Claremont Heritage Presents

the

Muriel Faith O'Brien Education Series

Film Screening

Thursday, August 25th|7:00-9:00 PM

Ginger Elliott Center at Garner House|840 N Indian Hill Blvd

DESIGN FOR MODERN LIVING

Millard Sheets and the Claremont

Art Community 1935-1975

In the years following World War II, the community of Claremont in Southern California emerged as an important center for the visual arts, due in large measure to the inspired efforts of the artist and educator Millard Sheets. In Claremont, painters, sculptors, ceramists, enamel and mosaic artists, woodworkers and fiber artists devoted themselves to their creative pursuits with great imagination and energy, creating works that express the spirit of Postwar Modernism in California.

Design for Modern Living tells the story of the remarkable artistic community that took root at Scripps College and made Claremont an important center of Mid-20^th Century Modern design.

Special Guests - Mosaic Artist and Sheets Studio Alumna, Alba Cisneros, "Art Kids", Catherine McIntosh and Beth Benjamin will answer questions following the screening

The one hour documentary was produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Paul Bockhorst, in cooperation with the Claremont Museum of Art. FREE

40th Annual Home Tour

Sunday, October 9th | 10 - 4 pm |Check-in at Garner House

Sponsorship & Docent Opportunities

Photo Credit: Alexander Vertikoff for HartmanBaldwin

Dear Friends of Claremont Heritage,

Our Annual HOME TOUR is fast-approaching. This year’s tour, HOME AGAIN, celebrates 40 years of Home Tours and will once again be in-person on Sunday, October 9th. Tickets go on sale September 1st!

Featuring six historic Claremont homes that present a diversity of architectural styles, this tour is destined to be one of our most popular as we showcase some of the fan-favorites of the past 40 years. Experience Claremont's historic neighborhoods and tour unique private residences that are not often open to the public.

This is a great time to get involved with Claremont Heritage as a Volunteer Home Tour Docent or Sponsor!

OPPORTUNITIES

EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION

KARL BENJAMIN | STRIPES

First Saturday, September 3|6:00 - 9:00 PM

Ginger Elliott Center at Garner House|840 N Indian Hill Blvd

A seminal figure in California Hard-Edge Abstract Expressionism, Claremont artist Karl Benjamin has left his mark in the annals of modern art history. 

Claremont Heritage is proud to announce that an exhibition featuring paintings and serigraphs from his Stripes period 1976-1980 will be exhibited at our very own Ginger Elliott Exhibition Center at Garner House. An Opening Reception will be held during the First Saturday Art Walk on September 3rd from 6-9 pm. Please join us. 

The exhibition will be open Monday - Friday 10 am - 3 pm (or by appointment) through Thursday, September 15th.

Special thanks to Beth Benjamin, the Benjamin Family, and Louis Stern Fine Arts for making this exhibition possible.