Introductions by Ian Merker, AIACV and Gretchen Steinberg, SacMod
Many, many thanks for those of you who joined us at the successful screening of
Visual Acoustics at the
Crocker Art Museum on Thursday, April 7, 2011. We were pleased and humbled to see the event almost sold out. Thanks to the Crocker Art Museum for collaborating with
AIACV and
SacMod and letting us use their new and beautiful state-of-the-art venue. Thanks also to Director
Eric Bricker for making his wonderful film (his first!) and taking the time out of his busy schedule to join us.
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| Our educational display with photos taken by Julius Shulman in Sacramento |
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| Eric Bricker, Director of Visual Acoustics and Gretchen Steinberg, SacMod |
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| Dane Henas from SacMod being goofy -- doing his best Vanna White impression, ha ha! |
We presented an educational display with several photos that Julius Shulman took in Sacramento in the early 1960s. We decided to seek them out and research them at the last minute so people could enjoy a special connection with him in our town. Many thanks to historian
John Crosse (who was also a researcher for
Visual Acoustics), JW and B for their contributions to our educational display. Thanks also to
Ian Merker from AIACV (our colleague and co-presenter extraordinaire) for printing the images and providing the materials to display the images. Special thanks also to our former SacMod colleague
Kris Lannin Liang who had to move away from Sacramento but initially worked on this event.
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| Jerry Blomberg and Dane Henas with an original copy of an ad featuring Jerry's Sacramento home |
My favorite Shulman pictures taken in Sacramento are of a home in South Land Park Estates; these were featured in a 1961 ad for American Saint Gobain glass. The home was collaboratively designed by homeowner
Jerry Blomberg and
George Muraki, with George Muraki being the architect on record. Last year we printed the ad we had researched for the
Sacramento Mid-Century Modern Home Tour display. Little did we know at the time that the images were taken by Julius Shulman. I invited Mr. Blomberg to join us at the event and was so pleased to see him show up -- with his own copy of the ad and another magazine article that I had been looking for but was unable to find in time!
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| Director Eric Bricker leading a post-screening discussion |
Here are more photos taken at the event. Thanks again to everyone who made the event possible; and a shout-out to
Midtown Monthly and to Sacramento area bloggers
Davis Life Magazine,
Mimomito,
Rebecca Crowther of Sac History Happenings (Sacramento Bee),
Capitol Creative Collective,
Glitter and Grunge and our Twitter friends for helping spread the word.
