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California Art Club Virtual Exhibit
Calling all art connoisseurs! From May 16th to June 13th, The California Art Club will be hosting a virtual art exhibit for its 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition. It is in collaboration with the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University. Click the link below for the exhibit with art historian Jean Stern. This event will take place on on Saturday, May 16th. Stern is the Senior Curator of California Impressionism at UC Irvine Institute and Museum of California Art. 109th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition – A Virtual Experience The number of artists that are contributing to this exhibit is massive. This exhibit will be marvelous for many reasons,…
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Bowers Museum Opens Virtual Disney Exhibit
From March 7th to August 30th 2020, Bowers Museum is presenting Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic, and you don’t even need to leave the house! Bowers Museum has created a virtual tour of the archives that you can access through your mobile phone by clicking this link. The tour takes you through a virtual time machine, showing archives that date decades back. The virtual tour takes you from room to room, showing the magnificent historical preservation of Disney characters, costumes, props, and more. Be sure to check out all of the DID YOU KNOW? dropdowns for images of each piece and interesting background. One of the…
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
You must in any case go to the museum often. -Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), London, 19 November 1873 “You must write and tell me which painters you like best, both the old and the new, you must be sure to do this, I’m curious to know. You must in any case go to the museum often, it’s good to be acquainted with the old painters, too, and if you get the chance read about art, and especially magazines about art, the Gazette des Beaux-Arts1.” Visit the Van Gogh Museum to see this archival piece in the digital collection www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/b0012V1962.
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Laguna Art Museum
Near downtown Laguna Beach, you will find the Laguna Art Museum. Initially founded as an art association one hundred years ago, this institution is a gathering place to view local and nationally acclaimed artists’ work. They offer docent led tours, public programs, and events for all ages. The en plein air movement was locally founded by Anna Hills, Edgar Payne, William Wendt, Frank Cupien, Nellie Gail Moulton, and others. They pioneered this organization and regional outdoor painting practice to capture the essence of light. See the museum’s centennial and permanent collection that contains some of these notable artists’ work. Past exhibition, I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art: Prints…
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San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum honors the legacy of pilots and astronauts who dared to explore. From man’s first flight to the NASA space age, this history is charted with interactive exhibits. The displays capture historical elements that went beyond our atmosphere. The Apollo 11 mission was launched from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, near Cape Canaveral on July 16, 1969, at 13:32 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). The Eagle landed on July 20, 1969 102 hours and 45 minutes after it had launched. “In my own view, the important achievement of Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to…
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SFO Museum
What does one do when one flies domestically or internationally from San Francisco Airport? We suggest that you spend time at the SFO Museum which is exhibited at the International Main Hall and Terminals. These spaces are designed for you to explore historic themes that resonate throughout the ages. Currently, they are showing the following exhibits: International Main Hall A1: Reflections in Wood: Surfboards and Shapers Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures A2: The Intriguing World of Insects Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures G1: Reflections in Wood: Surfboards and Shapers Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures G2: The Style of Display: Victorian Pedestals Pre-Security | Level 3, Departures G3: VIDEO ARTS Pre-Security…
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Preservation Week
April 21 – April 27, 2019 Happy Preservation Week from the American Library Association (ALA)! We celebrate our archival process of collections, sorting, digitizing, and sharing our records. Please see the ALA tips on how to handle a variety of materials below. You will find more information and resources at www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek. audio | books | data | documents and paper | film and home movies | photos | scrapbooks | slides | textiles Use these quick tips as a starting point for taking care of your precious items. Learn more about Preservation Week. Audio Store magnetic media (cassettes or reel to reel) or discs (CDs and LPs) vertically in a cool dry…
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UCI Applied Innovation
Startup 70 Degrees Brings History Back to the Future Startup April 4, 2019 By Grace Wood History, although in the past, can help shape the future. Local historian and entrepreneur Jennifer Keil, co-founder of 70 Degrees, aims to change how archivists preserve historical data to show that history can be simultaneously fun and profitable. Named for the ideal storage temperature of artifacts, 70 Degrees uses both physical means and digital technology to store historical objects, record oral history accounts, curate museum exhibits and work with both government and businesses to preserve important records and events. The company manages a temperature-controlled facility in Laguna Hills, which houses artifacts and lends them to organizations.…
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OC Historical Commissioners at Irvine Ranch
Jennifer Keil had an opportunity to showcase her ongoing historical projects to the Orange County Historical Commissioners which is in partnership with OC Parks. The theme of her presentation was Curating Communities. As a digital historian and archivist, she is organizing local history for city’s, cultural centers, and schools to use. She is providing access to these archival records and analyzing of this information. Metadata is being created and stored in content management systems. As an oral historian, she is documenting local narratives for posterity. It is critical that these memories will be preserved for future generations. As OC continues to grow, it is important to document its change over…
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Malibu Lagoon Museum
The Adamson House in Malibu, CA is a delightful Spanish-Colonial revival property built in 1930. It was founded by Merritt and Rhoda Rindge Adamson. This land was part of the Spanish land grant deed to Frederick and May Rindge that was established as a cattle ranch. Ranchof Topanga Malibu Sequit was 24,000 acres with 22 acres of beachfront vistas. The California Department of Parks and Recreation operates the Adamson House and offers docent-led tours. Don’t forget to visit the gift shop for some one-of-a-kind gifts. “In 1892, Henry Keller sold the 13,000-acre Rancho Malibu to Frederick H. Rindge, for a price variously reported as $10-$22 per acre. Keller, it is said,…
