The Trustees of Reservations + PST LA

Explore Art and the Environment at PST LA

This winter, join the Trustees of Reservations on an exclusive 3-day trip to Los Angeles with Sarah Montross, Chief Curator deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and accompanied by Artful's Andrea Feldman Falcione. The excursion will feature programming from PST Art—a series of exhibitions and public events throughout Los Angeles exploring connections between art and science, and how this convergence can help us address some of the most urgent problems of our time. Trustees patrons will enjoy curator-led tours of exhibitions with themes related to Indigenous knowledge, the climate crisis, and novel approaches to environmental activism. Throughout, we will get to know the best of LA's contemporary art scene through exclusive receptions at galleries, artist studios, and private collections, plus visits to some of the city's best botanical gardens. Private receptions at mega-galleries will be complemented with visits to those known for their rosters of emerging and mid-career talent.

Particularly special will be a visit to the studio of Doug Aitken—whose genre-defying oevure synthesizes the languages of contemporary architecture, land art, and environmental activism—and a tour of the newly built Sankofa Park. Named for the Sankofa bird, the park ingeniously repurposes land that was previously a grass median in a historically Black neighborhood of LA. The space will present installations and sculptures by artists like Charles Dickson, Maren Hassinger, and Artis Lane. Doug's 2019 Art & the Landscape commission New Horizon was a multifaceted art event that brought live audiences and new audiences to Trustees properties through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Our meals will feature a combination of fine dining and casual, laid-back bites, all while embracing the diversity of LA's culinary landscape. Venues will be announced closer to the trip and will include some of Los Angeles' hardest-to-book restaurants, like the elegant Is Pastaio, Hauser's Manuela, and the effortlessly chic Republique. Other meals will tend towards the more casual, like K-Town favorites and catered museum lunches. Guests will stay at the Prospect Hollywood, a luxurious 4-star property housed in a 1939 Hollywood Regency-style building. Dubbed by Condé Nast "the perfect hotel," the Prospect offers top-notch amenities and convenient access to the city's premier galleries, collections, and dining. 

Your Trustees contact is Denise Trapani (dtrapani@thetrustees.org or 617-733-4126, cell phone). Your Artful tour contact is Latasha Thomas (latasha@artfuljaunts.com or 781-658-2270, office phone).

This trip is limited to 20 guests and your booking is requested by October 18, 2024. A minimum of 14 guests is required to operate this trip. All programming may change and is subject to availability of hosts, collectors, and artists.