World Premiere Screening: America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age
The Avenue in the Rain, 1917,Childe Hassam. Courtesy of the White House. I’m delighted to announce that the world premiere screening of “America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age” will be held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on January 20, 2017. Terri and I had been fielding inquiries for the premiere’s […]
WPA Film and Talk at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Michael Maglaras and Terri Templeton, who presented their film, The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2014, return to the museum with a new documentary celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Federal Art Project: Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA. Launched by the Works Progress […]
Art is Alive in Richmond, Virginia
Last night, 300 art lovers turned out in Richmond, Virginia for a special James River Film Festival screening of “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” hosted by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The arts are alive and strong in Richmond! We look forward to returning next year to screen “Enough to Live On: The […]
Armory Show Film Returns to the NBMAA
Our new film “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” returns to the New Britain Museum of American Art on Thursday, April 24 at 5:30pm. Read all about it in The Bristol Press at this link. Don’t miss our screening tomorrow (Friday, April 11) at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. More information at this […]
Screening Dates for “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show”
Spring and Summer Screening Dates for “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” The next screening of 217 Films’ “The Great Confusion: The1913 Armory Show” will be held Friday, April 11 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia as part of the James River Film Festival. Tickets can be purchased at this […]
VMFA Blog: Ladies and Gentlemen…The Avant-Garde
“The film is complete with back story, the principal organizers and their efforts, high definition images of 60 works, and is as close to attending the exhibition as one can get.” ~ Hobart Cornell, Critic-at-large In winter, 1913, The International Exhibition of Modern Art, better known as The Armory Show, opened in New York City. It […]
Michael Maglaras: I am an old fashioned film maker
I am an old-fashioned film maker. I like to tour with my films when they are released, as often as I can. I like dark and quiet rooms where people have to focus on the screen. I instruct the techs in the booth to make sure the lights are off when the credits roll at […]
James River Film Festival Features 217 Films’ “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show”
WHAT: Virginia premiere of 217 Films’ “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show.” Filmmaker Michael Maglaras will be in attendance and introduce the screening. This event is co-sponsored by the James River Film Festival. WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2014 at 6:30pm WHERE: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Leslie Cheek Theater 200 North Boulevard Richmond, Virginia Directions at this link. TEL: 1-804-204-2681 COST: $8 […]
Friday, April 11: 1913 Armory Show Film Screens at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
WHAT: Virginia premiere of 217 Films’ “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show.” Filmmaker Michael Maglaras will be in attendance and introduce the screening. This event is co-sponsored by the James River Film Festival. WHEN: Friday, April 11, 2014 at 6:30pm WHERE: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Leslie Cheek Theater 200 North Boulevard Richmond, […]
New Dates added to the Screening Schedule for “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show”
Executive Producer Terri Templeton and Director Michael Maglaras 217 Films’ newest documentary “The Great Confusion: The 1913 Armory Show” premiered in September 2013 to a sold out audience at the New Britain Museum of Art and has been screening to standing room only crowds ever since. The next viewings will occur tonight and Sunday at the […]