Mission

To maintain and preserve Tor House, Hawk Tower and their collections; to promote the literary and philosophical legacy of Robinson Jeffers; and to serve as a cultural resource for the community.

The Big Idea

Our special project is to continue and to add to the important work we have been doing these past two years as we recover from the pandemic’s effects on our programs: to rebuild those programs and to go beyond the poetry and life of Robinson Jeffers—the focus of our tours—to the influence Jeffers’s poetry has had in the arts and in ecology, and to his sensitivity to social justice issues. Our priorities will be to increase the number of tour docents; to continue our highly successful Fellow Program which brings artists from all fields to Tor House for inspiration; to develop programs which focus on art and music at Tor House, on Jeffers’s influence on the arts, his ecological prescience and his sensitivity to social justice issues, especially programs which reach out to the diverse communities of Monterey County.

I’ve come to Tor House many times over the past few years. I’ve never had the same experience twice. I’ve always come away profoundly moved. There is a cherishing there -- by the people and then, without fail, by one’s self. I’ve brought many friends to Tor House. They come away fascinated, uplifted and excited. Go. You’ll be tripping over yourself trying to describe the glorious time you had.

- Robin Pearson Rose