raised
$18,000+
The first Painted Promises: original work hung the length of the hall

The short version

Monrovia has artists. What it doesn’t have is a room where they meet.

Painted Promises is a three-day exhibition and opening night that funds The Creative Compound — a free monthly gathering for artists and creatives, hosted at KGEM Television in partnership with the Monrovia Association of Fine Arts.

$18,000+raised at the first Painted Promises, with $10,000 given to school communities affected by the Eaton Fire.

The weekend

Three days,one street.

Friday
Opening night. Full production, lighting, and a DJ. The room is built out and completely alive.
Saturday
Adult classes and talks on street art — the people making it, in the room, teaching how it is actually done. Open gallery hours alongside, with food from Myrtle Avenue.
Sunday
Youth classes and activation. The room turns over to the next generation, and the weekend closes on the final viewing and final sales.

Original work is for sale all three days. Curation, artist relations, and the look of the room are led by Ryan Burch, who created Painted Promises. A share of every sale returns to Community Reimagined.

Why this matters on Myrtle

The theater is dark. This is three days of people downtown with a reason to be there.

Painted Promises takes a vacant storefront and turns it into the busiest room in the city for a weekend — people on the sidewalk, on your patio, walking past your door on their way in and on their way out.

Food and drink are sourced from Myrtle Avenue restaurants rather than brought in. Sponsors are named in the room, on every printed and digital piece, and in the reporting that follows.

The first Painted Promises

This is what theroom looked like.

February 21–23, 2025 at the Historic Santa Fe Depot. Over a dozen local artists and vendors, and a gift to Aveson Elementary, Aveson Middle School, Odyssey Charter School after the Eaton Fire.

  • Opening night outside the venue in downtown Monrovia
  • A full room on opening night at the first Painted Promises
  • The arched hall with original work on the walls
  • Guests walking the exhibition and looking at work
  • Remarks and a DJ set on opening night
  • Guests together at the first Painted Promises

Where it goes

Every dollar,accounted for.

Every dollar past cost funds the first year of the Creative Compound.

01Production and lighting
Art has to be lit. This is the single largest line.
02The space
Held for a full month so the installation can be built properly.
03Print and outreach
Materials for the show and for the neighborhoods around it.
04Artist support
Getting the work in the room and on the wall.

The details

Dates
Friday, October 23 – Sunday, October 25, 2026
Venue
306 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016
Artist roster
In curation with Ryan Burch

The ask

Come in early, and your name is on the room.

Tell us which level fits and we will hold it while the dates lock. If none of them fit and you still want in, say so — this is Monrovia, we will figure it out.

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