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Gallery Drop-In Talks: “Storm Cloud”
Join Huntington docent educators for short, informal discussions about key objects on view in the new exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis.”
Our National Parks, Past and Present: A Conversation
The Huntington and the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West present a program focused on recent campaigns to preserve natural land in the form of national parks and monuments, discussed within the longer history of such efforts.
Sustainable C.H.A.N.G.E.S. Youth Summit
High school students are invited to this free, inspiring event to network, organize, and tackle critical issues with support from Huntington experts and local environmental organizations. Teen participants will craft an impact project, apply for financial support, engage in hands-on learning, and cultivate a better future together.
Second Sundays: Storm Cloud
Get in touch with nature and explore the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” through artmaking, musical performances, and talks with curators at this all-ages event.
Educator Open House “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis”
Explore the impact of industrialization and globalization on our environment through art and literature with Huntington curators and learn how to connect the content to your K–12 classroom.
Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China: A Symposium
Scholars from the United States and China explore people’s relationships with plants in historical China. Topics include medicinal gardens, famine foods, commercial nurseries, grafting techniques, gardening ethics, and more. Presentations will feature artworks from the exhibition by the same name, on view in the Studio for Lodging the Mind.
Storm Cloud: Environment, Empire, and the Arts in the Industrial Age
This conference will explore the relationship between humans and the natural world throughout the 19th century, as charted in the work of writers and visual artists. As industrialization altered landscapes and people’s lives, developing sciences offered revelations about Earth and the interconnected fragility of the climate and our species.
Culinary Workshop: Cooking with Chrysanthemum
Immerse yourself in Chinese culture through a culinary exploration of one of the Four Noble Plants of China. Taste traditional dishes that feature this celebrated flower and get a hands-on lesson in creating a red bean treat using chrysanthemum leaves.
Shapiro Center Webinar: Nineteenth-Century Nature and Contemporary Photography
Contemporary voices in the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” bring forward questions of environmental history to the present. The conversation will cover such topics as land extraction, human influence on plants, environmental injustice, immigration, photographic technologies, and reparative histories.
Gallery Drop-in Talk: Climate Science, Climate Fiction
Join experts in the fields of science and art at this informal drop-in program, for a conversation on the climate past, present, and future as seen through painting, music, and literature. Moderated by "Storm Cloud" exhibition co-curator, Karla Nielsen.
Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis
Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | “Storm Cloud” analyzes the impact of industrialization and a globalized economy on everyday life from 1780 to 1930, as charted by scientists, artists, and writers, and contextualizes the current climate crisis within this historical framework.
Huntington U: Climate Fiction
Join Nicole Seymour, professor of English, on a six-session exploration of the influence and depiction of climate change in books, art, and the natural world. Huntington U is a college-style seminar with no tests.
PST ART: “Storm Cloud” and “Growing and Knowing”
Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” and “Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China” trace the dovetailing histories of the relationship between humans and the environment and emphasize the significant role that close observation has played in art, science, and ethics.
Sustainable C.H.A.N.G.E.S. Youth Summit
Climate. Health. Art. iNtersectionality. Growth. Education. Storytelling.
New Exhibition to Examine How Gardening Inspired Ethical Science in Historical China
This exhibition displays 24 objects and a participatory artwork highlighting how historical Chinese gardens have served as spaces that not only delight the senses and nourish the body but also inspire the mind—both intellectually and spiritually.
The Stories We Told in 2024
These Verso posts from this past year provide new perspectives, cultivate curiosity, and ignite the imagination.
Storm Cloud Library
This list of books was compiled by the curators of the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Cri
Academic Conferences and Lectures
The Huntington hosts academic conferences and lectures every year that are open to the public.
“Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” Set to Open Sept. 14
The exhibition puts today’s environmental issues in historical context, examining the profound changes that industrialization and a globalized economy have wrought on everyday life, as charted by artists, scientists, and writers during the 19th century.
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The Art Museum features British, European, American, and Asian art spanning more than 500 years and includes more than 45,000 objects.