A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky
Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Lynell George
In her life and work, Octavia E. Butler strove to embody what could be.Author and journalist Lynell George, a 2017–18 Alan Jutzi Fellow at The Huntington, has been working with the Octavia E. Butler archives for four years. The result is a very personal book, A Handful of Earth, A...
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Saying Goodbye to 2020
Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Kevin Durkin
Few years in living memory have presented more challenges than this one: a worldwide pandemic and economic recession, widespread civil unrest, and a turbulent presidential election.
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Mario Ayala
Wed., Dec. 16, 2020
Join Vanessa Arizmendi, curatorial assistant at the Hammer, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Mario Ayala, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition. The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
Lecture
Collections up Close: The Digital Collection as a Tool for Close Examination
Thu., Dec. 10, 2020
This program explores how educators, librarians, curators, artists, writers, and students can harness the power of digital archives and storytelling at a time when many of us are missing the hands-on experience of using library collections.
Botanical
A Fascination with Flax
Wed., Dec. 9, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
When Kelly Fernandez, head of the Herb and Shakespeare gardens, revived The Huntington’s Fiber Arts Day program in 2013 and saw expert craftspeople dyeing, spinning, and weaving fibers into incredible textiles, she couldn’t help but be intrigued.
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Diane Severin Nguyen
Wed., Dec. 9, 2020
Join Lauren Mackler, co-curator of "Made in L.A. 2020: a version," for this short and insightful discussion about artist Diane Severin Nguyen, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition. The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
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Recorded Programs: Nov. 5–19, 2020
Wed., Dec. 2, 2020 | Kevin Durkin
Home to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of programs
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Monica Majoli
Wed., Dec. 2, 2020
Nicholas Barlow, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, talks with artist Monica Majoli about her part in the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.
Lecture
Why It Matters: James P. Folsom in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence
Wed., Dec. 2, 2020
James P. Folsom, the Telleen/Jorgenson Director of the Botanical Gardens at The Huntington, shares insights into a lifetime spent exploring the intersections of botany, art, literature, and history.
Botanical
A Colorful Season in the Gardens
Wed., Nov. 25, 2020 | Lisa Blackburn
The poet John Keats called autumn a season of "mellow fruitfulness." It is a time of ripeness and abundance that completes a life cycle begun with the first buds of spring
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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Thu., Nov. 19, 2020
Amy Stanley, professor of history at Northwestern University, introduces the vibrant social and cultural life of early nineteenth-century Japan through the story of an irrepressible woman named Tsuneno, who defied convention to make a life for herself in the big city of Edo (now Tokyo) in the dec
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Black Matter
Wed., Nov. 18, 2020
Namwali Serpell, professor of literature at Harvard, author of The Old Drift, and recent recipient of the Arthur C. Clarke award for the best science fiction novel published in the UK discusses the origins of Afrofuturism. This is the Ridge Lecture for Literature.