SOLD OUT! MILLARD SHEETS AND THE HOME SAVINGS PROJECT

Join us for The Hilbert Museum's Lecture Series: Adam Arenson Lecture: "Millard Sheets and the Home Savings Project".

Learn more about the colorful mosaic murals on the entrances of California's banks - formerly Home Savings (now mostly Chase Banks). Millard Sheets was an important local artist that continues to have a huge impact on So Cal.

When: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Time: 6:00 PM (meet at museum at 5:45 pm to get a seat)

Where: Hilbert Museum
167 N. Atchison Dr.
Orange, CA 92866

Cost: $10
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There's plenty of parking on the street, in the parking lot, or at the train station. There's also a public parking structure on Lemon St.

Optional: Coffee/tea/dessert at Urth Caffe after the lecture - 7 mins walking distance

From Wikipedia
Millard Owen Sheets (June 24, 1907 – March 31, 1989) was an American artist, teacher, and architectural designer. He was one of the earliest of the California Scene Painting artists and helped define the art movement. Many of his large-scale building-mounted mosaics from the mid-20th century are still extant in Southern California.[1] His paintings are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York, the Chicago Art Institute, the National Gallery in Washington D.C.; and the Los Angeles County Museum.

In the late 1950s, Sheets was commissioned by Howard F. Ahmanson to design Home Savings Bank branches throughout Southern California that would serve as community landmarks by expressing "community values" or presenting "a celebratory version of the community history." To accomplish this goal, Sheets designed his branch buildings with exterior façades containing large mosaic works depicting local heritage.[1][16]
The Ahmanson commissions multiplied to include more than 80 branch buildings after the initial 1955 commission.[17] Sheets resigned his teaching position at Scripps College and established the Sheets Studio in Claremont, California, employing a series of artists.[1]
Sheets produced these untitled mosaics as commercial commissions that are considered official public art,[18] and in the absence of a formal Sheets Studio title they are titled by their images or theme.[12][19] Although they enjoy some protections under the California Arts Preservation Act, many have been destroyed.[1]