Videos and Recorded Programs
Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences.
Lunchtime Art Talk on Nicola L.
Wed., Jan. 6, 2021Join Matthieu Vahanian, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Nicola L., 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.
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Mario Ayala
Wed., Dec. 16, 2020Join 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.
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Collections up Close: The Digital Collection as a Tool for Close Examination
Thu., Dec. 10, 2020This 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. Attendees learn about free online storytelling platforms that can be repurposed for immersive narratives such as virtual collection show-and-tells, digital exhibits, and close reading tools. Presenters build a case...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Diane Severin Nguyen
Wed., Dec. 9, 2020Join 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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Why It Matters: James P. Folsom in Conversation with Karen R. Lawrence
Wed., Dec. 2, 2020James 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. For more than three decades, Folsom has overseen The Huntington’s extensive botanical collections, showcased in 18 thematic gardens spread over 130 public acres. He has dedicated much of his effort to programming that increases public interest in...
Lunchtime Art Talk on Monica Majoli
Wed., Dec. 2, 2020Nicholas 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.
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Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
Thu., Nov. 19, 2020Amy 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 decades before the arrival of Commodore Perry and the fall of the shogunate.
Black Matter
Wed., Nov. 18, 2020Namwali 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.







