SPECIAL THANKS TO CAMPO DE CAHUENGA

SATAN THE TIGER - c1935 - VAN NUYS
Collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley

This is special note of thanks to the leaders of the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Society for allowing The Board of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley to meet at their historic site for the last three months. The Museum Board

"The San Fernando Valley deserves a great regional Museum of history and culture."

EXCITING VINTAGE PAPER FAIR THIS WEEKEND IN PASADENA

Special thanks to Gary Fredburg and Fred Berk, exhibitors at the Vintage Paper Fair, for their constant vigilance for San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles memorabilia for our Museum.
This commercial fair is really lots of fun, and it's a great way to spend an afternoon.

VINTAGE PAPER FAIR.
100 tables of old postcards & antique paper, photography, labels, brochures, advertising, transportation & sports memorabilia, menus, matchbooks, Victorian & much more. 100 tables of antique paper. Our 30th year.
Elks Hall, 400 W Colorado Bl (at Orange Grove) PASADENA.
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING.
Friday 1-7, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-4
www.vintagepaperfair.com

NEW ART WORK TO BE UNVEILED IN MISSION HILLS

World Famous Artist, Peter Shire in his Los Angeles Studio - Telephone Photo by Phyllis Hansen


Exterior Sculpture by Peter Shire 2007 Mission Hills Mission Community Police Station


News has reached us that San Fernando Valley is about to celebrate a major new work of public art. Commissioned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, the work by sculptor Peter Shire will grace the Mission Community Police Station of the Los Angeles Police Department. Mission Station serves Granada Hills, Knollwood, Mission Hills, North Hills, Panorama City and Sylmar.
A contributing member of our Museum Community, Phyllis Hansen says "I went to an "unveiling" this weekend, … at my friend Peter Shire's studio in Echo Park. Peter Shire is one of Los Angeles's "favorite native sons" in the international art "scene". His focus is ceramics and metal sculpture and has been doing a number of commissioned civic installations.
Last summer, during the retrospective of the Memphis Design Group at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Peter Shire had his own exhibit room as part of that show. (… I was proud of him.) He was part of The Memphis Group, an association of various artists started by Italian designer Ettore Sottsass, a decade or two ago. ... His work is very contemporary, vivid in color and graphic/geometric in design and always fun and whimsical.
Phyllis Hansen is a contributing member of our Museum Community. She is also a Director of the Friends of Campo de Cahuenga Memorial Historical Society.

VOICES OF TARZANA PROJECT IN PLANNING STAGE

Fence at William Howard Taft High School

The Tarzana Museum and Historical Society has been growing steadily for the last three years. Handsome museum cases are being built and a careful evaluation of artificats is underway. One of the Society's most exciting projects, "Voices of Tarzana" plans to systematically capture the living histories of Tarzana residents over the next five years. It is the concept of Janet Canter.
If you have an interest in documentary film or the recording of the priceless histories that have built Tarzana and the Valley, contact Ellen Carpenter or Helen Baker at the Center. Or, better yet, have lunch at the I-Hop on Ventura Boulevard and go next door and visit the Center and its dedicated volunteers.
Check out the Tarzana Community Center on-line at
www.mytarzana.org/ - 12k

"The San Fernando Valley deserves a great regional Museum of culture and history."

THE GREEK FESTIVAL - FOR SURE NEXT YEAR!

Greek Festival at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - Northridge


Just a reminder that Memorial Day next year has something very special for residents of the San Fernando Valley - FOOD! GREEK FOOD! Ask The Museum of the San Fernando Valley's own Rania Pallad about the Festival!