2-25-18 Authors on Architecture: Arenson on Millard Sheets - Free event - Glendale Library

SAH/SCC ALERT!

 

Authors on Architecture: Arenson on Sheets

Lecture, Glendale Central Library

Sunday, February 25th, 2:00 PM

      

Join SAH/SCC and the Glendale Central Library (Welton Becket & Associates, 1973) as author Adam Arenson debuts Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Mid-Century Commercial Architecture in California (University of Texas Press, 2018), his long-awaited volume on the architecture of Home Savings.

For more than three decades, Millard Sheets (1907-1989) and his studio of artists designed Home Savings and Loan branches throughout California, studding their iconic projects with mosaics, murals, stained glass, and sculptures that celebrated both family life and the history of the Golden State. The collaboration between the Millard Sheets Studio and Howard Ahmanson (1906-1968), Home Savings' executive, resulted in more than 40 branches designed and built between the completion of the first collaboration in 1955 and Ahmanson's death.

The Glendale Central Library is also a winner of a 2018 Preservation Award by the Los Angeles Conservancy.

Authors on Architecture: Arenson-

Sunday, February 25, 2018

2:00 - 4:00 PM
Glendale Central Library
222 E. Harvard Street

FREE Admission
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis
Tel: 818.548.2021.

Validated free parking is available in the structure opposite the library on East Harvard Street.

 

For more event info, please click HERE.

SUNDAY - “Black History in the SFV: A Deep History That Really Hasn’t Been Told"

Special Speaker Series Event

In honor of 2018 Black History Month, The Museum of the San Fernando Valley’s Speaker Series with the Pacoima Historical Society is proud to present:

“Black History in the SFV: A Deep History That Really Hasn’t Been Told”

Crystal Jackson, Founder and President of the Pacoima Historical Society, and filmmaker of the 2018 Pan African Film Festival Best Feature Documentary nominee “Pacoima Stories: Land of Dreams”, talks about the struggles, sacrifice and undying spirit of America’s proud minority culture in the San Fernando Valley.

Crystal was born in Pacoima in the ‘60’s. Her family had moved to the San Fernando Valley in the 1930’s, first North Hollywood, then Pacoima. Crystal graduated Granada Hills High School but went to San Fernando High her last semester to stay close to her Pacoima friends. She majored in Journalism at Cal State Northridge, but it wasn’t until Crystal moved to the Bay area to begin her Pacoima film that she realized the richness of her town’s history. This evening, Crystal will host preview snippets of her award-nominated film as well as present historic photos and previously untold factual stories of the rich Black culture that contributed to change and vibrancy here in the San Fernando Valley. Crystal's new book on the history of Pacoima is coming out Fall of 2018.

Sunday, February 11

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

$10 contribution per person

Light Refreshments.

Raffle Drawing

Sign up on Eventbrite at blackhistory2018.eventbrite.com

(Seating space is limited. The Museum suggests people sign-up early on Eventbrite.)

DVDs of “Pacoima Stories: Land of Dreams” will be available for sale.

Pacoima.historicalsociety@gmail.com

www.themuseumsfv.org

FREE Museum Day - get out and explore

Today is SoCal Museum Day.

We hope you can visit one of the many museums within southern California today.

For more info, please visit www.socalmuseums.org.

Dozens of museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors and invite visitors to attend their museums free of charge.

Museums Free-for-All is partnering with Metro, encouraging visitors to Go Metro to explore participating museums, many of which are a short walk from Metro bus or rail stops. Experience a day of art and culture without traffic and plan ahead of time on metro.net.

This offer is for general museum admission only and does not apply to specially ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each museum. Consult individual museum websites for hours, directions, and other visitor information.

2018 Participating Museums

Annenberg Space for Photography
Free cookie with the purchase of any coffee beverage (while supplies last).

Autry Museum of the American West

The Broad

California African American Museum

California Science Center
General admission only. A timed reservation with a convenience fee is required for Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Craft & Folk Art Museum

Descanso Gardens

Forest Lawn Museum

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Getty Center

Getty Villa
Free, timed tickets are required. Visit getty.edu.

GRAMMY Museum

Hammer Museum

Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Japanese American National Museum
Free tickets available at janm.org/freeforall.

Kidspace Children’s Museum

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
General admission only; free tickets available at tarpits.org/freeforall.

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Museum of Tolerance

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
General admission only; free tickets available at nhm.org/freeforall.

Orange County Museum of Art

The Paley Center for Media

Palm Springs Art Museum

Pasadena Museum of California Art

Petersen Automotive Museum
Museums Free-for-All tickets are sold out. Paid Vault tours can still be booked.

Pomona College Museum of Art

Riverside Art Museum

Santa Barbara Museum of Art

Skirball Cultural Center
Noah’s Ark timed-entry, one-hour tickets are limited and distributed first-come, first-served.

Sunnylands Center & Gardens
Excludes tours of the historic house and grounds.

University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach
Join us for opening reception of Robert Irwin: Site Determined 4-6 pm, January 28. Closed January 27.

USC Fisher Museum
Offering free admission on Saturday, January 27, instead of Sunday, January 28.

USC Pacific Asia Museum

Zimmer Children’s Museum

Please visit us too - Tuesday, Thursday and last Saturday, all 1:00-5:00 pm.

www.TheMuseumSFV.org 

Annual Campo de Cahuenga historical re-enactment - always special event

Today was the annual Campo de Cahuenga historical re-enactment event on at The Campo on Lankershim Blvd. 

This historical significance of this event is worth of attending each and every year - not to mention hearing a real canon be shot off two times and two canons - cover your ears!

Volunteers in period piece went through portions of the ceremony.

Los Angeles City Councilmembers David Ryu, 4th District and Paul Krekorian, 2nd District, were in attendance along with history buffs, local residents and probably a few tourists heading to Universal Studios.

(Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu, 4th District and 

incoming Museum President Michel {Michael)} Stevens)

Local vendors were on hand and food and drink were served too.  

(Raymond Chilly Campbell - with his artwork)

(Woodys grill prepared terrific food for all attendees)

Overall, a nice, beautiful day, the birthplace of California is promoted once again.

For years, The Museum of the San Fernando Valley and Campo de Cahuenga have an alliance to support each organization.

 Please support Campo de Cahuenga by making a donation today.

As always, much thanks and gratitude to Deuk and Beth Perrin for their tireless work to support Campo de Cahuenga.

Also, please remember to support YOUR Museum with a donation or membership today.

Thank you.

CANCELED** Speaker Series: Artist Stan Cline 1/27/18

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley’s first solo artist exhibition features longtime Chatsworth resident and painter - Stan Cline. For the past 40 years, Cline has been rekindling memories of the past with his art. See the exhibit "Stan Cline's Nostalgia Gallery" at The Museum through January 31, 2018.

Speaker Series has been canceled.