The Architecture + Design Film Series | Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among Architects

The Architecture + Design Film Series, shown monthly in Brattleboro and Burlington, continues with a screening of VINCENT SCULLY: AN ART HISTORIAN AMONG ARCHITECTS (2010, Directed by Tom Piper & Edgar B. Howard, USA, 56 min), a tribute to and study of America’s most famous art historian, on Wednesday, February 19 at 6:30 pm at 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro. The son of the documentary’s subject, acclaimed architect Dan Scully, will be a special guest at the screening. All film showings are free and open to all.

Known to pack the lecture hall and receive standing ovations at Yale University, Vincent Scully has been called “the most influential architectural teacher ever.” An early champion of the work of such architects as Louis I. Kahn and Robert Ventura, he has influenced every modern American student of architecture. He has shaken the hand of Prince Charles and received the National Medal of Arts from George W. Bush—in the United States, nearly wherever you look, you can see Vincent Scully’s influence. At Wednesday’s A + D Film Series screening, Vincent Scully’s son Dan Scully, whose internationally-known architecture firm is in Keene, NH, will lead a discussion on his father’s life and influence.

The Architecture + Design Film Series, started six years ago in Burlington, selects diverse films celebrating design in all its various forms.  Their success in Burlington led local architect Jim Williams, who designed the popular 118 Elliot, to extend the series’ reach to the opposite end of the state in Brattleboro with support from the American Institute of Architects Vermont Chapter (AIAVT) and numerous local business and individual sponsors.  Now the monthly screenings are held simultaneously in Burlington and in Brattleboro at 118 Elliot through April 2020. Film showings are free and open to all, presented to foster understanding and stimulate conversation about the impact of design and beauty in our daily lives.

The Architecture + Design Film Series website www.adfilmseries.org tells the history of the film series and presents film trailers for movies in this upcoming season. 118 Elliot is a modern, fully accessible arts and educational center in downtown Brattleboro. Learn more at www.118Elliot.com.