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The Arroyo del Rey Foundation Invites You to: The Salon on the
What began in our home beneath the bridges now reaches across the world on Zoom. Month after month, you have filled these gatherings with insight, generosity, and warmth, and I am deeply grateful to each of you. As our 31st year continues, the Salon is now presented by the Arroyo del Rey Foundation, so that this celebration of the spiritually creative life may inspire generations to come. Thank you for being part of it. All are welcome but please email us so that we know you will be attending at Kingcarol@aol.com. Love and Joy
Our 31st Year Continues Please join Carol Soucek King virtually on love
Main Presentation Dr. Raymond Neutra
Scroll Down for: 9:30 am Pacific Standard Time 10 am until noon – Program
Meditation Nan Rae’s latest published book – now available on Amazon
Opening Song "Love One Another" Dean welcomes us to listen to and download his music at no charge by accessing his personal website: deancarlston.com
Salute to October Birthdays, Main Presentation: A Celebration of Dion Neutra
On October 8, 2026, architect Dion Neutra would have been one hundred years old. The son of renowned architect Richard Neutra, Dion carried forward his father’s architectural practice and served for decades as a steward of the Neutra legacy, including the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design, the nonprofit foundation Richard Neutra established in 1962 to explore how design can better serve humanity and the planet. Using documentary film footage and photographs, Raymond Richard Neutra, his younger brother, will reflect on his life, works and values. Cindy Olnick, Executive Director of the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design will reflect on the crucial significance of Dion’s bequests to the Institute and what this has made possible. Nick Neutra, Dion’s youngest son and his longtime friend Tavo Olmos will provide musical interludes at the beginning and end of the presentation.
RAYMOND RICHARD NEUTRA, M.D., Dr.PH is Dion’s younger brother by twelve years, so Dion was more like an uncle than a brother to Raymond. They both grew up in the live-work space of the VDL Studio and Residences in Silver Lake, surrounded by their father’s architectural practice. Dion went on to become an architect and eventually his father’s partner. Raymond, inspired by reading his father’s book Survival through Design became a physician and environmental epidemiologist. He worked as a physician on the Navajo reservation and did research on their healing traditions. He taught epidemiology at Harvard, Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia and at UCLA. He headed the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control for nearly thirty years at the California Department of Public Health where he and his team did research on cancer clusters, chemical and electromagnetic field exposures. He was the founding president of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. After his retirement in 2007, Raymond began writing articles about his father and brother’s work, as well as a book, Cheap and Thin: Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright. At his brother’s invitation he joined the board of the Neutra Institute, and on Dion’s death in 2019, he became President of the board. Over the last seven years, the expanded board has offered the use of the buildings in Dion’s bequest for recorded presentations on biorealistic design, and exhibitions. They have facilitated a number of publications. They have involved academic institutions in the restoration of their three Neutra-designed buildings. In recognition of these activities Dr. Neutra was recently made an Honorary Member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
Cindy Olnick is Executive Director of the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation created in 1962 by Richard Neutra. She entered this role in January 2026, coming full circle: Cindy volunteered with Dion at the Institute after moving from Boston to Los Angeles in 2000. Inspired by Dion’s preservation advocacy, Cindy forged a career helping people convey the value and impact of historic places. She served as the first Communications Director of the Los Angeles Conservancy, a communications consultant for preservationists nationwide, and Associate Director of Heritage Conservation at the University of Southern California School of Architecture. Cindy co-hosts the award-winning podcast Save As: NextGen Heritage Conservation, serves on the boards of the National Preservation Partners Network and Photo Friends of the Los Angeles Public Library, and authored L.A. Landmarks: Lost and Almost Lost.
Nick Neutra: Starting with a career in music and audio, Nick heads up his own company Post Creations, a recording facility where Foley Artists & Mixers create sounds for feature films and TV. He is committed to seeing the realization of his father’s dream and bequest to the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design. Tavo Olmos is a freelance photographer with over 40 years experience specializing in documentation of historic structures. Owner of Positive Image Photographic Services. Fluent in all aspects of archival processing of film and prints, Tavo was producer/director of the acclaimed “Neutra in Roatan” (2017).
Music Interlude
Poetry Reading
Followed by Discussion Opening the Discussion will be All are invited to continue sharing thoughts on
until noontime
Finale
To conclude Susie will lead us in Richard King's favorite
Love Faith and Joy - Carol Soucek King, MFA, PhD, Founder For the time being, the Salon will continue to meet on Zoom. When appropriate, we will meet in person once again at Arroyo del Rey. For access to the Salon on Zoom: This meeting is being hosted by Zoom. Before the Salon on Sunday: If you download the application to your device, you do NOT need to register for a free account. To download the Zoom application, click on this link... https://zoom.us/download For any questions or assistance,
All 2026 Salon dates and themes STABILITY GROWTH POSSIBILITY FAITH GRATITUDE HARMONY UNDERSTANDING KINDNESS HUMOR LOVE HEALING SPIRITUALITY Please let us know which salons you can attend by replying to KingCarol@aol.com.
Carol
Soucek King, M.F.A., Ph. D. Arroyo del Rey Foundation 
As a California nonprofit recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation depends on the generosity of friends like you. Your gift — in any amount — directly supports the preservation of an irreplaceable work of architecture and the programs that bring it to life. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. CA Register of Charities and Fundraisers B20250205941, FEIN #39-2498401 CAROL SOUCEK KING MFA, PhD © 2002-2026 All rights reserved
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Since January 1996, I have had the joy of gathering artists, thinkers, and friends from around the world for a conversation that has become one of the great blessings of my life. Our Salons are designed to stimulate creativity, curiosity, contemplation, and connection. Each month we explore a theme drawn from the chapters of my book, Under the Bridges at Arroyo del Rey, and welcome a guest whose life and work bring that theme to light.
