Pomona College Museum of Art is open 24/7 through Nov. 6, the end of the first part of the year-long exhibition “It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969 to 1973.” It’s not just students and visitors from near and far who have taken advantage of the chance to experience art in the wee morning hours. So has at least one of the artists whose work is on prominent display, late-night museum security guard Rebecca Vizcarra reported via her iPhone.
Not long after midnight on a recent Saturday morning, three students had just left Tom Eatherton’s Rise, a recreation of his light environment that first appeared at the museum in 1970. And then Eatherton showed up. Vizcarra let the visitors know that the artist was present in case they had any questions for him, and they all went inside Rise. More visitors arrived, and Vizcarra clued them in, too. “Before I knew it there were 19 people including Tom in the exhibit,’’ writes Vizcarra. “I walked in and saw everyone sitting down and looking up at Tom as he was answering their questions and/or conversing. I walked out to my position outside of the exhibit. I walked by in a few minutes later and witnessed a beautiful moment: Everyone including Tom was lying on the floor in complete silence. “
