The trove of images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries were found by her family during the vacating of Old Chinatown.
Join Lauren Mackler, co-curator of "Made in L.A. 2020: a version," for this short and insightful discussion about artist Sabrina Tarasoff, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."
Activity: Quilt Windows
Make your own Quilt Window inspired by a print made by Loretta Pettway Bennett.
Join Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Alexandra Noel, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."
In this Genshitsu Sen lecture, Dr. Bruce A. Coats, professor of art history and the humanities at Scripps College, surveys the extraordinary literary and visual art traditions inspired by the 11th-century novel The Tale of Genji, written by Japanese court lady Murasaki Shikibu, with an emphasis on how the novel has been imaged and reimagined for a millennium.
Photo caption: Ebina Masao (1913–1980), The Tale of Genji: Chapter 24, Butterflies, c. 1960, woodblock print, Scripps College, 2003.1.45, photo by Jan Blair
Project draws on the collections of the The Huntington and Los Angeles Public Library to bring history to life through the memories and reactions of community members
Historic preservation consultants from Chattel, Inc. share how the Christopher Isherwood papers at The Huntington were instrumental in the designation of the Santa Monica Canyon home of writer Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986) and artist Don Bachardy as a Historic-Cultural Monument in Los Angeles. The lecture includes a pictorial tour of the residence and studio–where Bachardy still lives–and a review of the nomination process.
Speakers:
Robert Chattel, AIA
Nels Youngborg
Alvin-Christian Nuval
This is the Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture.
Join Aram Moshayedi, Robert Soros Curator at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Hedi El Kholti, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version."
Experts on nomenclature—from Madison Avenue marketing executives to the parents of newborn babies—have long believed that choosing the right name can make all the difference.
Key scholars come together at this two-day conference to assess developments in the study of Restoration women writers such as Aphra Behn and Margaret Cavendish (the Duchess of Newcastle), their reception in their own period, and increasing popularity today. Behn and Cavendish have international societies devoted to the study of their works, and both they and others such as Katherine Philips ("Orinda") and Anne Finch (the Countess of Winchilsea) now regularly appear on the undergraduate curriculum.