Join us in your best 1920s attire as we toast the town in the Athenaeum's historic 1921 William Templeton Johnson building in La Jolla! Enjoy live jazz, dancing, and art demonstrations; a silent auction; speakeasy-inspired cocktails; and art deco delicacies.Admission Information | "Ain't We Got Fun" tickets, at $250, offers entry to the event at 6:30 p.m., with food and open bar, and $50 is tax-deductible. "Got No Blues" tickets, at $500, includes "Ain't We Got Fun" benefits plus a limited edition art print by a local artist, and $300 is tax-deductible. "‘S Wonderful" VIP tickets, at $1,000, includes "Got No Blues" benefits early entry, at 5:30 p.m. for the ‘S Wonderful Bubbly Bar Reception, and $800 is tax-deductible.Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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In February 1926 a new art gallery in Balboa Park was formally opened to the public in a building designed by William Templeton Johnson. In 1978, it was renamed the San Diego Museum of Art.
From The Evening Tribune, Saturday, Feb. 20, 1926:
Beauty of Memorial Art Gallery Revealed as Fence Is Removed; Now Filled With Treasure Colors
By Hazel Boyer Braun
The high board fence which has divided the Plaza de Panama in Balboa park for almost two years came down this week and revealed the beauty of the Fine Arts gallery in its relation to the other buildings on the plaza. Templeton Johnson, an architect, has created a work of art: a building which fits its space with proportions that satisfy, as it has simple lines which the Moors gave to Spain. His inspiration has been from plateresque form of Spanish architecture of the days when the spirit of building so possessed the colonies conquered by the Moors that they called every available craftsman into the realm of architecture. Man