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Santa Barbara Historical Museum
We recently visited, “The West-Dressed Woman” exhibit which is open through March 2019. The gallery featured daily wear to high-fashion from socialites. Women’s contributions to this region are recognized from the social and physical fabrics they left us. You will be mesmerized by the dresses that cascade on the dress-forms in an elegant manner and rotate so that you will be able to appreciate every angle. “The exhibition features some of the finest and most interesting pieces from the Museum’s extensive costume collection. Some of the highlights will include garments belonging to local luminaries such as Ganna Walska of Lotusland; Huguette Clark, owner of Bellosguardo; and community activist Pearl Chase.…
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Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative
Sandra Day O’Connor stated, “As the first #female justice, I didn’t have a choice of robes. Most of what was available was a choir or #academic robe. I brought my #judicial robe from #Arizona.” Photo: Sandra Day O’Connor ducks behind a potted plant before making a statement to reporters after she was named to the United States Supreme Court, September 15, 1981, AP Images PHOTO DENNIS COOK Content: Terry Gross, Fresh Air, WHYY, March 5, 2013 Jan Smith, interview with Sandra Day O’Connor, 2015. National Portrait Gallery; Sandra Day O’Connor Explores Supreme Court History, Inner Workings, PBS NewsHour, April 4, 2013 This story is part of the Smithsonian American Women’s…
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OC Great Park Exhibits
The Palm Court Arts Complex is home to the Great Park Gallery and the Great Park Studio. The Palm Court’s re-purposed military structures now form a cultural campus supporting the development of a fresh approach to establishing an interdisciplinary, public arts program. Great Park Gallery 8000 Great Park Blvd. Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: 949-724-6247 greatpark@cityofirvine.org Thursdays & Fridays: noon–4 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays: 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Free Admission Past Exhibitions Huell Howser, Photo Courtesy Chapman University, Leatherby Libraries Special Collections & Archives GOLDEN PARKS: HUELL HOWSER March 4–May 13, 2018 Exhibition Opening: Sunday, March 4, 1–3 p.m. “The legacy left behind by the late TV legend Huell Howser will continue…
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Aliso Viejo Ranch
Today the @cityofalisoviejo celebrated the groundbreaking of the Aliso Viejo Ranch. This 7.7 acre property contains historical structures from the #Moulton era. The site will be rehabilitated for the public’s use with #exhibition spaces. We are excited to contribute to this ongoing project. #ranch #history #OC #archive #localhistory #AlisoViejo
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100th Armistice Day
#WWI was a #homefront experience for millions of women. Julia Hunt Catlin Park Depew Taufflieb, an American #socialite, directly contributed to impede combat casualties. During the #GreatWar, Julia converted Chateau d’Annel, her French mansion, into a 300-bed military hospital for the #Allies for four years with her own money. According to the World War I Centennial Commission, “She appealed back the to the States for money to support the 1500 refugees camping out nearby in the cold, only some of whom she managed to house. Among them she mentioned a mother with a three-month-old baby, whose husband and daughter were captured by Germans. The anguish in her tone was evident…
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Pasadena Museum of History
The Pasadena Museum of History opened Something Revealed; California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960 on September 29, 2018 and runs until March 31, 2019. The exhibit was curated to “dispel the misconception that women were limited in their subject matter and demonstrate that women, especially here in California, have historically made their mark in a male dominated world. Even today, the role of men in the annals of art history frequently overshadows the artistic accomplishments made by women. The exhibition will show a long history of excellence in female-created art and prove that women could and did contribute to the evolution of style, technique, and exploration in the world of art. This exhibition of more than 200 pieces…
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National Archives Month
The National Archives recognizes the month of October as American #ArchivesMonth. You can join the conversation via Twitter on Wednesday, October 3, for #AskAnArchivist Day. The nation will use this online, communal space to discuss what it entails to be an archivist. Learn more about the nation’s heritage by reading Stories about National Archives history in the Prologue Magazine: Our First Preservation Program The First Records The National Archives’ Role in Amending the Constitution The Bill of Rights at 225 Elections and the Electoral College The Presidential Libraries A Coast-to-Coast Archives Preserving the Archives’ Past Building on a Tradition of Oral History The National Archives Goes Underground The Records of Congress Visit…
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The UCI Institute and Museum for California Art
Opening Reception remarks from UCI Provost Enrique Lavernia took place on September 29, 2018. The First Glimpse: Introducing The Buck Collection exhibit runs until January 5, 2019. Stephen Barker, dean of UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, is executive director of IMCA. The show was curated by Stephen Barker, Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, Kevin Appel, Chair of the Department of Art, and Cecile Whiting, Chair of the Department of Art History. “It’s possible to gather light that’s older than our solar system.” -James Turrell To learn more about the history of the collection, read the 2017 Los Angeles Times article, A storied art collection shrouded in mystery…
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Craft & Folk Art Museum
The Craft & Folk Art Museum has been located in Los Angeles’ Museum Row since 1965. CAFAM exhibited Bamboo and Katherine Gray: As Clear as the Experience from May 27 – September 9, 2018. Visit www.cafam.org/exhibitions for their next series of collaborations. These include Merion Estes: Unnatural Disasters, Sherin Guirguis: of Thorns and Love, and Daydreaming by Uzumaki Cepeda from September 30, 2018 – January 6, 2019. Don’t miss their museum programs which include interactive workshops, studio training experiences, and exhibit opening receptions.
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Oral History
Lee Bevilacqua shared in her oral history, “Well…went into war, I felt that I should contribute something. So, I decided to join the Marine Corps. It seemed like a smaller unit. That’s why I joined it. And I worked with…in Quantico with the commandant there, doing various jobs. One of my last jobs I liked very much is when we were mustering out #soldiers when they were coming back from the war from Iwo Jima and so forth, yes.” We asked, “what was the feeling of the nation like at that time? What did the nation feel like during war? Was there a feeling it evoked?” Lee replied, “Well, we…
