The Foundation for Self-Taught American Artists and Film @ International House present
Wednesday, May 13
What's Under Your Hat?
Directed by Lola Barrera and Inaki Penafiel, Spain, 2007, video, 75 mins, color
UPDATE: Program will also include an excerpt from MAKE, a film by Scott Ogden and Malcolm Hearn (recently reviewed in the New York Times)
International House
3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Screening begins at 7:30pm
Followed by a conversation between Scott Ogden, Frank Maresca (co-owner Ricco/Maresca Gallery, NYC), and director-producer Jeffrey Wolf (James Castle: Portrait of an Artist)
Judith Scott (1943-2005) became a renowned artist—creating abstract, intertwined objects made out of yarn—after an inauspicious start to life, and many years of living in a State institution with her needs and abilities unrecognized and unsupported. Scott's great good fortune was to be born a twin. Her sister Joyce was able eventually to reconnect with her, rescue her from the institution, and introduce her to the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, where her artistic expression flourished. Filmmakers Lola Barrera and Julio Medem have produced a film that is engaging, challenging, uplifting, heartbreaking, hopeful, funny, and deeply respectful of the art that is its focus.
Free admission members above Internationalist level; $5 Internationalist members, students + seniors; $7 general admission. In advance at TICKETWEB or 1/2 hour before showtime.
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James Castle: Portrait of an Artist
Thursday, July 30 at 7:00pm
Stonington Opera House
Located in Stonington, Maine
For more information, see listings http://www.operahousearts.org
or call the movie line at 207.367.2788
FOUNDATION MISSION
The Foundation for Self-Taught American Artists is dedicated to the production, acquisition, promotion, and distribution of documentary films—supported by a dynamic website—to educate and inspire our growing audience of diverse communities.
For additional info please visit: www.foundationstaart.org