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Artistic Evolution
Artistic Evolution: Southern California Artists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 1945-1963
On view now through January 15, 2012, on the Rotunda Mezzanine.
Image: Mel Ramos, The Atom, 1962. Crocker Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Thiebaud © Mel Ramos/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
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The Art of Taxidermy. Yes, Art.
There are not many art forms more misunderstood than taxidermy. Perhaps the greatest misperception is its basic technique. Museum taxidermist Tim Bovard sculpts over an animal’s skeleton with clay, and from a mold of that clay sculpture, makes a lightweight mannequin (urethane foam today; burlap, plaster and papier-mâché in decades past), which he then pulls the skin over. It takes a sculptor's hands, and an expert eye for animal anatomy.
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Evening Lectures
An Eclectic History Of Hancock Park
Talk and Book Signing
Thursday, December 15, 2011; 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Presented by Cathy McNassor Museum Archivist
Page Museum at the La Brea Tar PitsFor more than a century, the amazing fossil deposits of the Rancho La Brea tar pits have fascinated people from all over the world. But the strange animals trapped in the pits, such as the iconic saber-toothed cats and bizarre ground sloths, are only part of the story of this richly historic site. The people, politics, and events that shaped what is now known as Hancock Park are equally fascinating topics. All will be explored during the course of this talk.
Schedule: 6pm lecture with Q&A, 7pm book signing & tour
Free to the public.