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News Release - Huntington Names Misty Bennett Chief Human Resources Officer

Tue., Jan. 12, 2021

The 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.

Videos and Recorded Programs

Lunchtime Art Talk on Nicola L.

Wed., Jan. 6, 2021

Join 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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Frontiers

Hidden Within “The Three Witches”

Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Christina M. O’Connell

When 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.

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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 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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Legacy of Wonder

Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling

The 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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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.

Videos and Recorded Programs

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.

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Videos and Recorded Programs

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. 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 study example using an object from The Huntington’s collections—a Japanese map illustrating topics of interest to the Japanese visitor or immigrant to Hawaiʻi. This event is part of an ongoing webinar series presented by the Library’s Reader Services Department, the Multi-Storied Library.