Mini Film Festival: "Minnesota Modern Masters" with MNSAH, Wednesday March 10, 2021; 6:30pm.

Please join Docomomo US/MN for the 2021 Winter Film Screening On March 10, 2021 at 6:30pm. Mini Film Festival: "Minnesota Modern Masters" with MNSAH.

​This year we are thrilled to be presenting a special joint program hosted with our friends at the Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH). We will be screening a selection of interviews from MNSAH’s extensive “Minnesota Modern Masters” oral history project. Interview subjects include Close Associates, Hodne & Stageberg, Ed Sovik, Rafferty & Rafferty, and Val Michelson. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with MNSAH and Docomomo US/MN members. This is a free event and open to all!

Short Films to be Featured:

​Elizabeth and Winston Close (interview with Gar Hargens)
​10:19
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​Valerius Michelson (interview with John Yust, David Bowers, and Daniel Feidt)
​12:11
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​Tom Hodne and James Stageberg (interview with Tom Meyer and Bill Beyer)
​11:11​

​​George and Craig Rafferty
​11:03

​​Ed Sovik (interview with Gary Johnson and Pepe Kryzda)
​14:12

Panelists Include:
Jane King Hession
Jane is an architectural historian and writer. A former president of MNSAH, she’s been actively involved with the Minnesota Modern Masters committee for several years. She is the author of the recently published book, Elizabeth Scheu Close: A Life in Modern Architecture (University of Minnesota Press, 2020).
Linda Mack
Linda Mack served as the architecture critic and reporter for the Star Tribune for 21 years. She is also active in the Minnesota Modern Masters oral history project of the Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians, which documents the careers of significant Minnesota architects. Her book, Madeline Island Summer Houses: An Intimate Journey, captures the stories of people and their places on Madeline Island, where she and her husband, Warren, have a beach cottage. 
Gary Reetz
Gary Reetz FAIA, recently retired from HGA Architects and is on the Board of Directors of MNSAH. He conducted many of the oral history interviews that make up the Minnesota Modern Masters film project.
Todd Grover
Todd is the national VP of Advocacy for Docomomo US. He is a registered architect in Minnesota and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Todd has been a Principal with MacDonald & Mack Architects since 2004.
Bobak Ha'Eri
Bobak is a board member of Docomomo US/MN; and the human encyclopedia behind the MN Mod Registry. He holds a BA from the University of Southern California and a JD from the University of Minnesota, where he's currently an Adjunct Professor for the University Honors Program and Instructor of Legal Practice at the Law School.

Hosted By:
Mike Lovato
Mike is a registered architect with an interest in the particular complexities of the 20th century. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He currently works as a historical architect with LHB. 

Mike is a board member of Docomomo US/MN and loves virtual film screenings almost as much as he loves Mid Century Modern architecture and design!