New WPA Film Screens at the Smithsonian
Last week, filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton of 217 Films screened their new film “Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA” to a standing room only crowd at the New Britain Museum American Art. On June 17, “Enough to Live On” will be shown again at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. […]
Orson Welles: A Tale of Two Macbeths
Orson Welles in 1937. In 1937, Orson Welles recreated Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as taking place not in Scotland…but in Haiti. What became known as the “Voodoo Macbeth” ran in New York City for weeks and toured America for months. It is, and remains, an outstanding example of the innovative arts of the Works Progress Administration. […]
On This Day in History
WORLD PREMIERE A New Film by Michael Maglaras Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA View clips at this link. Filmmakers Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton return to the New Britain Museum of American Art with a celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration…the WPA…the federal initiative that, using art, theater, […]
Sneak Peak: Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA
Our new film “Enough the Live On: The Arts of the WPA” includes 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 an […]
Annie Finch’s Poetry Read by Michael Maglaras
Annie Finch and Michael Maglaras at the Maine Festivalof the Book in May of 2008. We love the poetry of Annie Finch and we think you will too. Follow this link to listen to poet Annie Finch and recording artist Michael Maglaras read some of her works. We share a strong appreciation of Henry Wadsworth […]
World Premiere — Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA
Detail: Life of Action, Carl W. Peters, 1937. Mural. Photography: Fotowerks/St. Clair Photo Imaging, Rochester, NY On May 6, 1935…the arts in America started to lift us out of the Great Depression. On May 14, 2015…at the New Britain Museum of American Art, we celebrate the arts that helped us rebuild our society. Filmmakers Michael […]
Cleophas And His Own Featured at Emerge Film Festival
Filmmakers Terri Templeton and Michael Maglaras. Last week, we brought “Cleophas and His Own” back to Marsden Hartley’s hometown of Lewiston, Maine as part of the Emerge Film Festival. “Cleophas and His Own” is a poignant feature-length film based on the epic poem of the same name by painter and poet Marsden Hartley. In […]
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 […]
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 […]