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As spring open house season approaches at famed Hubbell art compound in Santa Ysabel, a torch is passed
SANTA YSABEL — Almost every April for the past 38 years, activity at artist-sculptor James Hubbell’s famous Ilan-Lael home and art compound in Santa Ysabel has risen to a fever pitch as Hubbell, his wife, Anne, and their onsite crew of artisans prepared for the property’s annual open house. Since 1983, thousands of art and architecture enthusiasts from all over the world have arrived each spring for guided tours of the Hubbells’ fantastical 33-acre compound. The only exception was in 2020, when the pandemic closed the property to the public. Inside the Boys House at James and Ann Hubbells’ Ilan-Lael Foundation property in Santa Ysabel. (Ilan-Lael Foundation ) There’s no place…