A “match made in heaven” is how our Director of Exhibitions & Special Programs Erin Wolfe Bell described the fit between the Garden and Patricia Cavazos, the artist behind our […]
Art & Culture
Ikebana Group Celebrates 50 Years
The heart of the Annual Ikebana Exhibition can be found in Kapnick Hall where nearly 100 exquisitely designed floral arrangements will be on display this weekend, February 10 – 12. […]
Creating Catrina
The artist behind this vibrant exhibition shares how he discovered his life’s passion Artist Ricardo Soltero created his first Catrina figures in 2011 for Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, […]
Color, Emotion, and Lots of Paint: Artist Christy Noonan Describes her New Waterlily Series
Golden sunlight slants over the Water Garden as Christy Noonan arrives one spring morning, sketchbook in hand. She surveys the scene. A cluster of plants catches her eye, an assortment […]
Mary Day: An Enlightened Sense of Space
Mary Day spends her days taming the product of a truly wild plant. For 15 years, she’s worked with rattan reed, a plant native to Southeast Asia that spreads vine-like […]
Dusty Holmes: Weaving the Benefits of Nature
To source the materials for her art, Dusty Holmes need only look around her. Seed pods, clay, pine needles — anything found in nature is fair game. Holmes is an […]