Ilan-Lael Foundation established December 1982

Foundation established by artist James Hubbell and friends.

 

Publications

Hidden Leaves magazine, theme issues:
Beginnings
Why Art?
Dealing Creatively with Community Change
San Diego in Search of its Center
San Diego in Search of its Soul
Public Art
Newsletters

 

Awards

Hidden Leaves:
S.D. County Board of Supervisors
American Institute of Architects
“Poems of Wonder and Magic” with San Diego State
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, San Diego Chapter
Best of West Awards, Instructional Category
ITVA – San Diego Video Award of Excellence
ITVA – finalist, Video Festival, Washington

 

Sponsored Competitions

“Kid City” through San Diego City Schools Gazebo design competition

 

Lectures and Forums

“Architecture of Bruce Goff”, a lecture, with AIA & SDSU
San Diego in Search of a Soul” Forum
Frank Lloyd Wright lecture with AIA, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art
Arthur Erickson (convention center architect), lecture, with AIA
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg lecture & tour of three homes
“The Roots and Future of American Architecture” talk by Philip B. Welch with AIA
“You Call That Architecture?” with AIA
“San Diego in Search of a Soul – Revisited” with Spark Forum
“The Role of Grassroots Organizations in the Community”
“A Look at the Unconventional Chairperson” furniture design talk
“Wright on Wright” talk by Eric Lloyd Wright with San Diego Museum of Art
Theodore Wolff talk at Lyceum Theatre
“The Artists Role in Social Change” James Hubbell & Christine Brady-Kosko with views of Jardin de Ninos
“Ecology as Art, Art as Life” seminar with Jim Bell
“Working Together For Change” artists panel

 

Exhibits

Craft Exhibit with San Diego Home/Garden and others 1984
Sculpture San Diego with Circle Gallery 1985
Sculpture San Diego ’86 with lecture series:
Sculpture & Interior Design
Making Sculpture – an Artist’s View
Where is Sculpture Going in San Diego?
Sculpture in Public Places
Sculpture San Diego ’87 with Circle Gallery & Centro Cultural Tijuana – with show traveling to
Tijuana for five weeks, with lecture series:
Contemporary Art of Baja California
The Laser in Art
Sculpture San Diego ’88 with Circle Gallery & lecture: Public Sculpture
Sculpture San Diego/Tijuana ’80 and ’90 at Lyceum
New Furniture San Diego with San Diego Home/Garden 1987
New Furniture San Diego with San Diego Home/Garden 1988
New Furniture San Diego with San Diego Home/Garden 1989
Picture Pen Pals cultural exchange with Estonia
Exhibit & Reception for children’s art sent to Moscow and Leningrad
Yokohama children’s art exhibit
All-member, all-media Artwalk exhibit ’89, ’90, and ‘91
Vladivostok Children’s Art Exhibit 1990
Oceanside Museum of Art, Retrospective – Oceanside, CA 1998
Shusev Central Museum of Architecture – Moscow, Russia 1998
Yantai University - Yantai, China 2001

 

Video/Film

“Poems of Wonder and Magic” with San Diego State University
Premier of “The Art & Vision of James Hubbell with KPBS
KPBS Television Special, “The Art and Vision of James Hubbell” – 1989
Kuchumaa Passage – Apprentice Workshop “Soil and Soul” – Tecate, Mexico – 1990
Ninos de Esperanza: Children of Hope – Hubbell & Carlson, Runch Films – 1994
You are the Miracle, Exploring the Creative Process – Andrea Simmons – 1994
Soul and Earth Park – International Student Design/Build Project – Russia – 1996
The Making of Pacific Rim Park – “Pearl of the Pacific” – San Diego – 2000
The Making of the Pacific Rim Parks – “All Under Heaven” – 2002

 

Other Events

Annual Hubbell Open House – June 1983 to present
KidzArtz Festival helped found & sponsor 1987 - 1997
San Diego by Design Week: public voting on architecture, ’86, ’87
Art in Architecture “school” meetings, “Soil & Soul”, and “La Rosa Blanca”
Artists’ Masked Ball with C.O.V.A. 1987 & 1988
Artists’ Holiday parties
Picnic in Chicano Park & tour of murals
“Castles in the Sand” beach party
Tour of Kellogg-designed “Wingsweep”
Co-Sponsorship of trip to Vladivostok and return delegation to San Diego – leading to Sister City status
Member get-togethers with sharing of artwork
Artists in the Garden ‘89-’90 with poetry & art (at Torzeski’s)
“Seven Arts Series” ‘91-’92 with readings, art & music
Sho-En Sculpture Festival benefit
Bus tour to Jardin de Ninos, artist studio and opening of “Transcending Borders” exhibit at Tijuana Cultural Center.

At its peak, Ilan-Lael had about 1,500 members and about five active committees. In 1993, because of the change in San Diego and in Mr. Hubbell’s life, this phase ended and a new time began in Ilan-Lael’s history.

 

On-Going Activities

Hosted numerous visits by classes at studio and organizations interested in Mr. Hubbell’s work and philosophy.
KidzArtz in Balboa Park for fourteen years
Served as building designer and volunteer director for Jardin de Ninos since 1991
Soil and Soul Workshops – Volcan Mountain, Julian, California, 1993
Soil and Soul Workshops – Issaquah, Washington, 1993
Soil and Soul Workshops – Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico, 1993
Soil and Soul Workshops – Vladivostok, 1995 & 1996
Instrumental in formation of Pacific Rim Park Foundation for San Diego; serves as Artists Director, 1995 to present
Hosted “Auguries of Beauty”, Camp Stevens, Julian, Calif., to explore the role of beauty, 1996
Soil and Soul Workshops – Yestermorrow, Warren, Vermont, 1996 & 1997
Soil and Soul Workshops – Omega Institute, New York, 1994 & 1996
Soil and Soul Workshops – Phoenix House, Descanso, Calif., 1997
Soil and Soul Workshops – La Rosa Blanca Hands-on building school for architectural apprentices, Tijuana, Mexico, 1989-2001
Architecture show in Moscow, Russia, 1998
Soil and Soul Workshops – Pacific Rim Park, Shelter Island, San Diego, Calif., 1998
Soil and Soul Workshops – Pacific Rim Park, Yantai, China, 2001

 

Awards and Honors

Co-Founder San Diego-Vladivostok Sister City Foundation
Honorary Professor Far Eastern State Technical University
International Visitors Bureau Citizen Diplomat of the Year, 1997/ co-awarded with Susan Lon
Advisory Board for Tijuana-San Diego Sister City Foundation
Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award – United Nations Association San Diego Chapter – 1999