Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, October 22, 2016

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, October 22, 2016 

South Paws-adena Dog Park


American 
Art Wing to 
Open This 
Weekend

 


 The Jonathan and Karin 
Fielding Wing, a major 
addition to the American art 
galleries at The Huntington 
Library, Art Collections, 
and Botanical Gardens, will 
open to the public this Sat., 
Oct. 22, to reveal “Becoming 
America: Highlights from 
the Jonathan and Karin 
Fielding Collection,” an 
inaugural exhibition of more 
than 200 works of 18th- and 
early19th-century American 
art. The 8,600 square-foot, 
$10.3 million addition to 
the Virginia Steele Scott 
Galleries of American Art 
was designed by Frederick 
Fisher and Partners and 
includes 5,000 square feet of 
gallery space with dramatic, 
colorful displays that 
showcase early American 
paintings, furniture, and 
works of decorative art—
some of which are promised 
gifts to The Huntington—
and offer visitors important 
insights into the history of 
American art practice.

 “The collection, display, and 
contextualization of historical 
American art is among 
our chief priorities,” said 
Laura Skandera Trombley, 
president of The Huntington. 
“And the educational and 
inspirational value of the 
new wing is immeasurable. It 
brings to light unforgettable 
works made with American 
originality and is sure to 
delight and surprise visitors 
of all ages. We are profoundly 
grateful to Jonathan and 
Karin Fielding for their 
vision and generosity.”

 Frederick Fisher and 
Partners, who also designed 
the Lois and Robert F. Erburu 
Gallery (a 2005 addition 
to the same building), 
developed the new Fielding 
Wing to feature eight new 
rooms for art display as well 
as a stately glass entrance and 
lobby on the south side of the 
building that mirrors those 
on the north side. 

 The new glassed-in lobby 
makes entering the galleries 
(that will total 26,000 square 
feet of display space) more 
intuitive and inviting. The 
new entry will draw visitors 
to the galleries naturally, 
with the lobby area serving 
as a beacon from a popular 
path that leads through 
the Shakespeare Garden 
from the Huntington Art 
Gallery, where the renowned 
European art collection is 
displayed. In addition, the 
new entry allows easy access 
to and from the historic Rose 
Garden Tea Room and the 
Patio Grill. 

 With this expansion of the 
Scott Galleries (the third 
since 2009), The Huntington 
becomes the home of one of 
the largest displays of historic 
American art in the Western 
United States.

 With more than 700 
examples of American 
painting, sculpture, furniture, 
ceramics, metal, needlework, 
and other related decorative 
arts, the Fieldings’ collection 
is widely regarded as one of 
the most significant of its 
kind in the United States. The 
installation of “Becoming 
America” is grouped 
variously by the function 
of the objects, the materials 
from which they are made, 
and through the themes that 
they embody. 

 Begun in earnest in 1979, 
when the Virginia Steele Scott 
Foundation of Pasadena, 
Calif., made a major gift to 
The Huntington in memory 
of art collector, patron, and 
philanthropist Virginia 
Steele Scott (1905–1975), 
The Huntington’s collection 
of American art has grown 
from an initial 50 paintings 
to nearly 13,000 objects. 
Recent acquisitions include 
works by Milton Avery 
(1885–1965), Richard Estes 
(b. 1932), Sargent Claude 
Johnson (1888–1967), and 
Helen Lundeberg (1908–
1999), as well as the Gail-
Oxford Collection of 18th-
century decorative art.

 First opened in 1984 
with 6,800 square feet of 
gallery space, the Scott 
Galleries were expanded 
to 16,300 square feet with 
the addition of the Lois and 
Robert F. Erburu Gallery 
and completely reinstalled 
in 2009 to cover the history 
of art in the United States 
from the colonial period to 
the mid-20th century. In 
July 2014, The Huntington 
expanded the display of 
American art further by 
opening more than 5,000 feet 
of gallery space focusing on 
works of 20th- century art.

 

 South Pasadena’s new 
dog park is on course 
for completion by early 
November. The dog park 
will be located at 650 
Stoney Drive in the Arroyo 
Recreational Area next to 
the All Star batting Cages.

 During a dog park naming 
contest, “South Paws-adena 
Dog Park” had the highest 
number of votes.

 At an Oct. 5 meeting the 
council also approved the 
rules including hours of 
operations from 6:00 a.m. to 
10:00 p.m. and that “owners 
must be in the park, within 
view, and be able to maintain 
voice and or physical control 
of their dog," among other 
rules to be posted at the 
park.

 During the July 6, City 
Council meeting the Kasa 
Construction Company 
was awarded a $236,415 
contract to build the South 
Pasadena Dog Park Project. 
Construction began on 
August 8 (pictured above). 

 The city council members 
said they were trying for 
a Nov. 5 “leash cutting" 
ceremony.” 

South 
Pasadena 
Halloween 
Spooktacular

 


 Mummies and Daddies, 
bring your brood for night 
of Halloween fun at Orange 
Grove Park! The event is 
free for kids of all ages. 
Bring a monstrous appetite; 
there will be plenty of food 
available for purchase. Join 
us for a fun filled evening 
of music, games, inflatables, 
arts & crafts, and more! 
October 28, 2016 - 5:30pm 
to 8:00pm, Orange Grove 
Park, South Pasadena, 815 
Mission Street.


Library 
Strategic 
Planning 
Survey Now 
Online

Suspicious 
Incident at San 
Pasqual Stables

 A stable hand arrived at San 
Pascual Stables on October 
12, at about 5 a.m., and found 
a loose horse at the rear of the 
stables near the corrals. The 
horse, known as Kit-Kat (a 10 
year old thoroughbred) was in 
obvious distress and bleeding 
from a wound to one of her rear 
legs. The stable’s veterinarian 
was summoned and saw Kit-
Kat sweating profusely and 
rolling on the ground. The 
veterinarian made a decision to 
euthanize Kit-Kat. No necropsy 
was performed since Kit-Kat 
was cremated shortly after her 
death. 

 The investigation revealed that 
Kit-Kat was last seen in her stall 
on October 11th at about 10:30 
p.m. Sometime between 10:30 
p.m. and when the horse was 
discovered the next morning, 
Kit-Kat’s stall was opened and 
either she went out of the stall 
on her own, or was led out. At 
this point it is unknown how 
she was released from her stall. 

 Police conferred with both the 
veterinarian who euthanized 
Kit-Kat and the Pasadena 
Humane Society, who also went 
to the stables to investigate 
the incident. The veterinarian 
stated he found no signs of 
puncture wounds or blunt force 
trauma. Both the veterinarian 
and Pasadena Humane 
Society concluded that Kit-
Kat’s injuries were consistent 
with the horse thrashing in 
the enclosed area between the 
pens, and evidence was found 
to support that theory. 

 Anyone with information can 
contact Detective Manukian 
(626) 403-7284 case #16-
2142. Or anonymous, Crime 
Stoppers: 800-222-TIPS (8477).

 
The South Pasadena Public 
Library will be updating its 
Strategic Plan to guide its 
services for the next three 
years. Coming on the heels 
of its Library Operations 
Study, the Library will be 
looking at its collections, 
programs, services, 
technology, and the facility, 
to name but a few areas. The 
Library Board of Trustees 
has been working with a 
Library Planning Consultant 
to formulate survey 
questions to obtain input 
from individual members 
of the community regarding 
the needs of the Library. 
For our Strategic Planning 
process it is critical that we 
receive broad community 
participation in the process 
.Soon we will be announcing 
a “public invited” Strategic 
Planning Session to be held 
in the Library later this 
year. For now, we invite all 
community members --even 
non-Library users-- to take 
our very brief online survey. 
We thank all respondents for 
their time. More information 
about the survey can be 
found on the city’s website 
or take the survey directly 
at surveymonkey.com/
r/6J9MWLX.


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