Halloween is but one of the many holidays that triggers childhood memories. For college student Galia Bar-Sever, a Halloween memory marks the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship with a place she loves. Somewhere in The Huntington, a pumpkin is being massacred. Botanical director Jim Folsom takes a discerning … Continue reading
Category Archives: Education
A Recent Loss
While everyone knows that The Huntington relies on our assortment of volunteers and docents to give tours, answer questions, and be the face of The Huntington, there are some volunteers who choose to remain in the background. They may be too shy to step forward and become docents who give … Continue reading
Exhibiting Skills
During the first week of February, The Huntington hosted colleagues from public gardens around the country who had a common educational goal: getting more value from plants. Ten people spent a week in a workshop called “Exhibiting Skills,” building mock-ups of interactive exhibits and testing them out with visitors inside … Continue reading
Musical Imprint
Last week, the LA Opera once again brought one of its spectacular education programs for school children to The Huntington. The Magic Dream is what the LA Opera calls an “engaging celebration of Mozart’s classic opera, The Magic Flute.” More than 350 students from Rockdale Elementary School (Eagle Rock) and … Continue reading
Teens in Focus
The Huntington has long offered classes and family programs for a variety of ages—from preschool series for ages 3 to 4 to after-school programs for ages 5 to 6 and Saturday workshops for ages 7 to 12. But this fall, The Huntington debuted a couple classes for high school teens, … Continue reading
A Taste of Art
As part of the Huntington’s education program, Maite Gomez-Rejón blends The Huntington’s art, library, and botanical collections with her love of cooking and culinary history. In her latest cooking class, “A Taste of Art: Appetizing America,” she led her students through a tour of the Scott Galleries and then the kitchen. Continue reading
A Closer Look Inside Botany
Twenty-five volunteers gathered in the auditorium of the Botanical Center on a recent Wednesday afternoon for a lecture on plant anatomy. A slide of the apical meristem—the growing tip of the shoot—was projected on the screen as Huntington botanical educators talked about the major tissues that comprise plant organs. Continue reading
Nature’s Helping Hands
Under a brilliant blue sky one recent morning, a group of volunteers donned their sun hats, pulled on sturdy gloves, and took up their secateurs to tackle one of the thorniest jobs at The Huntington: pruning more than 3,500 rose bushes. Continue reading
EXHIBITIONS | Lending a (Bronze) Hand
Christopher Slatoff is a figurative sculptor who works in bronze, just like Giovanni Battista Foggini, Corneille van Clève, and the other artists featured in the exhibition “Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection.” But Slatoff works in 21st-century Los Angeles with clients like USC and … Continue reading
“Value Added”
For docents in the school tour program, what they learn is as rewarding as what they teach. Big yellow buses will start rolling through The Huntington’s gates this week as the school tour season gets under way. When students disembark for a morning of discovery, a group of highly trained … Continue reading