Library
Multi-Storied Library: Lasting Impressions – Hand Printing in Practice
Fri., March 22, 2024
The Huntington holds one of the largest collections of William Morris’ Kelmscott Press books in the world. Join Library staff for a deep dive into Morris’ artistic philosophy and handmade approach to printing during a time when the industry was moving toward mass production.
Lectures
The Role of the Japanese Tea Hut in Understanding the Way of Tea
Fri., March 22, 2024
Bruce Sosei Hamana, a tea ceremony expert with the Urasenke Tankokai Federation, discusses the “chashitsu,” the traditional tearoom.
Eve Babitz, Collage Artist
Tue., March 19, 2024 | Sarah Francis
Before Eve Babitz became a published writer, she was a visual artist, and her chosen medium was collage. Inspired by Joseph Cornell and Andy Warhol, she created the album cover art for Buffalo Springfield’s “Buffalo Springfield Again” and The Byrds’ “Untitled.”
Art
Sargent Claude Johnson–California School for the Blind Commission
Mon., March 18, 2024
In 1933, Sargent Johnson began a monumental architectural installation for the California School for the Blind in Berkeley. It was commissioned by the federally sponsored Public Works of Art Project—part of the New Deal.
The Huntington’s Foundations and Futures
Tue., March 12, 2024 | Sandy Masuo
To celebrate this year’s Founders’ Day, Lori Bettison-Varga, president and director of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, engaged in a wide-ranging conversation with Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence about the past, present, and future of The Huntington.
Events
Huntington Founders Day 2024: Foundations and Futures
Tue., March 12, 2024
The 2024 Founders’ Day program marked The Huntington’s fifth anniversary under the leadership of President Karen R. Lawrence.
Events
Highlights from Founders’ Day 2024: Foundations and Futures
Tue., March 12, 2024
On Feb. 22, 2024, Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence sat down with Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, for a conversation that looked back at The Huntington’s past five years under Lawrence’s leadership and forward at the institution’s strategic aspirations.
News
“Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis” Set to Open Sept. 14
Thu., March 7, 2024
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.
News
New Exhibition to Examine How Gardening Inspired Ethical Science in Historical China
Thu., March 7, 2024
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.
Five Great Native Plants
Tue., March 5, 2024 | Sandy Masuo
California natives add a regional flair to gardens and also support local wildlife; many birds and pollinators prefer native plants, and some depend exclusively on them. Native plants fit a variety of garden niches, from spectacular specimen trees to ground covers, vines, and colorful annuals.
Another West: Ecologies of Photography
Tue., Feb. 27, 2024 | Monica Bravo and Carolin Görgen
An exploration of photography’s ecological dimensions provides an opportunity to reexamine the role that photography has played in documentation as well as environmental degradation. By examining photographs other than those of classic Western landscapes, we reconsider how Indigenous persons and settlers perceived and interacted with the environment.
Art
The Huntington Commissions Artist Mineo Mizuno for Monumental Outdoor Sculpture
Wed., Feb. 21, 2024
Mizuno's site-specific sculpture “Homage to Nature” debuts on May 25, 2024.