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Events which take place in the Mansion

Image of a pearl necklace with diamond ornaments.

Join Francesca Cartier Brickell for a journey through Cartier's natural pearl history, as part of the Fragile Beauty: Art of the Ocean lecture series!

Image of Tara Roberts, a diver, emerging from the water, with just the top half of her face and goggles visible.

Join National Geographic Explorer in Residence Tara Roberts for this evening as part of the Fragile Beauty: Art of the Ocean lecture series!

Headshots of Morel Doucet and Myrtis Bedolla.

Join artist Morel Doucet, featured in Fragile Beauty: Art of the Ocean, and gallerist Myrtis Bedolla for an engaging and insightful conversation moderated by Wilfried Zeisler, chief curator and deputy director of Hillwood.

Image of the painting "Treasures of the Sea."

Join Dr. Wilfried Zeisler, deputy director and chief curator of Hillwood, in an exploration of the Fragile Beauty: Art of the Ocean exhibition.

Image of a work by artist Courtney Mattison. Small, porcelain coral pieces are arranged into an intricate design on a white wall.

Hillwood has partnered with the James Renwick Alliance for Craft to present artist Courtney Mattison, a contemporary ceramic artist featured in the Fragile Beauty: Art of the Ocean exhibition, for a public program surrounding Mattison's artistic process and vision.

Image from the exhibition "The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion."

Join Petra Slinkard for a presentation drawing from her award winning book, The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion | 250 years of design, spotlighting the work of female designers working in early 1900s Paris in honor of Marjorie Merriweather Post's Paris.

Marjorie Post in costume as Marie Antoinette

Delve into the behind-the-scenes stories of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s travels to Paris and more with Hillwood’s associate curator of textiles, apparel, jewelry and accessories and curator of Marjorie Merriweather’s Post Paris, Megan Martinelli.

Join Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon for this compelling presentation about the remarkable story of a group of African Americans traveling to the USSR to make a film, and the ties that were created between Black Americans and the Soviet Union. This program, in celebration of the Portrait of Lloyd Patterson, will be concluded by Andrew Leddy, owner of the portrait, which is also on view at Hillwood.

Join Jeanine Hays and Bryan Mason in a moderated conversation featuring visuals from APHROCHIC, unpacking the historical context, aesthetics, and the role of identity and cultural preservation through the Black Family Home.

Image from the book "Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect."

Join architectural historian Victoria Kastner for this lecture about her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect, which provides the first in-depth look at the life of Hearst Castle’s pioneering woman architect.

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