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SUMMARY:William Andrews Clark Jr.\, California Fine Press\, Independent Publishing\, and Literary Activity in Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Johanna Drucker\, Distinguished Professor and Breslauer Professor Emerita\, Department of Information Studies (University of California\, Los Angeles) \nThe connection between William Andrews Clark Jr. and the fine press community that emerged in Southern California in the 1930s is evident in the extensive collections assembled in his lifetime and after. This conference reflects on the role of Clark and his Library in the broader range of literary and publishing activity in the decades after its founding. \nFrom his initial interests in antiquarian books\, Clark extended his engagement to direct patronage of John Henry Nash\, a San Francisco printer known for his exquisite book design and exclusive clientele. But the emergence of fine printing in Los Angeles was in part the result of the activities of Ward Ritchie working in the orbit of Jake Zeitlin whose bookstore served as a major node of social and professional connections in the community. Most of this activity flourished after Clark’s death in 1934\, however\, and was not part of the original core focus. The Ritchie papers are one of several key collections at the Clark Library that provide insight into the development of fine printing and its relation to literary and artistic activity in the 1930s. The region did not support the same level of printing—or literary culture—as the Bay Area\, and in some ways remained a provincial outpost until well after World War II and mid-century. Few literary figures of note can be identified from the early twentieth century and fine press productions were mainly derivative in style\, based on other modern and humanist revival approaches. Writers of note and significant literary merit were part of the Hollywood industry\, but their work was in a separate sphere and played a small part in small press and independent publishing activities. \nIn the later twentieth century and into the present\, literary activity in the Los Angeles region continued to diversify and expand. California fine press production\, in the manner established in Clark’s original collection through the work and vision of Lawrence Clark Powell during his term as Librarian\, has continued\, but its role and profile have shifted from the identity it had in the 1930s when it served as part of the aspirational vision of affluent collectors eager to demonstrate standards of taste. The founding of the Rounce and Coffin Club by Ritchie and others\, alongside the more establishment-oriented Zamorano Club\, supported private collectors building a community of like-minded individuals. Meanwhile\, independent publishing and small press activity in support of poetry\, activism\, community voices\, and experimental literature has created other networks of literary activity. \nAt this point in the twenty-first century\, revisiting the connection between Clark and the fine press community provides insight into one aspect of the cultural and social life of Los Angeles by addressing the aesthetic profile of the individuals and presses and situating it within a broader context. Much can be learned from the study of these materials\, their research value has been under-explored—as per my experience of studying and teaching the Paul Landacre archives and the California Fine Press collections. \nWhile there are exceptional\, unusual items among the fine press works\, the larger context of their circulation and reception provides critical insight beyond the aesthetics of the book. This conference seeks to situate the profile of the Clark Library collections within the history of Los Angeles’s cultural identity\, including its exclusions\, provincialism\, aspirations\, and transformations. The set of panels on this history and the lineage/legacy of fine printing and/or independent literary publishing in Los Angeles over the last hundred years allows us to reflect on the value of the Clark collections within larger conversations about the history of collecting\, the role of the Library\, and other matters that may have implications for the Library’s mission ahead. \nSpeakers \nJohn Bidwell\, Curator Emeritus\, Morgan Library & Museum\nHelena de Lemos\, Curator of Special Collections\, Occidental College\nJohn Howell\, Owner\, John Howell for Books\nDavid Kipen\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, Los Angeles Times\, 21st-Century Federal Writers’ Project\nWilliam Mohr\, Professor Emeritus\, California State University\, Long Beach\nBonnie Thompson Norman\, Proprietor\, The Windowpane Press\nPatrick Reagh\, Printmaker\, Patrick Reagh Printers\nBrian Kim Stefans\, Professor of English\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nPaul Vangelisti\, Professor Emeritus\, Otis College of Art & Design \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \n\nImage: Left: Marjorie Butler\, This Great Age of Printing: Some Examples from the Leading Modern Fine Presses and Designers. Los Angeles: Zeitlin Books\, 1930. Middle: Alfred Young Fisher\, Lawrence Clark Powell\, ed. Ghost in the Underblows\, designed by Alvin Lustig. Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press\, 1940. Right: Bruce McCallister\, The Zamorano Club. Los Angeles:1929.
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/ca-fine-press/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Human/Being\, 1400-1800\, Conference 1: Human/Plant
DESCRIPTION:Organized by Javier Patiño Loira (University of California\, Los Angeles) and David P. Bardeen (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) \nThis conference is part of the 2026-27 Core Program\, a year-long series of three conferences – Human/Plant\, Human/Animal\, and Human/Machine – that invite participants from across the humanistic disciplines (including history\, art history\, history of science\, literature\, philosophy\, religious history\, and ecocriticism) to explore how early moderns (1400-1800) sought to define and understand themselves through their relationships with non-human life forms\, entities and systems. The rise of generative models and autonomous systems has provoked intense anxieties about human exceptionalism\, posing the deceptively simple question: What does it mean to be human? But “the human” has never been a stable category\, particularly during the early modern period\, when artists\, writers and thinkers grappled with the slippery boundaries between human and non-human agencies. \nThe first conference\, Human/Plant\, considers the human relationship to the vegetal world. During the early modern period\, trees and plants served as metaphors and models for thinking through human affairs\, while philosophers and theologians debated the nature of the vegetative soul and the limits of plant sentience and responsiveness to the surrounding world. Furthermore\, new technologies (the microscope)\, practices (grafting)\, disciplines (comparative anatomy)\, modes of representation (botanical drawings) and ideas (the mechanization of plant life) yielded transformative insights and new questions about plant behavior and life cycles and how they should be understood. Contributors will consider how the shifting perceptions of vegetal life challenged established hierarchies\, redefined the boundaries between species—including what is intrinsically human and what is not—and informed new understandings of ecological connectedness. For purposes of the session\, vegetal life is defined broadly to include agencies that have not always fit neatly within the plant/animal divide\, including fungi\, lichens and mosses\, corals\, parasites and plant-like growths\, and mineral-vegetal hybrids. \n\nSpeakers \nFabrizio Baldassarri\, University of Roma Tre\nNatasha Heller\, University of Virginia\nJoela Jacobs\, University of Arizona\nNicole LaBouff\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\nRong Lin\, University of Illinois\, Chicago\nAnthony J. Meyer\, NYU Institute of Fine Arts\nAnca-Delia Moldovan\, University of Warwick\nFabien Montcher\, Saint Louis University\nElizabeth Petcu\, University of Edinburgh \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited. Walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \n\nImage credit: Tacuinum sanitatis\, Österreiche Nationalbibliothek\, call number Cod. Ser. n. 2644\, (fol. 40r).
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/human-plant/
LOCATION:UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library\, 2520 Cimarron Street\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90018\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cook-Along with the Clark: An Online Culinary Experience
DESCRIPTION:Julia Rhoton\, Chef Instructor and Culinary Arts Coordinator\, UCLA \nDid you know that the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library houses an extensive collection of cookbooks\, handwritten recipe collections\, and treatises on food from the 1650s to the 1950s? As we celebrate the Clark Library’s centennial during the 2026-27 academic year and showcase the many facets of its collections\, join us as we cook along with Chef Julia Rhoton and learn how to create a recipe from the 1927 Southern California Home Economics Association pamphlet “Luncheon\, Tea and Party Suggestions.” \nGuests who register in advance will receive a detailed shopping list and a step-by-step recipe in order to cook along with Chef Julia Rhoton from the UCLA Teaching Kitchen. This hour-long virtual experience will allow participants to follow along in their own kitchens\, learning to create a recipe that was printed one hundred years ago. Chef Julia will be joined in her campus kitchen with a few special guests\, and together with everyone at home\, participants will learn how recipes\, cookbooks\, and culinary education have evolved over the years\, all while creating a delicious recipe from the time the Clark Library was founded. Participants should be prepared to follow along on a personal device like a laptop or tablet that can be set up somewhere out of the way\, but still visible\, in their kitchens. \nChef Julia Rhoton is a chef instructor and Culinary Arts Coordinator at UCLA. She leads the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative at UCLA\, an interactive food education hub that teaches students culinary and nutrition skills. Chef Julia trained at Le Cordon Bleu California School of Culinary Arts and has worked in catering and baking in Los Angeles for the last twenty-two years. She received her degree in elementary education in 2018. She has been helping to instruct and manage the UCLA Teaching Kitchen programs since 2019\, which have included workshops that support nutrition education for David Geffen School of Medicine students and UCLA Nursing students\, classes in collaboration with the Food Studies Minor and Graduate Food Studies Certificate programs\, outreach services in support of the Community Programs Office\, and extracurricular activities for students through Recreation. \n\nThis event is free to attend with advance registration and will take place via Zoom. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \n\nImage: On the left: Chef Julia Rhoton is the culinary arts coordinator of the UCLA Teaching Kitchen. Photo by Diana Koenigsber. On the right: California Home Economics Association\, Southern Section. Luncheon\, Tea and Party Suggestions. Los Angeles: [California Home Economics Association\, Southern Section]\, 1927. Clark Library Press Collection; Press coll. Browne 081.
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SUMMARY:Manhattan Chamber Players\, Chamber Music at the Clark
DESCRIPTION:All Chamber Music at the Clark tickets will be sold by the UCLA Central Ticket Office. Tickets may be purchased online\, via telephone\, or in person. \nTicket prices: General $60; Senior (age 55+) $50; UCLA student (valid student ID required for each ticket) $15. Tickets are non-refundable. \nTickets for this concert will go on sale Tuesday\, November 17\, 2026 at Noon. \nSeating at the Clark Library is limited\, and tickets are likely to sell out within a few minutes. \nOnline: https://ucla.evenue.net/events/CTO\nTelephone: (310) 825-2101\nIn person: Central Ticket Office windows located on the UCLA campus at 325 Westwood Plaza (ground level\, across from Pauley Pavilion). \nIf any tickets for this concert remain unsold\, they will be available for purchase at the Clark Library on the day of the event. Any available day-of tickets will be sold on a first-come\, first-served basis by a Central Ticket Office representative beginning at 1:00 p.m. Payment will be accepted via credit card only. For inquiries\, please call or email the Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101 or cto@tickets.ucla.edu\, Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. \n\nProgram \nJohannes Brahms (1833-1897)\nString Sextet No. 2\, op. 36 \nArnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)\nVerkläerte Nacht\, op. 4 \nPyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)\nSouvenir de Florence\, op. 70 \nArtists \nRobin Scott\, violin\nBrendan Speltz\, violin\nLuke Fleming\, viola\nPierre Lapointe\, viola\nAndrew Janss\, cello\nBrook Speltz\, cello \nManhattan Chamber Players are a chamber music collective of New York-based musicians who share the common aim of performing the greatest works in the chamber repertoire at the highest level. Formed in 2015 by Artistic Director and violist Luke Fleming\, MCP is comprised of an impressive roster of musicians who all come from the tradition of great music-making at the Marlboro Music Festival\, Steans Institute at Ravinia\, Music@Menlo\, Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival\, and Perlman Music Program\, and are former students of the Curtis Institute\, Juilliard School\, Colburn School\, and New England Conservatory. \nMCP has been praised in Strings Magazine for “A fascinating program concept. . . . It felt refreshingly like an auditory version of a vertical wine tasting.”  The article went on to applaud MCP for “an intensely wrought and burnished performance. Overall\, I wished I could put them on repeat.”  At the core of MCP’s inspiration is its members’ joy in playing this richly varied repertoire with longtime friends and colleagues\, with whom they have been performing since they were students. As stated by The Boston Music Intelligencer: “This ensemble’s nature and practices constitute proof against complacency and stagnation. They achieved as precise ensemble as you’d ever want to hear.” \nIts roster allows for the programming of the entire core string\, wind\, and piano chamber music repertoire from piano duos to clarinet quintets to string octets. While all its members have independent careers as soloists and chamber musicians\, they strive for every opportunity to come together and again share in this special collaboration\, creating “a mellifluous blend of vigorous intensity and dramatic import\, performed with enthusiasm\, technical facility and impressive balance\, relishing distinctions … a winning performance.” (Classical Source) \nMembers of MCP are current and former members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, Ensemble Connect\, and the Aizuri\, Attacca\, Dover\, Escher\, Vega\, and Ying Quartets\, the Aletheia\, Appassionata\, and Lysander Piano Trios\, and Imani Winds. They are top prizewinners in the Banff\, Concert Artists Guild\, Fischoff\, Melbourne\, Naumburg\, Osaka\, Primrose\, Queen Elisabeth\, Rubinstein\, Tchaikovsky\, Tertis\, and Young Concert Artists Competitions\, and are some of the most sought-after solo and chamber performers of their generation. Manhattan Chamber Players have been featured multiple times on NPR’s Performance Today\, and is the Ensemble-in-Residence at both the Festival de Febrero in Mexico and the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival in New Orleans. In addition to its numerous concerts across the U.S.\, Canada\, and Mexico\, MCP regularly tours in Asia and the Middle East\, and has led chamber music residency programs at institutions throughout the U.S. and abroad. \nManhattan Chamber Players is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. \nmanhattanchamberplayers.com \n\nChamber Music at the Clark is made possible by The Ahmanson Foundation\, under the auspices of Lee Walcott; Henry J. Bruman Endowment for Chamber Music; The Colburn Foundation; Ms. Brenda F. Anderson; Martha Bardach/Bardach Robson Family Charitable Foundation; Catherine Glynn Benkaim\, Ph.D. and Ms. Barbara Timmer; Rogers Brubaker\, Ph.D; Johanna R. Drucker\, Ph.D.; The Mari and Ed Edelman Charitable Fund for Music and Public Service; Dr. Daniel J. Fink and Dr. Ruth F. Cousineau; Susan S. Harris\, Ph.D. and Mr. Mark J. Harris; Judith L. Hellinger; Dr. David E. Lopez; Dr. Martin H. Mach and Dr. Susan P. Mach; Mr. Bernie Mendes and Ms. Elaine Mendes; Mrs. Janet K. Minami; Mr. Jeffrey L. Nagin and Mrs. Bette I. Nagin; Jeanne Robson\, Ph.D. ; Dr. Thomas Rosenthal and Ms. Susan M. Rosenthal; Dr. Patricia Bates Simun and Mr. Richard V. Simun Memorial Fund; Professor Bronwen Wilson; and Mr. Robert A. Young and Mrs. Roberta J. Husted Young. \nPlease see here for more information about our chamber music programs. \n\nPhoto credit: Courtesy of Arts Management Group.
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SUMMARY:21st Century Book Collecting
DESCRIPTION:Spencer W Stuart\, Collections Advisor \nEvery other year\, Southern California hosts one of the largest and most important opportunities to see and buy rare books\, manuscripts\, ephemera\, prints and maps on the West Coast. The Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America’s International Book Fair takes place over three days with scores of dealers from around the world. For first time attendees\, these fairs can seem overwhelming\, but building a collection is not as intimidating or expensive as it could be. It’s also no longer straight-forward. More than a quarter of the way into the century\, traditional models of developing collections\, both privately and institutionally\, are no longer common practice. While book fairs have been held for centuries\, they are now only one of many options for acquiring materials. The implications of these structural changes for emerging collectors\, seasoned professionals\, and those in the process of estate planning are important. \nJoin Collections Advisor\, Spencer W Stuart\, as he outlines these transformations and how to navigate them as a collector. Using collector case studies from his professional practice\, Spencer will demonstrate generational changes in the outlook and intent around building collections of rare books and ephemera brought on by technological and economic changes to the trade and auction arena. \nSpencer W Stuart is a Collections Advisor working with new\, expanding\, mature\, and de-accessioning collections throughout the world\, both in private and institutional contexts\, aiding to facilitate collection development\, cataloguing\, and de-acquisition strategies. \nIn tandem with his advisory work\, he is author of Contemporary Issues in Rare Book & Manuscript Collecting\, the host of the monthly webinar series COLLECTING INSIGHTS as well as the weekly Rare Book industry roundup The Antiquarian Outlook. His articles have appeared through Rare Book Hub\, Amphora\, and Manuscripts. He also occasionally appears on CBC Radio to present segments on Book History. \n\nThe lecture is free to attend with advance registration. It will be held in-person at the Clark Library. Seating is limited at the Clark Library; walk-in registrants are welcome as space permits. The registration form will be posted here approximately one month in advance of the program. \n\nPhoto credit: Photo courtesy of Spencer W Stuart
URL:https://dev.1718.ucla.edu/event/21st-century-book-collecting/
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