The Children’s Festival was a wonderful way to begin the month. Three days of getting up at five, wearing a white apron and helping all the kids find their way to seats at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for an exciting dance performance by the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. They are a leader in contemporary dance with a mission to awaken the Human spirit through contemporary dance.
We had coffee and yummy treats at 8:00.
And lunch afterwards in the Founders Room.
Lucky me…my name was drawn for this wonderful Jo Malone set of a candle and difusser which is sending a lovely fragrance in the studio.
After the performance, the kids dance in the Jerry Moss Plaza, and it’s so much fun to watch.
Time for Movie Night with Curtis and Yi-Lin.
Somi always loves Movie Night.
We watched Marty Supreme.
And then it’s time for Carol Soucek Kings “Salon on the Spiritually Creative Life.”
Dear Carol is always so kind and thoughtful to mention my books.
Karen Silton, Ph.D was the main presenter, and she spoke on “Seeding Possibilities With Art Making”.
The core of Karen’s work as an artist and art teacher-facilitator springs from the understanding that Beauty, spiritual grace, and creativity draw from the sacred. Impassioned by the ethics of social justice and the seminal need for inner liberation, Karen has brought these two pursuits together in her work with unhoused women and other marginalized individuals and communities, which has culminated in the founding of her nonprofit www.communitiescreate.org
Then it was off to El Portal where Carol treats her presentors.
It’s always a joy to have the privilege of some time with brilliant Robert Hori, Curator and Associate Director of Cultural Programs at the Huntington. We were off in the “Nan Rae” cart to meet Danielle, my angel at the Huntington since the nineties.
After lunch, we went to the Rose Garden to meet Tom Carruth. Tom is the inventor of over 150 cultivars. He has accumulated 11 All-America Rose Selections (AARS) awards in just 14 years. In 2011, he was the recipient of the Luther Burbank Award for extraordinary achievement in the field of plant breeding from the American Horticultural Society.
In 2012, Tom retired from Weeks Roses to take a new role as the E.L. & Ruth B. Shannon Curator of the Rose Collection at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. He is responsible for The Huntington’s 3-acre Rose Garden, which showcases more than 1,300 cultivars and some 2,500 individual shrubs. Tom is overseeing the renovation of the Rose Garden, with a goal to refocus the rose collection to equal the beauty of the other spectacular gardens at The Huntington.
So you can see how priviledged we are to see Tom and always get a rose lesson from him.
What fun to see Lynsey, Manager of Retail Business in the great Huntington Gift Shop.
Danielle was so kind to let me get roses before the sale and we loved picking them out.
Valerie Foster Hoffman invited me to the Luminaires luncheon and Robert Ellis fashion show at the Langham in Pasadena. The hotel used to be The Ritz Carlton and Charles, and I was married in the lovely courtyard. Wonderful memories!
Thank you lovely Valerie!
Robyn had another private class, and she wanted to paint Tulips!
I spent the next couple of days painting Wisteria using a full sheet of paper!
Of course my monthly dinner at Aroma Cafe with brilliant Tom.
Class was early this month and of course, as it was blooming, we studied Wisteria.
My large work was finished!
A lovely evening with Dave and Alexis is a good spot to take a break in March and continue later.
Enjoy each precious day!
