Now in Production
Edgar Payne: The Scenic Journey
American artist Edgar Payne (1883 - 1947) was chiefly self-taught, having a natural talent that allowed him to become one of the most significant painters of his time. In the early years of the 20th century, Payne, influenced by the plein-air painters associated with French Impressionism, was among the first artists to trek into the rugged Sierra Nevada's, thus fully embracing the landscape of the American West.
Payne’s painterly quest lead him into uncharted territory from California’s remote peaks, and rugged coast line, to the isolated desert splendor of the Southwest, as well as the varied sights to be found in the Canadian Rockies and the European Alps. With his confident brushstrokes, Payne created paintings that are strong, vivid documents of the wild lands that he loved. In addition to his brilliant paintings, he wrote an essential artist’s manual entitled Composition of Outdoor Painting – which is still in publication today – and in the short, yet dynamic travelogue Sierra Journey that he produced with his nephew the year before his death.
Now in production, EDGAR PAYNE: THE SCENIC JOURNEY, will follow Payne from his childhood in the Ozark Mountains, through his years in Chicago, and on to his discovery of the California landscape that became his lifelong inspiration. Local producer/ director Joshua V. Hassel and writer/ narrator Michael Paglia are creating the film in association with the Pasadena Museum of California Art, and with the curators and scholars behind the touring exhibition of the same name.
21st Century Love
In this CPT12 pilot, hosts Tamara Banks and Dr. Shawn Worthy take a look at the complex issues surrounding relationships, love, family and sex in both heterosexual and same sex relationships.
Neal Cassady: The Denver Years
Neal Cassady was a charismatic, larger then life character. His charm, manic energy, sexual swagger, and free flowing verbosity made him the authentic ‘hero’ of the beat generation. He was introduced to the world as Dean Moriarty in Jack Kerouac’s classic, On The Road.
Now in production, NEAL CASSADY: THE DENVER YEARS will examine Cassady's humble beginnings in Denver Colorado.
CSFAC: A Modernist Pioneer
Built on the foundation of the prestigious Broadmoor Art Academy, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (CSFAC) carries the legacy of Colorado Springs’ arts and cultural heritage.
From the latter part of the 19th Century through the mid 20th, Colorado Springs was an artists’ colony that rivaled the scenes in Taos and Santa Fe. CSFAC: A MODERNIST PIONEER, an hour-long documentary and DVD with extras, will reveal the compelling story of the CSFAC’s history and how three dynamic women – Alice Bemis Taylor, Elizabeth Sage Hare and Julie Penrose – forged an art center that was unique at the time since it included a museum, art school and performing arts venue.
Opening in 1936, in a new building by architect John Gaw Meem that combined Southwestern vernacular architecture with the art deco style, the center became an immediate architectural landmark and home to acclaimed print and mural workshops. From the time of its opening celebration – where Martha Graham danced barefoot, and Alexander Calder designed the set for Erik Satie’s “Socrate” – the CSFAC has always been on the cutting edge. This was particularly true after WWII. With an influx of veterans who were students, the CSFAC once again led the region – this time as a nucleus for an abstract painting scene.
With a new, sensitive addition by architect David Owen Tryba, the CSFAC at 75 years old continues to embrace great art and to forge relationships with the art masters (Boardman Robinson, Lawrence Barrett, Frank Mechau, Walt Kuhn, Robert Motherwell, John Waters, Dale Chihuly, etc.) of the 20th & 21st Centuries.
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