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westernartgirlA Latina Writer With Something to Say About Immigration — and Motherhood
Recently I asked the writer Melinda Palacio whether Latino writers still have something to say in 2011. The question is somewhat rhetorical, but she knew what I was referring to: through the 1980s and 1990s, it seemed like every new literary star was a Latino, and readers clamored for any novel with a slightly exotic … Read more
California’s Governance Mess, in the Eyes of Joe Mathews
Former Los Angeles Times reporter Joe Mathews, now Irvine fellow at the New America Foundation, addresses California’s unique governance system in the book he wrote with colleague Mark Paul, California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It. Mathews comes to the Autry on Saturday to talk about the book … Read more
An Unspoiled Space: The West in the Eyes of Early 20th-Century Artists
Updated July 22 — At the end of June, the Autry opened its new art installation in the Romance gallery, Art and the 20th Century West, and it includes important works by early 20th-century artists such as Maynard Dixon, Ernest Blumenschein, Oscar Berninghaus, Robert Henri, Frank Applegate and John Sloan. Among the highlights is Dixon’s … Read more
George Harwood Phillips on Stitching Together the Story of a People
Updated May 9 — When, as a young academic at UCLA, George Harwood Phillips switched from African history to focusing on the Native peoples of California, he had no idea that they were probably one of the best-documented groups in existence. Phillips, now a retired Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Boulder, spoke … Read more
Reyna Grande — Mexican Past, American Present
Updated May 11 — Author Reyna Grande looks off into the middle distance while she thinks about an interviewer’s question. She is mentally traveling in familiar but painful territory, and she seems to want to make sure she picks the correct words. She is in no hurry to answer. Grande, who was at the Autry … Read more
A Welcome Mat to View Some Very Special Scraps of Cloth
A couple of really specialized groups visited the Autry this month to get a behind-the-scenes look at some very rare artifacts. On Oct. 23, 20 members of several Southern California quilting guilds arrived to look at historic quilts in the Autry’s collection that are not currently on display. And on Oct. 9, the North American … Read more
