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 […]
John Greenleaf Whitter: Thoughts as December is With Us
In grammar school, we had to memorize poetry and, standing before the class, recite what we had committed to heart. As I was not a particularly good student, but did have a certain facility for memorization, I would memorize many more poems than my teachers required and eagerly ask to recite them all. This, of […]
1913 Armory Show Film – Peoria – One Day Only
“The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” One Day Only! Sat. Dec 13 | 5 pm Peoria Riverfront Museum Giant Screen Theatre 222 SW Washington Street Peoria, Illinois In 1913, the International Exhibition of Modern Art, which became known simply as the “Armory Show,” changed the face of art in America. At this groundbreaking show, […]
Emerge Film Festival Features Marsden Harley Film
Lewiston, Maine’s dynamic Emerge Film Festival will take place Thursday, April 9 to Sunday, April 12. This second annual event will kick off with a special 10th anniversary screening of 217 Films‘ 2005 film “Cleophas and His Own.” This film is based on Lewiston-native Marsden Hartley’s epic poem of the same name and made its world premiere in Lewiston […]
The Great Confusion Comes to Peoria
One month from today, 217 Films will screen “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” in Peoria, Illinois. This film will be shown on December 13 at 5:00pm at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. Director Michael Maglaras will be in attendance to introduce the film. For a full list of screening dates, times and locations, follow this link. […]