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Coloring the Conservation Conversation

Tue., June 7, 2022

Author J. Drew Lanham discusses what it means to embrace the full breadth of his African American heritage and his deep kinship to nature and adoration of birds. The convergence of ornithologist, college professor, poet, author, and conservation activist blend to bring our awareness of the natural world and our moral responsibility for it forward in new ways. Candid by nature—and because of it—Lanham examines how conservation must be a rigorous science and evocative art, inviting diversity and race to play active roles in celebrating our natural world.

This is the Dibner Lecture in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Additional support provided by Philip A. Swan.

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Gifts from Japan

Tue., June 7, 2022 | Robert Hori

Robert Hori, the gardens cultural curator and program director at The Huntington, was invited to serve as guest curator for an exhibition at the Portland Japanese Garden. The collaborative result is “Gifts from Japan: A Horticultural Tale Told through Botanical Art,” an exhibition that focuses on the intersection of garden arts, horticulture, and botany through a selection of botanical illustrations from The Huntington, the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California, and invited botanical artists from Japan.

News

News Release - “100 Great British Drawings” Opens June 18

Thu., June 2, 2022

Exploring a range of styles among The Huntington’s premier collection of British drawings and watercolors from the 17th to the mid-20th century, the exhibition highlights rarely seen works from masters of the medium, including William Blake, John Brett, John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough, and J. M. W. Turner.

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Thinking Outside the (Art) Box

Tue., May 31, 2022 | Sandy Masuo

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of time that people spent focused on screens was an issue of concern. Sarah Wilson of the Autry Museum had an idea: bring together museum education staff to find an innovative way to serve the needs of children and families beyond online learning.

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Miki Hayakawa: Painting in Place

Tue., May 24, 2022 | Yinshi Lerman-Tan

Miki Hayakawa’s From My Window—on loan from the collection of Sandra and Bram Dijkstra in The Huntington’s Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art—captures a specific place and time.

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Helping a Nation Live Up to Its Ideals

Tue., May 17, 2022 | Cheryl Cheng

Why do museums matter? It’s a question on the minds of many museum leaders today, including Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who spoke at The Huntington last month with Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence and Huntington Governor Robert C. Davidson Jr. The event, held in a packed Rothenberg Hall, was part of the institution’s “Why It Matters” series.

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A Place at the Nayarit

Mon., May 16, 2022 | Natalia Molina

Natalia Molina grew up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park and spent evenings at the Mexican restaurant her mother owned, the Nayarit, a local landmark that her grandmother founded in 1951.

Videos and Recorded Programs

Hdoc: Cycad Sleuths

Fri., May 13, 2022

A gardener noticed a population of weevils living inside a few cycad cones growing on the property and knew it was a big deal. He showed them to one of The Huntington’s botanical researchers who kicked off a project this year to study how the weevils pollinate our Dioon cycads.