About this Event
Maite Gomez-Rejon (ArtBites) and Saskia Wilson-Brown (Institute for Art and Olfaction) join forces on a new series that explores artworks through the senses.
In our first session of Sensing, we will examine two still-life paintings at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena: Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries, by Louise Moillon (1630, France) and Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose by Francisco de Zurbarán (1633, Spain).
Connecting the two works to the broader cultural context in which they were made, Maite and Saskia will share research into the trade, the history and the material culture informing the paintings, bringing a greater depth of understanding and appreciation to these remarkable works.
Session breakdown:
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Attendees will assemble at Norton Simon Museum (Pasadena), where Maite and Saskia will lead a viewing and discussion of the two works.
2:30pm - 4:30pm: The group will reconvene at the Institute for Art and Olfaction (Chinatown, Los Angeles), where we will experience a multi-sensorial session that incorporates all the senses. Attendees will experience the aromatics, the flavors and the textures represented (or implied) in the paintings, before participating in the construction of a bespoke cocktail. Drinks in hand, we will spend the rest of our time together composing our individual scent interpretations.
Everyone leaves with a small spray bottle of their own perfume.
ABOUT MAITE
Maite Gomez-Rejón is the founder of ArtBites. She has dedicated her career to exploring the nexus of art and culinary history through lectures, cooking classes, and tastings presented in museums and universities across the country and through videos on her YouTube channel – ArtBites: Cooking Art History. She has been a guest on the Today Show, featured in Food & Wine and Hyperallergic, and interviewed on KCRW's Good Food and the BBC’s The Food Programme. She has contributed articles to Life & Thyme, Gastro Obscura and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History and recently co-curated the exhibition Maize: Past, Present and Future for LA Plaza Cocina in Downtown Los Angeles.
ABOUT SASKIA
In 2012, Saskia Wilson-Brown's interest in multivalent practices led her to create The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO), a non-profit devoted to access and experimentation in perfumery. In 2013, she launched the Art and Olfaction Awards, an international awards mechanism for independent perfumers, and in 2018 she launched Open Sourcing Smell Culture, an initiative devoted to open source principles in perfumery. In 2019 and early 2020 she served as a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London, and in 2020 and 2022 was a Ballen Scholar at New Mexico Highlands University. In addition to overseeing the IAO, her current projects include a radio show and podcast called Perfume on the Radio for Lookout FM (LA), and pursuing a PhD exploring the historic and contemporary relationship between perfume, access and power at University College Dublin.
IMPORTANT NOTES BEFORE YOU SIGN UP
The admission includes museum entry and all aromatics and flavors at the subsequent workshop at the IAO. It does not include transportation from Pasadena to Chinatown.
This is an in-person event, and we strongly encourage the use of masks unless actively smelling or tasting. The event is limited to ten people, in addition to the facilitators.
REFUNDS
As with all our in person classes and workshops, we can accommodate full refunds up to two weeks before the event. We cannot accommodate refunds within two weeks of the event, as we will have purchased the materials and other needs.
The ticket is non-transferable. Please ensure you can attend before signing up.
Image:
Louise Moillon (French, 1610-1696)
Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberriese, 1630
Oil on panel, 12-5/8 x 19-1/8 in. (32.1 x 48.6 cm)
The Norton Simon Foundation
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Institute for Art and Olfaction, 932 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, United States
USD 150.00