Making Art History
The Boulevard Sentinel’s cover story on a different way to give back to the community, through art, animals and a meditation garden.
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Welcome to a world of art, tea & wonder
TAJ ART INC
Studio Gallery &
The Rams Horn Secret Tea Garden
Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. By reservation and invitation.
A secret word. An open gate. A real garden.
An intimate film in six chapters.
Est. 2016 Embracing Creatures of Being
01 A path of your own
Embracing Creatures of Being
Some places are
meant to be found.
TAJ ART INC is a studio gallery and secret tea garden in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, made and founded by the artist Trace Fryer and now joining forces with her husband producer John Fryer.
A portion of every booking and acquisition helps animals around the world. Everything here is by reservation or by invitation. Choose a path.
“Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and be remembered long after the prism of politeness.”
Abraham Lincoln
02 A table beneath the trees
Since a summer in 1934
The Rams Horn
Secret Tea Garden
In the hot summer of 1934, the educator Miss Anne Loomis Shepard set tables among the flowers and opened The Rams Horn, a tea room in this garden.
The trees still give shade for teatime.
The story of the tea room“Welcome, welcome little stranger, Fear no harm, and fear no danger; We are glad to see you here, For you sing “Sweet Spring is near.” Now the white snow melts away; Now the flowers blossom gay; Come dear bird and build your nest, For we love our robin best.”
Louisa May Alcott
03 Through the cottage door
Trace, John & visiting artists
The Studio Gallery
Paintings and drawings by Trace Fryer, photographic art by John Fryer, and works by other artists featured in our past exhibitions. Art for homes and gardens, viewed by appointment.
“Standing on the bare ground, —my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
04 Listen a little closer
Something Romantical Affect
The Symphony
of Winter Solstice
Trace & John Fryer
Music at The Village Green
The garden’s stage. Trace and John write and record here as Something Romantical Affect.
John produces records in the studio, as he has since his years at Blackwing Studios in London.
John Fryer, producer
Hear their musicProduction or booking inquiryDepeche Mode
Cocteau Twins
This Mortal Coil
Nine Inch Nails
“Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Between the garden & the story
The Eldritch Forest
“Step lightly, fairies, pixies
and gnomes underfoot!”
It grows darker here. In Trace’s book, and in the garden, this is the path a wedding party walks from the tea garden to the labyrinth.
Read the tales06 For a promise, quietly made
The Bramhall Labyrinth & Temple Stables
A small ceremony.
A world of meaning.
Small ceremonies and elopements, walked from the tea garden through the Eldritch Forest to the labyrinth.
Up to about 32 guests. Ceremonies only, with no reception.
From $780for two hours, with cleaning and security includedFour hours: price on inquiry.
Begin your wedding inquiryHow weddings work
“Loosely bound, By countless silken ties of love and thought, To everything on earth the compass round.”
Robert Frost
Eagle Rock, Los AngelesArt, tea & curious things
The Garden Gazette
News of the garden, then and now.
Tables among
the flowers
Meet the educator who opened The Rams Horn tea room in this very garden.
Discover the storyA letter for
every season
News of tea, shows, new art and the book. Four letters a year.
In Joy, TAJ ART INCStories from the garden
“The wise look upon childhood, youth, old age, life, and death as passing dramas, hence everything entertains them.”
Paramahansa Yogananda
Art with a purpose
Creatures of Being
TAJ ART INC is a benefit corporation (B-Corp), a social enterprise helping animals worldwide. A portion of every booking and acquisition is given to animal charities around the world.
The garden itself is a Certified National Wildlife Federation sanctuary.
Founded by Trace Fryer, our gallery brings art, music and animal welfare together. Compassion, dignity and respect guide the work we do and the organisations we support.
Pasadena Humane
Founded 1903
More than an animal shelter: a community-supported animal resource center in the Greater Los Angeles area that gives shelter, care and new beginnings to thousands of vulnerable animals each year at its Pasadena campus.
Visit Pasadena HumaneCalifornia Wildlife Center
Founded 1998
Protects native wildlife through rehabilitation, education and conservation, rescuing native California species harmed by human encroachment, habitat loss and environmental damage.
Visit California Wildlife CenterWildlife Care of SoCal
Founded 1994
Started by people who saw wild animals falling victim to urbanization, it rehabilitates native wildlife and works with citizens to help coyotes recover from mange associated with poisoned rodent bait.
Visit Wildlife Care of SoCalLand Trust Alliance
Founded 1982
Supports land trusts so they can conserve more land now and for future generations. Its mission: save land, strengthen communities, create a healthier planet.
Visit Land Trust AllianceLittle Steps Matter
Founded 2016
Supports dogs and cats suffering from abuse, abandonment and injury, on the street and in homes where care falls short for lack of awareness or money for vet bills.
Visit Little Steps MatterNational Wildlife Federation
Founded 1936
A private, nonprofit conservation education and advocacy organization in the United States, connecting people and communities with the natural world.
Visit National Wildlife FederationHarbin SHS Animal Rescue
Founded 2016
A safehouse in Harbin, China, rescuing animals from the meat trade and from abuse, neglect and abandonment, and finding them loving homes around the world. A reunion of rescued animals and their families was held at TAJ ART INC.
Visit Harbin SHS Animal RescueSoi Dog Foundation
Founded 2003
Works to improve the welfare of dogs and cats in Asia, end animal cruelty, fight the dog meat trade, help animals affected by natural disasters and build a society without homeless animals.
Visit Soi Dog FoundationMercy For Animals
Founded 1999
Works for a society where all animals are treated with compassion and respect, through consumer education, cruelty investigations, corporate outreach and legal advocacy for farmed animals.
Visit Mercy For AnimalsWildlife Alliance
Founded 1995
Runs conservation programs protecting forests and wildlife directly alongside government rangers.
Visit Wildlife Alliance
The gate is only the beginning
Find us
in Eagle Rock.
1492 Colorado Boulevard, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA 90041In Historic Hartwick Heights, on Route 66.
By reservation and invitation only.
Goodnight from the garden.
In Joy, TAJ ART INC
“It is one soul which animates all men.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson