Maine Public Broadcasting features new Armory Show Film
Pictured: Joe Wiegand (President Roosevelt), Tom Porter (Reporter, Maine Public Broadcasting Network), and Michael Maglaras (Filmmaker) The Art Exhibit That Shocked America: ‘Armory Show’ Film Debuts in Maine 12/11/2013 Reported By: Tom Porter A century ago, a modern art exhibition in New York City changed the face of art in America and shocked the public with its “Nude Descending a […]
July 7: John Marin Documentary by 217 Films to air on MPBN TV
Every week the MPBN Community Films series brings viewers independently produced films that showcase diverse people, places and topics of Maine. In July, 217 Films‘ “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint!“ is one of the featured films on the television stations of the Maine Public Broadcasting Network. July 79:55pmMPBN – TV“John Marin: Let the […]
August 1: Visible Silence to air on Maine Public TV
(Marsden Hartley photographed by George Platt Lynes. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Used by permission.) 217 Films‘ documentary Visible Silence: Marsden Hartley, Painter and Poet which illuminates the life and work of world-renowned painter Marsden Hartley, will air on the television stations of MPBN on Sunday, August 1 at 11:30pm. This is […]
TONIGHT: MPBN TV “Maine Watch”
Tonight at 8:00pm be sure to tune in to the stations of MPBN Television to watch “Maine Watch” for Tom Porter’s TV interview with Michael Maglaras. This interviews focuses on 217 Films’ new documentary “John Marin: Let the Paint be Paint” which makes its world premiere at the Portland Museum of Art this Friday and […]