Educator Virtual Curator Talk: “奪天工 Growing and Knowing” with Phillip Bloom
Join us for a virtual talk about the exhibition “Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China” with curator Phillip Bloom. Journey back in time to the Ming and Qing dynasties and discover how gardens were transformative spaces intended to delight, nourish, and inspire.
Talk Schedule
4:30 p.m. Program begins
4:35 p.m. Talk by Phillip Bloom
5:05 p.m. Classroom connections with Education staff
5:15 p.m. Q&A
5:25 p.m. Wrap-up
About the Speaker
Phillip E. Bloom is the June and Simon K.C. Li Curator of the Chinese Garden and Director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies. He seeks to shape the Chinese Garden’s intellectual and cultural life by interpreting it through tours, lectures, and exhibitions and by enlivening it with public programs, concerts, and an annual artist’s residency. Bloom is a specialist in the history of gardens, designed landscapes, and Buddhist art and ritual of China’s Song dynasty (960–1279). He received his Ph.D. in Chinese art history from Harvard University in 2013. Prior to joining The Huntington in 2017, he served as assistant professor of East Asian art history at Indiana University Bloomington and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tokyo.
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Hu Zhengyan 胡正言, et al., Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Calligraphy and Painting 十竹齋書畫譜, vol. 3, Ming dynasty, 1633, multicolor woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Phillip E. Bloom, June and Simon K.C. Li Curator of the Chinese Garden and Director of the Center for East Asian Garden Studies. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | This exhibition displays 24 artworks and a performance piece highlighting how Chinese gardens have served as transformative spaces for growing and contemplating plants, encouraging visitors to view their gardens as sources of delight, nourishment, and inspiration.
The Huntington’s Center for East Asian Garden Studies promotes innovative scholarship on the traditions of garden-making in China, Japan, and Korea.
The exhibition has been made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative.
Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returned in September 2024 with more than 70 exhibitions from museums and other institutions across the region, all exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information, visit PST ART: Art & Science Collide