This beautiful bank in Northridge was built in 1986, and the mosaics are done by Susan Hertel and Denis O'Connor.
Adam Arenson just led an Autry Center-sponsored tour of the Home Savings and branches in the San Fernando Valley. In advance of that tour, the Daily News presented an article on the banks, Arenson, and the tour.
I hope they don't mind that I borrow this one picture, that shows how the mosaics look over the entrance. They shouldn't since I think the journalist drew on my Westways article from last year for a few anecdotes...share and share alike, right? The photographer here is Dean Musgrove, and more photos--including a close up of Montie Montana's face, can be seen at the Daily News site.
Yup, Montie Montana. A huge TV cowboy in the 60s. I went to kindergarten with Montana's neice, so I know these things.
At right is the central panel, a picture taken by Professor Arenson. I love the choo choo along the top, and the falcon.
Even though the tour has passed, you can hear Arenson talk about "The Life and Work of Millard Sheets" on December 10th--in Pomona, at the American Museum of Ceramic Art. Here's the announcement.
And the LA Conservancy plans a tour of Sheets' work in Claremont and Pomona this spring.
3 comments:
Thanks for the post and notice of Arenson's talk. I'm a huge fan of Millard Sheets. He was such a talented individual - artist, architect, designer, educator. I anxiously await the Conservancy tour.
I agree on all counts. Thanks for stopping by!
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