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Ofrendas (altars) organizations:
- Animal Samaritans
- Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert
- Coachella Valley Certified Farmers’ Market
- Lift to Rise
- Palm Springs Art Museum
- Palm Springs Cemetery District
- Raices Cultura
- S.C.R.A.P. Gallery
Calaveras (giant skulls) artists:
- Her Excellency by Noelani Vargas
- Alebrijes by Monserrath Zamora
Nichos (shadow boxes) artists:
- Mi Templo by Bennie Alvarez. Indio, CA. @tbennieart
- Amor Eterno by Daisy Baez. Thousand Palms, CA. @creepylilthing
- Roses are Dead by Jack Ryan Garcia. Cathedral City, CA. Simbulan1@gmail.com
- Into the Void by Kylie Knight. Palm Springs, CA. @greasextrap
- Mictlān by Frank Lemus. La Quinta, CA. @lemus_frank
- Untitled (Xolotl) by Clara Nieblas. Coachella, CA. @elotepreparado
- Resistencia by Amarah Orantes & Tania Orozco. La Quinta, CA. @brainw3rmz
- Ode to Fight Clouds by Tone Rubio. Indio, CA. @artisttone
Recognized as world-class art collectors, Walter and Leonore Annenberg acquired paintings and sculptures by many renowned artists. Their private collection, some of which is now on display at Sunnylands Center & Gardens, included sculpture by Auguste Rodin, Yaacov Agam, Alberto Giacometti, and others. Their priceless collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, including works by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Gauguin, were donated to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City upon Walter Annenberg’s death in 2002.
The Annenbergs first brought the artistry of the Chávez Morado brothers to Rancho Mirage in 1968, less than a year after the couple went on vacation to Mexico to see the country’s modern museums and architecture. They returned with the idea of installing a copy of El Paraguas in the entry court of Sunnylands and commissioned a 20-foot, half-scale version of the fountain from the National Museum of Anthropology’s architect, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez. He enlisted the Chávez Morado brothers to create a new column for the Annenbergs’ palatial, Mayan-themed home in the Southern California desert.
Walter y Leonore Annenberg eran filántropos extraordinarios—asignaron más de 3 billones US$ en la forma de becas o donaciones a universidades grandes de investigación, hospitales, centros de servicios medicos, escuelas públicas, y organizaciones culturales y cívicas.
Durante la administración del Presidente Nixon, Sr. Annenberg sirvió entre 1969 y 1974 como el Embajador a la Corte de St. James, Gran Bretaña. Leonore, quien se graduó de Standford University, sirvió al lado de su esposo, dirigiendo la renovación de la residencia del Embajador de los Estados Unidos, La Casa Winfield, un proyecto financiado por el Sr. y la Sra. Annenberg como regalo al pueblo estadounidense. Mientras vivían en Londres, la Sra. Annenberg también fundó el American Friends of Covent Garden.
En 1951, Walter Annneberg ganó el premio distinguido Alfred I. duPont por su trabajo y innovación en televisión educativa. En 1983, le fue otorgado con el Ralph Lowell Medal por su “contribución extraordinaria a la televisión pública.” Fue honorado por varios premios incluyendo el Presdential Medal of Freedom, el Lindus Pauling Medal for Humanitarianism, y el National Medal of Arts, lo cual compartió con Leonore.
Leonore Annenberg, tal como su esposo, participaba al servicio del público a un nivel muy alto. En 1981, el Presidente Ronald Reagan la nombró como Jefa de Protocolo. La Sra. Annenberg sirvió como Jefa Emerita de la Foundation of Art and Preservation in Embassies, una organización privada y independiente, sin fines de lucro, que se estableció para ayudar al Departamento del Estado de los Estados Unidos con la adquisición y el mantenimiento de arte y decoración para las embajadas, cancillerías, y residencias de los embajadores de los Estados Unidos. Fue miembro de la Committee for the Preservation of the White House entre otros comités y juntas directivas. Por su esfuerzo filantrópico, recibió el Philadelphia Award y el Wagner Medar for Public Service, entre otros honores.
Walter and Leonore Annenberg were extraordinary philanthropists, designating more than $3 billion in grants and gifts to major research universities, hospitals, medical centers, public schools, and cultural and civic organizations.
During the Nixon administration, Mr. Annenberg served from 1969 to 1974 as Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s, Great Britain. Leonore, a graduate of Stanford University, served at her husband’s side, overseeing the renovation of the U.S. ambassador’s residence, Winfield House, a project the Annenbergs funded. While in London, Mrs. Annenberg also founded the American Friends of Covent Garden.
In 1951, Walter Annenberg won the prestigious Alfred I. duPont Award for pioneering education via television. In 1983, he received the Ralph Lowell Medal for his “outstanding contribution to public television.” Other honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Linus Pauling Medal for Humanitarianism, and the National Medal of Arts, which he shared with Leonore.
Leonore Annenberg, like her husband, played a major role in public service. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed her Chief of Protocol. Mrs. Annenberg served as chairman emeritus of the Foundation of Art and Preservation in Embassies, a private nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation established to assist the United States Department of State in procuring and maintaining fine and decorative art for United States embassies, chanceries, and ambassadorial residences. She was a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the White House among many other boards and committees. Her philanthropic efforts earned her the Philadelphia Award and the Wagner Medal for Public Service, among other honors.
