Marsden Hartley: You Love His Art. Come Get to Know the Man.
Marsden Hartley, ca. 1941. Photo by Louise Young. Ten years ago, filmmaker Michael Maglaras screened his first film, “Cleophas and His Own,” a monumental work 2 hours and 27 minutes long, about the American Modernist master and Lewiston, Maine native, Marsden Hartley. On April 9, “Cleophas and His Own” returns to Lewiston to celebrate the […]
Modern Art in Des Moines
Huh. So ‘Modern’ art is now a century old Michael Morain, [email protected] 11:07 p.m. CST March 7, 2015 For something so hard to pin down, Modern art has a surprisingly definite starting point. “In America, it probably began on February 17th, 1913,” said Connecticut filmmaker Michael Maglaras. That’s when thousands of people pushed their way […]
New film on the arts of the WPA features the Harlem Renaissance
Our new film “Enough the Live On: The Arts of the WPA” will include a section about the Harlem Renaissance and the groundbreaking work of the great muralist Aaron Douglas. This clip from the film is introduced with the poetry of Langston Hughes and features a composition by African American composer William Grant Still and […]
Des Moines Art Center to Screen 1913 Armory Show Film
Our next screening of “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” will be held Thursday, March 26 at the Des Moines Art Center. This special screening is part of the programming for the Center’s new exhibit on Antique Abstraction, which opens on March 13. Filmmaker Michael Maglaras will introduce the film. Reservations are free. More […]
Associated Press Interviews Filmmaker Michael Maglaras
Film highlights art from Works Progress Administration CAROLYN THOMPSON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday, February 15, 2015 Eighty years after the federal Works Progress Administration put unemployed artists to work creating sculptures and murals for post offices and courthouses comes this reminder from film maker Michael Maglaras: Look around. Much of the art is still there […]
WXXI Public Radio: Interview with Michael Maglaras
Veronica Volk of WXXI Public Radio in Rochester, New York recently interviewed filmmaker Michael Maglaras about two iconic WPA murals just photographed by 217 Films and the Memorial Art Gallery for “Enough to Live On: The Art of the WPA.” Read the full story at this link.
Historic WPA Murals in Rochester, New York Preserved in Photos
Connecticut-based filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films have collaborated with the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester to photograph and digitize two historic Works Progress Administration murals painted in Rochester by Carl W. Peters. “Life of Action” and “Life of Contemplation,” important works of art from the WPA era, are […]
Why did 300 artists paint 20,000 objects?
Writer/director Michael Maglaras introduces an important excerpt from the upcoming 217 Films release of “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” (Music by David Dvorin). Michael Maglaras introduces the Index of American Design excerpt from his new film about the arts of the WPA from 217 Films on Vimeo. This clip features the […]
Interview with Michael Maglaras & Excerpt From His New Film About the Arts of the WPA
In this film clip, writer/director Michael Maglaras of 217 Films discusses two WPA-era murals by Carl W. Peters used in his forthcoming film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA.” Interview with Michael Maglaras and excerpt from his new film about the arts of the WPA from 217 Films on Vimeo. “Enough to […]
Des Moines Art Center to Screen Armory Show Film
217 Films’ “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” will screen March 26 at the Des Moines Art Center. Director Michael Maglaras will be in attendance to introduce the film. For a full list of screening dates, times and locations, follow this link. This film has been showing to standing room only audiences since it premiered in September […]