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westernartgirlStephen Aron at the Huntington
When he delivers tomorrow’s Ray Allen Billington lecture at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, Stephen Aron will ponder the question Rodney King asked in the aftermath of riots sparked by his violent encounter with Los Angeles police in March 1991: “Can’t we all just get along?” Aron, executive director of the Autry’s Institute for the … Read more
The Autry Welcomes Back Thomas Moran’s “Mountain of the Holy Cross”
Thomas Moran’s Mountain of the Holy Cross returns to the Autry
The Autry’s Stephen Aron on “Who Do You Think You Are?”
“You’re the relative of an archetypal American,” Aron, executive director of the Autry Institute for the Study of the American West and history professor at UCLA, told Parker.
Ryerson at the Autry Store
Scott Ryerson, a trader in Zuni fetish carvings, unpacked his treasures at the Zuni carving event in the Autry Museum Store this weekend, and collectors thronged the store to see what he had brought. Ryerson, who has been traveling the reservation circuit for decades, brought along beautiful silver Zuni jewelry, but his specialty is Zuni … Read more
A Fetish for Zuni Carvings?
You’ll have a chance to satisfy that collecting bug this weekend. The Autry Museum Store is hosting celebrated trader Scott Ryerson, of Tepopa Trading, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this weekend, March 6 and 7. Ryerson, who is well-known for his expertise in Zuni fetish carvings, follows the old tradition of the Indian groups, … Read more
We Made It!
We got our 1000th Facebook fan a little after noon today. Yay! So now, all our fans who want their free gift should go to our Facebook fan page and print out the fan coupon, then bring it in to the Museum store to exchange it for a gift. You can choose from: a full-color … Read more
Four More!
We are excruciatingly close to our 1,000 fans goal on Facebook. We just need four more! When we reach our goal, you win. All our Facebook fans will then be entitled to one free gift from the museum store. There are three to choose from: a full-color poster of Thomas Moran’s Mount of the Holy … Read more
Almost at 1,000!
We are so close! Help the Autry reach its goal of 1,000 Facebook fans! If you are on Facebook, tell your friends to become fans of The Autry. Right now, we only need 39 more! When we reach our goal, all fans will be entitled to one free gift from the museum store: a full-color … Read more
Hits from The Autry and the California Historical Society on view in “American Stories” at LACMA
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art now contains some familiar faces: Charles Christian Nahl’s The Dead Miner (*from the Autry’s collection) along with William Hahn’s Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point and James Walker’s Roping the Bear: Santa Margarita Racho of Juan Forster (of the California Historical Society Collections at the Autry) are included in … Read more
