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The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library e curation is fresh. Really fresh. is historic library is mastering its own art form by honoring the classics while forging new connections. Since 2022, Executive Director Christie Mitchell has been low-key delivering high- impact programming with 200-plus annual events across its venues in La Jolla and Logan Heights. One of only 17 nonprofit membership libraries in the U.S., the Athenaeum offers a diverse range of experiences, from live acoustic sessions to academic lectures. "We're aiming to bring people into our orbit and put the Athenaeum back out into the world," says Mitchell. "It's a place where you connect with people around these incredible subjects." Et Galerie e newest La Jolla gallery isn't a traditional space. at's the allure. Leave it to Jennifer Luce — the award-winning architect behind Mingei International Museum — to conceive Et Galerie inside her Luce et Studio, blurring the lines between art, craft, and architecture. "Intersecting the work of craft- based artists with our architectural spaces has been one of the most satisfying collaborative experiences of my career," says Luce. "Et Galerie gives us the opportunity to share these amazing talents with our community." RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE MARCH 2026 81 OPPOSITE TOP Floater 74, 2018, Derrick Adams, from the Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com OPPOSITE RIGHT Paris Apartment, 2016-17, Toyin Ojih Odutola, from the Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, the artist, and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com OPPOSITE BOTTOM RIGHT …they were just hanging out… you know…talking about…(…when they grow up…), 2016, Ebony G. Patterson, from the Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, the artist, Monique Meloche Gallery, and the Studio Museum in Harlem, photo by Adam Reich OPPOSITE BOTTOM LEFT Ndebele Abstract, 2017, Esther Mahlangu from The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, photo by Glenn Steigelman TOP Lying Fallow, Annie Denten LEFT Et Galerie, photo by Eugenio Iglesias