Barbara was invited to the opening reception for Robert Graham’s doors and his postmodern Virgin Mary, which adorns the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles in downtown Los Angeles. Barbara photographed then Cardinal Roger Mahoney alongside actress Brooke Sheild.

Other notable Angelinos included in this new show are Arianna Huffington and Alan Arbus.

Barbara’s Aunt, Marion Wellens, is a resident at HVE and turns one hundred years old on February 4th. Marion has been one of the subjects in her niece’s show of “Photographs taken of Active Retired Residents at the Holiday Villa East between 2010 and 2011.”
The other two photography shows were “Dogstand Cats,” and “Relationships.”

Barbara graduated from Music and Art and then moved from New York, with her parents to Beverly Hills. She attended Santa Monica College and after graduating, worked for nine months saving money to travel to Europe. On her return, she began her career as a Graphic Artist at Lytton Center of the isual Arts and continued her education with night classed at Cal State Northridge and Art Center College of Design.

Barbara worked as an artist/illustrator for Rockwell International, The Hollywood Reporter, On Location Magazine, William Perriera Architect, Frederick’s of Hollywood and Ash LeDonne West designing ads for theater and films.

For the past six years, she has enrolled at UCLA in their Senior Scholars program taking Art History and French film classes.

Her photograph, of Art History Professor George Baker, appeared in Artforum Magazine and a photo of Joan Nicholson, Barbara’s friend of over fifty years, appeared in “In the Fullness of time” a book written by  thirty-two women on life after fifty.

Holiday Villa East sends warm wishes to you!!

We brought in the New Year with candle light,  music and fine cuisine. Most of all we created new memories to welcome the New Year. On behalf  of Holiday Villa East we would like to wish you and yours a Healthy & Happy New Year!

May this year be filled with joy.

We celebrated the holiday with a delicious turkey dinner with all the “fixins”, by candlelight, with wine in hand & live music in the air. But most importantly, we celebrated it together with our residents, their friends & family.

Miriam Caiden, MSG PhD holds an Adult and Vocational Education teaching credential in Gerontology (Older Adult Self-Care). A graduate of USC’s Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Dr. Caiden received her doctorate in Social Policy from the London School of Economics. She has taught for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Programs for Older Adults for the past twelve years, and at Holiday Villa East for the past six years. Her experience also includes time living and working in Jerusalem, Israel, and London, England. Dr. Caiden’s research interests include the impact of population aging on society. Dr. Caiden’s popular courses include Nutrition and Health, Current Events (Around the World) and the Gary Small Memory Program, among other topics.

A little bit about the Instructor:
Ms. Bolding is involved in community service with children’s and senior’s activities. Born and raised in Southern California, sculptor/artist Caroline Bolding grew up amid the strong influence of the arts and entertainment industry. Out of a longing for something deeper than the surface reality of canvas, she fell in love with the life contained in clay expression. Trained under various makeup legends such as Walt Disney Studio’s Executive Artist Robert Schiffer, Caroline further developed her sculpting through spiritual research and discipline.

http://carolinebolding.com/contact.html