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Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage May/June 2016 PAID Industry, CA 1151 Oxford Road | San Marino, California 91108 Permit No. 4278 huntington.org May/June 2016 n Two new exhibitions celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service n “An Evening Among the Roses” returns June 3 n Members’ Summer Evenings begin June 26 n A new wing of the American art galleries is set to open this fall The Huntington ArtLibrary, Collections, and Botanical Gardens CALENDAR CALENDAR General Information TELEPHONE: 626-405-2100 WEBSITE: huntington.org ADMISSION: Members: Free. Non-Members adult rates: Weekdays $23. Weekends $25. Geographies of Wonder (See website for dis counted senior, group, and children’s rates.) Admission is free to all Two new Huntington exhibitions mark the centennial of the National Park Service visitors on the first Thursday of each month with advance tickets. n a wide-ranging examination of the role of the HOURS: Mon., Wed., Thurs., and Fri.: noon– national parks in American life, The Huntington 4:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun.: 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. is commemorating the centennial of the U.S. Monday holidays: 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. INational Park Service with a pair of exhibitions SUMMER HOURS: (June–August) ive Dad a day to remember on Father’s Day weekend by enjoy - that run consecutively from May through next 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. daily, excluding Tues - days. Closed Tuesdays and major holidays. ing an afternoon at The Huntington. To help you celebrate, February in the West Hall of the Library. we’ll be featuring craft beer pairings from Stone Brewing DINING: The Café serves light meals and “The national parks are our nation’s crown refreshments. Tea is served in the Rose GCompany with our new grill menu, served in the patio dining jewels,” said Peter Blodgett, H. Russell Smith Garden Tea Room. For tea reservations, area adjacent to the Rose Garden Tea Room. Each dad who dines Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manu - call 626-683-8131. Enjoy Chinese cuisine in at the Patio Grill will be entered automatically in a prize drawing scripts at The Huntington and exhibition curator. the Garden of Flowing Fragrance and specialty for a chance to win a Weber barbeque smoker. These special “The centennial of this remarkable system of public coffees and gelato in the Coffee Shop. offerings will be available on both Saturday and Sunday, June 18 lands gives us a perfect opportunity to reflect a little HUNTINGTON STORE: Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. more deeply, and to explore the dynamic interplay Wednesday through Monday, the store carries and 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No reservations required. a variety of books, prints, note cards, jewelry, between these great American landscapes and the home decor, toys, and gift items related to The And don’t forget Mom! For Mother’s Day brunch details and people who seek to define them.” Hunt ington’s collec tions. Pur chases help availability, visit huntington.org/mothersday. The first exhibition, “Geographies of Won - finance the institu tion. Store information: der: Origin Stories of America’s National Parks, 626-405-2142. 1872‒1933,” opens May 14 and continues through Lisa Blackburn, Editor/Photographer Sept. 3. It features some 100 items, drawn from The Avelina E. Moeller, Designer Huntington’s collec tions. Among the treasures on Thea M. Page, Contributing writer display will be a mammoth 1873 photo album by Senior Staff On the cover: “Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,” Thomas Moran’s one of the premier photographers of the day, chromolithographic reproduction of a watercolor sketch, as published in William Henry Jackson, opened to a photo of Laura Skandera Trombley Ferdinand V. Hayden’s illustrated volume The Yellowstone National Yellowstone’s Grand Canyon. Jackson’s photo - Early photograph of Yellowstone National Park’s President Park, and the mountain regions of portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado graphs played an important role in convincing and Utah, 1876. Back cover: ‘Jump for Joy’ roses doing exactly that in Grand Canyon from an 1873 album by William Congress in 1872 to establish Yellowstone National Catherine Allgor the Rose Garden, along with some 1,200 other fragrant varieties. Henry Jackson. Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim Park, the first landscape to be so designated by the Director of Education Follow us! federal government. National Parks (on display in the exhibition) James P. Folsom Find links to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, First-hand accounts from travelers provide a established a conservation agenda. The exhibi - Tumblr, YouTube, Vimeo, iTunes, and Marge and Sherm Telleen / Marion and Earle fascinating glimpse at the rigors of early wilderness tion also looks at scientific study of the parks by Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens the Verso blog at huntington.org. tourism. A letter from 1861 describes a group’s geo logists, hydrographers, biologists, and Steve Hindle brutally difficult trip through Yosemite Valley by ethno graphers; at tourism promotion by the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research horse and wagon. The jarring terrain left the wo men railroads and entrepreneurial tour operators; Margaret Irwin exhibitions of the party bruised and battered by their rigid and at efforts to establish a centralized system of Chief of Staff hoopskirts. Even so, people were eager to make their JUNE • 2016 “Geographies of Wonder: Origin Stories of park manage ment, which led Congress to create | Mitchell Morris America’s National Parks, 1872–1933” way there to see this “wonder of wonders.” the National Park Service in 1916. Chief Information Officer Opens May 14 | Library West Hall The exhibition also examines the treatment of The 1920s were a boom period for Coreen A. Rodgers Native Americans in the parks during this period, visitors; leaner years followed with the Great “Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Bilingual Photography and Anne and Jim Rothenberg Vice President both by the government and by promoters. Depression. Then President Franklin D. for Financial Affairs the Architecture of Greene & Greene” “Indigenous people were ousted and resettled outside Roosevelt launched his New Deal program, Opens June 18 | Scott Galleries, Chandler Wing Kevin Salatino of park boundaries, and yet their historical presence which included an ambitious plan to expand the Hannah and Russel Kully Director “The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism was used as a prominent advertisement to entice parks. That growth period will be examined in of the Art Collections CALENDAR • MAY and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920” people to visit,” said Blodgett. the second exhibition, “Geographies of Won - Randy Shulman Ends May 9 | Boone Gallery As interest in visiting the parks grew, so did der: Evolution of the National Park Idea, 1933– 1 Vice President for Advancement interest in exploiting their natural resources. A call “Alex Israel at The Huntington” 2016,” which opens in October. Susan Turner-Lowe for conservation emerged, led by the renowned Through July 11 | Huntington Art Gallery Read more about “Geographies of Vice President for Communications naturalist John Muir, whose 1901 volume, Our and Marketing Wonder” at huntington.org. “Spirit Boys: Putti and Infant Gods on Paper” David S. Zeidberg Through July 25 | Huntington Art Gallery, Works on Paper Room Avery Director of the Library American Art Expansion Mitchell Morris Joins Staff as Chief Information Officer Reinstalled spaces will open in June; the new Fielding Wing opens in October itchell Morris, a seasoned goals. Before pursuing a career technology executive with in information tech nology, ans of American art at The 18 years experience in Morris was a research bio logist Huntington can look for ward Mboth for-profit and with a specialization in botani - to some exciting develop ments nonprofit settings, has joined the cal and environmental science. Fin the next few months, Huntington staff as chief Technology at The starting with the reopen ing this information officer. He is the Hunt ington underpins the summer of several rooms in the first to hold the position. institution’s work in myriad Virginia Steele Scott Galleries and Morris comes to The ways: from the computers that culminating with the debut of the Huntington after serving as the monitor irrigation in the new Jonathan and Karin Fielding vice president for infor mation botanical gardens, to the system Wing in the fall. tech nology at the International that manages the research On June 18, rooms in the Association of Plumb ing and library’s vast online catalog of original portion of the Scott Mechanical Officials, the non - collections, to the iPads up - Galleries that have been closed for Rendering of the exterior of The Hunting - profit organization that develops loaded with information about several months will reopen with a ton’s latest expansion of the Virginia and publishes plumb ing and mechanical codes, art objects that help amplify the visitor’s experience Steele Scott Galleries of American Art, the provides educational tools, and conducts product in the Huntington Art Gallery. new installation and a refreshed Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing, set to look and feel. The reconfigured open in October. irst opened in 1984 with testing and certifica tion to help protect public “As we continue to evolve and expand our programs and broaden our reach, having Mitch help space features a room highlighting 6,800 square feet of health on matters having to do with water and Fgallery space, the Virginia wastewater manage ment. While there, he led his IT lead us solidly into the technology future