The LCA has invited Karyl Newman to speak about her research on the Llano del Rio Colony reflecting on her 2016-2017 Beinecke Visiting Research Fellowship on Saturday, February 11th at 2PM.
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Calling all loving hands on the land! Join us on Friday 9/27 for e-snot afternoon application. Stay to camp out for the best views of our augmented reality installations. Wake up to Cahuilla/Serrano elder Kim Marcus' blessing of Giant Rock as we begin to restore her. Please RSVP for more details and thank you for […]
Near the dairy barn ruins at the Llano del Rio socialist co-operative, Karyl Newman placed ALICE outside of the silo to honor the feminist architect's little known designs for the colony. The September 21st event references Alice Constance Austin's 1935 book, The Next Step: How to Plan for Beauty, Comfort, and Peace with Great Savings […]
See yourself in Llano The Llano del Rio colony was attorney Job Harriman’s project after losing the mayoral race in 1911. By 1914 about 200 socialists had bought shares to participate in his Utopian experiment in the Mojave Desert where they struggled until 1917. The die hards of the group relocated to New Llano, Louisiana […]