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Lecture

Virtual Bonsai-A-Thon 2021

Sat., Feb. 27, 2021
The Golden State Bonsai Federation presents its annual Huntington Bonsai-A-Thon virtually this year (due to COVID restrictions).
Announcements

Melinda McCurdy Named Curator of British Art, and a “Jewel”

Thu., Feb. 25, 2021 | Thea Page
You never know what will happen when Melinda McCurdy's phone rings.
Lecture

Founders' Day Lecture - Mapping and Memory: Activating the Huntingtons’ Collecting Legacy

Wed., Feb. 24, 2021
Dennis Carr, Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art gives brief remarks before being joined in conversation with artist Sandy Rodriguez, 2020-2021 Caltech-Huntington Art + Research Fellow.
Video

Lunchtime Art Talk on Buck Ellison

Wed., Feb. 24, 2021
Join Nicholas Barlow, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Buck Ellison, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
Video

Screening: deader than dead with Ligia Lewis & Mlondi Zondi

Sun., Feb. 21, 2021
Movement artist and scholar Mlondi Zondi joins Made in L.A. 2020 artist Ligia Lewis in conversation, followed by a screening of Lewis’s dance performance deader than dead (2020).
Watch & Listen

Amplifying Black History

Fri., Feb. 19, 2021 | Lucy Spriggs
The year 2020 was like no other, from the devastation wrought by COVID-19 to the political turmoil and nationwide protests against systemic racism and injustice that erupted after the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.
Lecture

The Garden as Feminine Lettered Space in "The Story of the Stone" and Beyond

Thu., Feb. 18, 2021
Dr. Wai-yee Li, professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University, explores how different types of literary activities are defined by garden design and spatial setting in The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715?–ca. 1763).
Video

Lunchtime Art Talk on Ser Serpas

Wed., Feb. 17, 2021
Join Connie Butler, chief curator at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Ser Serpas, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
Video

Conversation with Fulton Leroy Washington (aka MR. WASH) & Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi

Thu., Feb. 11, 2021
The artist Fulton Leroy Washington (aka MR. WASH) joins Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi in conversation. The pair discusses MR.
Video

Lunchtime Art Talk on Brandon D. Landers

Wed., Feb. 10, 2021
Join Erin Christovale, associate curator at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Brandon D. Landers, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
Library

“The Paths of Honour, Truth and Virtue”

Wed., Feb. 10, 2021 | Olga Tsapina
On April 8, 1777, John Adams, the future second president of the United States, wrote a letter to "Mr. John Quincy Adams," his eldest son and the future sixth president.
Lecture

Shapiro Book Prize Lecture: The Rise of the Latino Vote

Wed., Feb. 3, 2021
On the occasion of winning The Huntington's inaugural Shapiro Book Prize for The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History, professor Benjamin Francis-Fallon discusses how Latina/o leaders in the U.S.