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Accounting for Freedom
Mon., July 20, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarlingCurator Olga Tsapina discusses the account book of an Underground Railroad operatorThe Huntington is home to extensive collections documenting the history of slavery and abolition in the United States and the Atlantic World.
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The Autobiography of a Garden
Sun., July 19, 2020 | Lynne HeffleyAndrew Raftery's ceramic plates capture the cycle of the seasons in fine detailRaftery, a professor of printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design, specializes in engraved scenes of contemporary American suburbia
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Kaleidoscope
Fri., July 17, 2020 | Sumpter PriddyHow a Scottish scientist's invention influenced 19th-century American decorative art. Few objects have played a greater role in underscoring the combined power of light, color, and motion than the kaleidoscope
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Close Encounters of the Natural Kind
Wed., July 8, 2020 | Lisa BlackburnWith the reopening of the Botanical Gardens following a three-month COVID-19 closure, visitors have been eagerly returning to The Huntington.
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News Release - New Site-Specific Work by Lita Albuquerque on View at The Huntington
Wed., July 1, 2020A new site-specific artwork by Lita Albuquerque, “Red Earth,” greets visitors at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens as garden areas reopen after a closure of more than three months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Resurgence of Victory Gardens
Wed., July 1, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarlingIn an effort to increase self-sufficiency and reduce trips to the grocery store during our current pandemic, a growing number of people are adding vegetable and herb gardens to their own yards.
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Red Earth by Lita Albuquerque
Mon., June 29, 2020As part of our Centennial Celebration, we have commissioned a temporary art installation by Los Angeles-based artist Lita Albuquerque. Installed near the southern entrance to the Japanese Garden, Albuquerque’s Red Earth features an approximately six-by-four-foot rock slab marked with bright red pigment and surrounded by bamboo stalks affixed with copper-colored bands. The work contrasts dramatically with the cool greens of the shady bamboo grove and is intended to mark its specific location in time and space. Red Earth incorporates color and light to convey motion and stillness “because only through stillness can we discover the motion of the cosmos,” says Albuquerque.
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Reading the Light in Shigemi Uyeda’s Photography
Wed., June 24, 2020 | Lily AllenNine works by the artist Shigemi Uyeda (1902–1980) are among The Huntington's robust collection of American photography.