{"id":1582,"date":"2010-08-30T15:35:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=1582"},"modified":"2010-08-30T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T21:35:02","slug":"thing-keep-rolling-along-at-the-millard-sheets-center-for-the-arts-literally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2010\/08\/30\/thing-keep-rolling-along-at-the-millard-sheets-center-for-the-arts-literally\/","title":{"rendered":"Thing Keep Rolling Along at the Millard Sheets Center for the Arts \u2013 Literally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_08461.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1585\" title=\"IMG_0846\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_08461-e1283203205614-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A 1915 Ford Model T Touring Car took its rightful place in this year\u2019s exhibit, <em>From the Industrial Age to the Computer Age: Three Centuries of Artistic Innovation<\/em>, carefully guided by MSCAF Director Tony Sheets and exhibit builder Nelson Scherer. Right next to the car is an intricate pewter sculpture of a Model T assembly line, with a tiny version of the car rolling off at the end (photo at right below).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0846.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0849.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1586 alignright\" title=\"IMG_0849\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0849-e1283203414944-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The classic car\u2019s owner Paul Wheeler, architect and Claremont resident, (pictured at the steering wheel with Sheets and Scherer) has owned it for about 30 years. His pride and joy joins working models of other landmark technologies \u2013 steam engines, printing presses, weaving looms, cameras and more \u2013 to show how new materials \u2013 stainless steel, titanium, plastics, synthetic fibers, and acrylics \u2013 revolutionized art and expression.<br \/>\nThis Model T is just an example of why MSCAF is considered the \u201cSmithsonian West\u201d as this show transports visitors through time from the early 1700s to the 20th Century on a journey of discovery.<br \/>\nLooking on from what is now called \u201cSvenson\u2019s Corner,\u201d sculptor John Svenson had his own Model T memories. \u201cI remember driving one of those down to Chino Airport when I was younger,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0855.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1587\" title=\"IMG_0855\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0855-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Svenson (at left with Tony Sheets) carved\u00a0<em>The Ranchero<\/em>\u00a0onsite at the Court of the Redwoods at the 1954 Fair. The sculpture towers near the MSCAF entrance today. Svenson will be signing copies of his just-published book, <em>Exploring Forms by John Edward Svenson, an American Sculptor<\/em>, on the days he is demonstrating wood-carving at MSCAF during the Fair.\u00a0<br \/>\nFind more information about <em>From the Industrial Age to the Computer Age: Three Centuries of Artistic Innovation<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/lacountyfair.com\/fp\/foundations\/MillardSheets\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 1915 Ford Model T Touring Car took its rightful place in this year\u2019s exhibit, From the Industrial Age to the Computer Age: Three Centuries of Artistic Innovation, carefully guided by MSCAF Director Tony Sheets and exhibit builder Nelson Scherer. Right next to the car is an intricate pewter sculpture of a Model T assembly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funatthefair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}