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Securing Election Results in 1640
Wed., Jan. 13, 2021 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.When Congressional sessions resumed after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, many people watched televised proceedings set in motion some 200 years ago.
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork
Wed., Jan. 13, 2021Join Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, 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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News Release - Huntington Names Misty Bennett Chief Human Resources Officer
Tue., Jan. 12, 2021The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Misty Bennett as chief human resources officer. Bennett, corporate director of talent and culture at Rosewood Hotel Group, begins her new role at The Huntington on Jan. 27, 2021.
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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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A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky
Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Lynell GeorgeIn 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 Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler (Angel City Press, 2020), in which George describes how she came to know and identify with Butler
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Saying Goodbye to 2020
Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Kevin DurkinFew 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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Legacy of Wonder
Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarlingThe Huntington's botanical gardens have long been shaped by the vision of Jim Folsom.When young botany student Jim Folsom traveled from Austin, Texas, to The Huntington to interview for an assistant curator job in late August of 1984, he was completely turned off by the heavy traffic and acrid smog that hung over the Los Angeles basin.
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Hidden Within “The Three Witches”
Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Christina M. O’ConnellWhen The Huntington acquired Henry Fuseli's The Three Witches (ca. 1785) in 2014, I could immediately see clues that there was something to discover beneath its surface.