FILM SCREENING - Beautiful Simplicity | SUN 5/18 | 4:00 – 5:30 | Ginger Elliott Center

SUN 5/18 – 2nd Sunday Film Series| FILM Beautiful Simplicity – Arts & Crafts architecture in Southern CA | 4:00 – 5:30 |$10

Ginger Elliott Center @Garner House
840 N Indian Hill Blvd. Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 621-0848

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAS FERTILE GROUND for the Arts and Crafts movement, which called for simple living, closeness to nature, the unification of art and craft, and regionally appropriate forms of architecture. The movement influenced a number of important architects working in Southern California and produced a wide array of houses, churches, schools, and other buildings that reflect Arts and Crafts values.

Beautiful Simplicity: Arts & Crafts Architecture in Southern California examines the rich body of Arts & Crafts architecture in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. It introduces viewers to more than a dozen architects who pursued Arts & Crafts ideals, including Charles and Henry Greene, Irving Gill, Arthur Benton, Sumner Hunt, Frederick Roehrig, Louis B. Easton, Sylvanus Marston, Arthur and Alfred Heineman, Frank Mead, and Richard Requa.

The 86-minute, wide-screen documentary offers commentary by noted historians and other knowledgeable observers, including Robert Winter, Cheryl Robertson, Richard Guy Wilson, Edward Bosley, Walter Judson, Tim Andersen, and Lucinda Cooke.

Beautiful Simplicity: Arts & Crafts Architecture in Southern California was produced by Paul Bockhorst Productions in cooperation with the Society of Architectural Historians, Southern California Chapter, with principal funding from The Ahmanson Foundation and the Joan Irvine Smith and Athalie R. Clarke Foundation. 86 min.