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FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY MUSEUM OF ART

March / April 2008

Brett WestonOUT OF THE SHADOW

Oklahoma City Museum of Art

Inside

Director’s Letter

Exhibitions ............................................................... Pages 3-5

The Collection ......................................................... Pages 6-7

Calendar .................................................................... Pages 8-9

Film ........................................................................ Pages 10-11

Education ............................................................ Pages 12-13

News...................................................................... Pages 14-15

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DOnalD W. ReynOlDs Visual aRts CenteR

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Board of TrusTees

officersVirginia Meade Fox, Chairman

Leslie S. Hudson, Immediate Past ChairmanFrank D. Hill, Chairman-ElectElby J. Beal, Vice-Chairman

Duke R. Ligon, Vice-ChairmanJudy M. Love, Vice-Chairman

Peter B. Delaney, TreasurerJohn R. Bozalis, M.D., Secretary

executive staffCarolyn Hill, President & CEO

Hardy George, Ph.D. , Chief Curator Rodney Lee, Finance Director

Kenneth H. Lindquist, Development Director

editorial staffAlison Amick, Associate Curator

Chandra Boyd, Education CuratorJim Eastep, Membership Officer

Nicole Emmons, EditorBrian Hearn, Film Curator

Matthew C. Leininger, RegistrarLeslie A. Spears, Communications Manager

Katy Boren

William M. Cameron

Teresa L. Cooper

Marion DeVore

Theodore M. Elam

Shirley Ford

Preston G. Gaddis II

David T. Greenwell

Kirk Hammons

Suzette Hatfield

K. Blake Hoenig

Joe M. Howell, D.V.M.

The Honorable Willa D. Johnson

Penny M. McCaleb

Katie McClendon

Frank McPherson

James C. Meade

Frank W. Merrick

Charles E. Nelson

Maurice C. Nickell, D.D.S.

Morris Permenter

John P. Porter

Christopher P. Reen

Marianne Rooney

Robert J. Ross

Amalia Miranda Silverstein, M.D.

Darryl G. Smette

Jeanne Hoffman Smith

Denise Semands Suttles

Jordan Tang, Ph.D.

Lyndon C. Taylor

Wanda Otey Westheimer

Charles E. Wiggin

Mission sTaTeMenTThe Oklahoma City Museum of Art enriches lives through the visual arts.

Carolyn Hill Executive Director

Joseph Mills Photography

Many in Oklahoma City still refer to the memorable exhibition from The

Phillips Collection which came to Oklahoma City in the mid 1980s.

Later, when Hardy George and I visited The Phillips Collection in 2005 and were

graciously toured by Stephen Bennett Phillips, then a curator at The Phillips,

we admired the collection Duncan Phillips had assembled and the role it plays

in American museum life. We could not have known that major gifts to both

institutions by Christian K. Keesee and the Brett Weston Archive would transpire

soon and give impetus to a collaboration by the two museums. Brett Weston: Out

of the Shadow, co-organized by the two museums, will open its tour in Oklahoma

City before traveling to The Phillips and others.

We are happy that yet another opportunity arose, so not surprisingly, we

are bringing American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection to the

Museum in autumn 2008. With paintings by artists such as William Merritt Chase,

Childe Hassam, and John Henry Twachtman, we are reminded once again of

the quality of The Phillips Collection. We are grateful we can share with you the

benefits of a valued relationship with an institution of such impressive holdings.

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, 1973. Gelatin silver print; 10 x 13 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

PRESENTING SEASON SPONSOR

Inasmuch Foundation

SEASON SPONSORS

Allied Arts Foundation Chesapeake Energy Corporation

Devon Energy CorporationOklahoma Arts CouncilSandRidge Energy, Inc.

GlobalHealthMidFirst Bank

OGE Energy Corp.

American Fidelity FoundationCox Communications

The Oklahoman

EXHIBITION SPONSOR

Ad Astra Foundation

EDUCATION SPONSORSSarkeys Foundation and Sonic, America’s Drive-In

Arts Education Endowments

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The Oklahoma City Museum of

Art will be the first venue for

Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow,

March 20 through May 18, 2008. The

exhibition is the first major retrospective

of Brett Weston’s work in over 30 years.

Although Brett Weston was a key player

in the photography world during his

lifetime, he was often overshadowed

by his father, Edward. Brett Weston: Out

of the Shadow will bring to light the

younger Weston’s unique creative spirit by

examining his long career. The exhibition

presents 136 photographs taken in Mexico

and California in the 1920s and 1930s,

East Coast images from the 1940s, and

landscape and nature photographs taken

after he returned to the West Coast in 1948.

Many of these images push toward pure

abstraction, putting Weston at the forefront

of non-objective, fine-art photography.

“The average visitor does not often

understand the language of abstraction,

so it will be enlightening to the public to

see how Weston used representation as a

springboard into abstraction, sometimes

creating photographs that have no real

reference to the world around us, even

though they are depictions of an aspect

of nature or architecture,” said Stephen

Bennett Phillips, organizing curator.

“Through the exhibition, the public will

gain a better understanding of the artist’s

process.”

The exhibition will be installed

chronologically to show the evolution

of Weston’s style and subject matter.

The second son of Edward Weston, Brett

began making his first photographs with

a small Graflex 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 camera in

1925, when he accompanied his father to

Mexico. The exhibition opens with several

photographs that Weston took while in

Mexico. They reveal his understanding of

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form and composition, which he learned

firsthand from important modern artists of

the day such as Tina Modotti, Frida Kahlo,

Jose Clemente Orozco, and Diego Rivera. In

these early works, Brett used the technical

qualities of the camera to frame objects

close up and push subject matter toward

abstraction.

The exhibition also features

photographs Brett took in California

in the late 1920s and the 1930s. These

images include forms in nature and in the

cityscape that intrigued him. It was during

this time that Brett worked closely with

his father. Edward introduced his son’s

work to the art world by including twenty

of Brett’s photographs in a show at the

University of California. Brett then became

his father’s professional partner, helping

him with commercial work in the studio

they shared in San Francisco. At the age of

eighteen, Brett’s work was featured for the

first time internationally in the Film und Foto

exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany, where

twenty of his photographs hung alongside

prints by Edward Steichen, Berenice

Abbott, Imogen Cunningham, Man Ray,

and Charles Sheeler. Brett’s photographs

from the exhibition were reproduced in

numerous periodicals. His father wrote, “I

can say without hesitation that he is now

one of the finest photographers in this

country – which means the world.”

In 1932, the M.H. de Young Museum in

San Francisco exhibited Brett’s first major

retrospective; that same year, he was

invited to join “Group f/64.” Brett directed

California’s photography department for

the Federal Arts Project in 1935. In 1943,

he enlisted in the Army. When he was

discharged in 1947, he was awarded a

Guggenheim grant to photograph up and

down the East Coast.

Brett returned to California in 1948 to

help care for his father, who had Parkinson’s

disease, and helped print his father’s

photographs. It was on his trip back that

he became enchanted with the landscape

in New Mexico, especially the desert there,

and captured many images of that part of

the world. His representational images from

this period are almost cinematographic.

When Edward died in 1958, Brett returned

full time to his own art and his maturity as

a photographer evolved. In the following

decades, he continued to create fine art

images of landscape and nature. During

the 1960s and 70s, Brett made several

Excerpt from Catalogue Foreword By Carolyn Hill and Jay Gates, past director, The Phillips Collection

Much needed and richly deserved,

this exhibition is at once a study of

progressions—photography’s ascent from

trade to fine art, a son’s emergence from

his father’s footsteps to transcendent

legacy and an artist’s evolution from

youthful prodigy to foremost American

modernist photographer. Brett Weston’s

single-minded pursuit of form and

light inspired his discovery of imagery

and fed his imagination. Relentlessly

and obsessively, he pursued elements

of design, producing a prolific body

of work over more than six decades.

While his father’s voyage was one from

pictorialist to realist, the son’s was from

realist to abstractionist, a progression

this retrospective examines. These

photographs demonstrate Brett Weston’s

ethos of simplicity, rejection of excess,

disciplined patterns of work and rest, and

an exclusion of any purpose other than

work.

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Mud Cracks, c. 1970. Gelatin silver print; 11 x 14 in. Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Gift of the Brett Weston Archive from the Christian K. Keesee Collection, 2004

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Dune, Oceano, 1934. Gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

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Related Eventsopening LectureWed., March 19, 5:00-6:00 p.m.“Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster” presented by Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator of Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow. Free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members.Reservations are required. Please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213.

Photo slamWed., April 2, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Showcasing the work of twelve selected Oklahoma photographers. Presented by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.Free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members.Reservations are required. Please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213.

PHoTo + arT + fiLM A film series about the intersection between fine art photography and documentary filmmaking. Thursday nights in April at the Noble Theater.

super saturday for familiesSat., April 5, Noon-4:00 p.m.Celebrate Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow with a special, fun-filled afternoon of photography. Free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members. Reservations not necessary.

Teacher WorkshopThurs., April 10, 5:00-8:00 p.m.$10; registration is required. Please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213.

Museum school ClassesA variety of classes and workshops inspired by the special exhibition will be offered March-May for ages 15 months to adult.

trips to Europe, photographing forms

and textures that interested him in Great

Britain, Portugal, Austria, and Greece,

among other countries. In the late 1970s,

Brett built a house in Hawaii, where he

worked and lived most of the rest of his

life, dying in Kona, Hawaii, in 1993.

Co-organized by The Phillips Collection

and the Oklahoma City Museum of Art,

in cooperation with the Brett Weston

Archive, Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow

debuts at the Museum and then travels

to The Phillips Collection before going

on a national tour, including the Santa

Barbara Museum of Art. A fully-illustrated

catalogue will accompany the exhibition.

Exhibition lenders are the Oklahoma City

Museum of Art; The Brett Weston Archive;

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.;

and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

He is doing better work at fourteen than I did at thirty. To have someone close to me, working so excellently, with an assured future, is a happiness hardly expected. Edward Weston, on working with his son, Brett, in Mexico

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Cactus, Santa Barbara, 1931. Gelatin silver print; 8 x 10 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Kelp and Sand, c. 1970. Gelatin silver print; 11 x 14 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Brett Weston Archive from the Christian K. Keesee Collection, 2006

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On Exhibition

Dale Chihuly: The ExhibitionPermanent InstallationThird Floor

Modern art installation from the Museum CollectionThird Floor

The Tilghman Print CollectionThrough May 4, 2008Second Floor

Three recent gifts of art to the Museum add depth to the collection and complement works by

artists already represented in Museum holdings. The gifts are of works by Ellsworth Kelly, Louis

Valtat, and Seymour Lipton. “We are excited by the acquisitions since all address priorities for

collections growth and enhancement,” said Carolyn Hill, President and CEO. “We are especially grateful

that these donations assist our many efforts for collections building, which include not only expanded

focus on planned giving initiatives, but also active purchasing made possible by recent endowments

established to fund acquisitions.”

Gifts of Art add depth to CollectionKelly, Valtat, Lipton complement works

Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923). Yellow Relief with White, 2005. Oil on canvas, two joined panels, 72 1/8 x 55 3/4 x 2 in. Purchase with funds provided by the Kirkpatrick Family Fund, Christian K. Keesee, president, 2008.012

Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923). Red Blue, 1963. Oil on canvas, 90 x 69 1/2 in (228.6 x 176.53 cm). Purchase, Washington Gallery of Modern Art Collection, 1968.155

featured WorkThomas Moran, Falls at Toltec Gorge, 1913Second Floor

Ellsworth Kelly: Yellow Relief with WhiteChristian K. Keesee, through the Kirkpatrick Family

Fund, donated funds to the Museum for the

purchase of a major painting, Yellow Relief with

White, by acclaimed American minimalist Ellsworth

Kelly. “It is interesting to add to our 1963 Red Blue

painting by Kelly a second work painted forty-two

years later,” observed Hardy George, chief curator.

“Kelly’s Red Blue, a part of the Washington

Gallery of Modern Art Collection, was loaned to The

Whitney Museum of American Art a few years ago

for an Ellsworth Kelly retrospective, at the artist’s

request,” added George. “Knowing of this work

in Oklahoma City, the artist was involved in the

selection of the new work, the second Kelly for

our collection.”

Ellsworth Kelly rose to artistic prominence

during the 1960s. Closely related to Op art, Kelly’s

paintings incorporate colorful geometric forms

and a flat surface, which lead to perceptual

ambiguity.

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Seymour Lipton (American, 1903-1986). Untitled, 1965. Conté crayon on white paper. Gift of Alan Lipton, 2008.003

Seymour Lipton (American, 1903-1986). Spinner, 1960. Nickel and silver on Montel metal, 25 x 16 x 17 in. (63.5 x 40.64 x 43.18 cm). Purchase, Washington Gallery of Modern Art Collection, 1968.196

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952). Étude de femme assise [Study of a Seated Woman], n.d. Watercolor over pencil on paper, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (26.67 x 20.955 cm). Gift of Mark Landis, 2008.001

Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952). Pommes [Apples], 1910. Oil on canvas, 14 x 18 in. (35.56 x 45.72 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Young, 2002.014

Louis Valtat: Étude de femme assise Louis Valtat’s Étude de femme assise [Study of a

Seated Woman] was given to the Museum by

Mark Landis and is an important addition to

the collection’s late-nineteenth-century French

paintings. The work complements and also serves

as a companion piece to Valtat’s Pommes [Apples],

an earlier Museum bequest by the late Raymond

A. and Verna N. Young.

Seymour Lipton: Ten DrawingsA group of ten drawings by Seymour Lipton

was donated to the Museum by the well-

known abstract expressionist sculptor’s son,

Alan Lipton. “Lipton’s sculpture, Spinner, one of

many key works included in the Washington

Gallery of Modern Art’s purchase in 1968, is an

excellent example of the work which brought

prominence to Lipton’s work in the 1950s,” said Hardy George.

“To add the group of ten drawings is not only an enhancement

of the Museum’s collection of drawings, but also is an important

reference to other works like Spinner, which demonstrates how

important Lipton’s drawings were as studies for his sculptures.”

On ExhibitThe Ellsworth Kelly purchase was funded by the

Kirkpatrick Family Fund in memory of the late

Marilyn B. Meyers, director of the Oklahoma Art

Center (1972 – 1974), Kirkpatrick Foundation

(1983 – 1994), and the Kirkpatrick Family Fund

(1994 – 2006). It is on loan to the Oklahoma City

Community Foundation (OCCF) as part of the

Foundation’s opening activities, which included

the commemoration of the 100th birthday of

the late John E. Kirkpatrick, OCCF and Museum

founder. Valtat’s Étude de femme assise has been

integrated in the second floor French gallery.

An exhibition of the Lipton drawings has been

installed in a second floor gallery and will be on

view through May 12, 2008.

MARCH The Museum is closed on Mondays. Museum Cafe is open 11am-3pm.

1 2SATURDAY

sCHooL • Making Music, 10:45-11:45am• Art Nouveau Linoleum Print Cards, 10am-Noon droP-in arT • Impressionist Paintings, 1-4pmfiLM • El Mariachi, 5:30pm• Desperado, 8pm

SUNDAY

sCHooL • Painting 101, 2-4pmexHiBiTion• Last Day! Paris 1900fiLM evenT • Once Upon A Time in Mexico, 2pm

4 5 6 7 8 9TUESDAY

sCHooL • Chinese Lanterns, 4-5pm • Glassblowing, 2-Day Intensive, 6-9pm

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

fiLM • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 7:30pm

FRIDAY

fiLM • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY

sCHooL • Green on Green, 10-10:45am and 11-11:45am• Chinese Brush Painting, 10am-Noon• Glassblowing 1-Day Intensive, 10am-4pmdroP-in arT • Spring Flowers, 1-4pm fiLM • 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY

sCHooL • Creature Creations, 2-4pmfiLM • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 2pm

11 12 13 14 15 16TUESDAY

sCHooL • Glassblowing, 2-Day Intensive, 6-9pm

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY fiLM • Honeydripper, 7:30pm

FRIDAY

fiLM • Honeydripper, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY

sCHooL • Lucky Clover Prints, 10-11am• Portrait Drawing, 10am-NoondroP-in arT • Rainbow Mobiles, 1-4pmfiLM • Honeydripper, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY fiLM • Honeydripper, 2pm

18 19 20 21 22 23TUESDAY

sCHooL • Spring Break Camps, 9am-4pm

WEDNESDAY

sCHooL • Spring Break Camps, 9am-4pmLeCTure • “Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster” with Stephen Bennett Phillips, 5-6pmMeMBer evenT • Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow Members’ Preview, 6-9pm

THURSDAY

sCHooL • Spring Break Camps, 9am-4pmfiLM • I’m Not There, 7:30pm

FRIDAY

sCHooL • Spring Break Camps, 9am-4pmfiLM • I’m Not There, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY droP-in arT • Stand up Bunny, 1-4pmfiLM • I’m Not There, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY HAPPY EASTER!

Cafe • Make your reservations for Sunday Brunch in the Museum Cafe, 235-6262.fiLM • I’m Not There, 2pm

25 26 27 28 29 30TUESDAY

sCHooL • Shape and Color Exploration, 4-5pm

WEDNESDAY

sCHooL • Glassblowing Level 1, 6-9pm

THURSDAY sCHooL • Art Appreciation with the Downtown Consortium, 6-8pmfiLM • Fireworks Wednesday, 7:30pm

FRIDAY sCHooL • Home School Art Appreciation, 1-2:30pmfiLM • Fireworks Wednesday, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY

sCHooL • Spring Gardens, 10-11am• Cityscapes, 10-NoondroP-in arT• Starry Night Paintings, 1-4pmfiLM • Fireworks Wednesday, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY

sCHooL • Cityscape Photography, 1-4pmfiLM • Fireworks Wednesday, 2pm

The Museum is open until 9pm




APRIL1 2 3 4 5 6 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY

evenT• Photo Slam, 7pm

8 9 10 11 12 13TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

sCHooL • Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow Teacher Workshop, 5-8pm fiLM • Photo+Art+Film: Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorper, 7:30pm

FRIDAY

fiLM • Romulus, My Father, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY

sCHooL • Squishy, Squeezy Sculptures, 10-10:45am and 11-11:45am• Portrait Drawing, 10am-Noon droP-in arT• Bug Jewels, 1-4pmfiLM • Romulus, My Father, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY

sCHooL • Digital Photography for Absolute Beginners, 1-4pm• Watercolor Landscapes, 2-4pmfiLM • Romulus, My Father, 2pm

15 16 17 18 19 20TUESDAY

sCHooL • Glassblowing 2-Day Intensive, 6-9pm

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY sCHooL • After School Art, 4:30-6pm• Acrylic Painting in Black and White, 6-9pmfiLM • Photo+Art+Film: Manufactured Landscapes, 7:30pm

FRIDAY

fiLM • The Unforeseen, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY

sCHooL • Making Junk Art with Dad, 10am-Noon• Glassblowing, Level 2, 10am-3pm droP-in arT• Photo Fun, 1-4pmfiLM • The Unforeseen, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY sCHooL • Fantastic Photographs, 2-4pmfiLM • The Unforeseen, 2pm

22 23 24 25 26 27TUESDAY

sCHooL • What’s the Weather Like?, 4-5pm• Glassblowing 2-Day Intensive, 6-9pm

WEDNESDAY

Cafe • Administrative Professionals Day, make your reservation in the Museum Cafe for lunch! 235-6262.

THURSDAY

fiLM • Photo+Art+Film: What Remains: The Life & Works of Sally Mann, 7:30pm

FRIDAY

fiLM • Quixotic, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY sCHooL • Portrait Painting, 10am-Noon• Glassblowing, Level 2, 10am-3pm droP-in arT• Potato Prints, 1-4pmfiLM • Quixotic, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY

fiLM • Quixotic, 2pm

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THURSDAY

fiLM • Photo+Art+Film: Brett Weston: Photographer & The Roots of California Photography, 7:30pm


FRIDAY

fiLM • Movie Trailers: Trash or Treasure?, 5:30 & 8pm

SATURDAY

faMiLY evenT • SUPER SATURDAY FOR FAMILIES FEATURING BRETT WESTON, Noon-4pmfiLM evenT • Peter Pan with live harpist & original musical score, 5:30 & 8pm

SUNDAY

sCHooL • Digital Photography, 2-4pm• Introduction to Landscape Painting, 1-4pmfiLM • La Forza del Destino, 2pm

Enriching LivEs Through ThE visuaL arTs!

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www.okcmoa.comfor film updates visit

Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy

In collaboration with Viva Oklahoma City Latin Music & Dance Festival

Saturday, March 1, 5:30pm

El MariachiAll he wants is to be is a mariachi, like his father, his grandfather, and his great grandfather before him. But the town he thinks will bring him luck brings only a curse of deadly mistaken identity. Forced to trade his guitar for a gun, the Mariachi is playing for his life in this critically-acclaimed, no budget film debut. Director: Robert Rodriguez 1992 Mexico/USA 81min. R 35mm

Saturday, March 1, 8pm

DesperadoAntonio Banderas stars as the Mariachi without a name in this follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 1992 hit, El Mariachi. This time the Mariachi (Banderas) plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican druglords. Also stars Salma Hayek. Director: Robert Rodriguez 1995 USA 106min. R 35mm

special introduction by del Castillo, austin’s latin rock band that composed music for the filmSunday, March 2, 2pm

Once Upon a Time in MexicoThe saga of the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) continues in a new adventure set against a backdrop of revolution and greed. Haunted and scarred by loss, El Mariachi (Banderas) has retreated into a life of isolation. He is forced out of hiding by Sands (Johnny Depp), a corrupt CIA agent. Sands recruits the reclusive hero to sabotage a plot by the evil cartel kingpin Barillo (Willem Dafoe), who is planning to assassinate the president of Mexico. El Mariachi has his own reasons for returning. Director: Robert Rodriguez 2003 USA 103min. R 35mm

Del Castillo: Rick, Mark, and Alex Del Castillo contributed music to the film, Once Upon a Time in Mexico. In addition to the music, Alex appeared in the film. See Del Castillo LIVE in concert at the Civic Center Sunday, March 2, 5pm, at the Civic Center. Call 297-2264 for tickets. http://www.delcastillomusic.com/

Thursday, March 6, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., March 7 – 8, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, March 9, 2pm

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days During the final days of communism in Romania, two college roommates Otilia and Gabita are busy preparing for a night away. But rather than planning for a holiday, they are making arrangements for Gabita’s illegal abortion and unwittingly, both find themselves burrowing deep down a rabbit hole of unexpected revelations. Transpiring over the course of a single day, Mungiu’s film is a masterwork of modern filmmaking, both poignant and shocking. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In Romanian w/ English Subtitles. Director: Cristian Mungiu 2007 Romania 113min. NR HDdigital


HoneydripperIn this uplifting fable about the birth of rock n’ roll Danny Glover stars as Tyrone, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge in 1950s Alabama. The club

is deep in debt. Desperate to bring back the crowds to his club, he announces a one-night appearance by the legendary ‘Guitar Sam.’ But when Sam

fails to arrive, he’s forced to turn to a young drifter with a strange guitar to help save the club. The movie also stars Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton and Mary Steenburgen. Director: John Sayles 2007 USA 123min. PG-13 HDdigital

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Thursday, March 20, 7:30pm; Fri. – Sat., March 21 – 22, 5:30 & 8pm; Sunday, March 23, 2pm

I’m Not ThereI’m Not There is an unconventional film that dramatizes the life and music of Bob Dylan as a series of shifting personalities, each performed by a different actor—poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, star of electricity, rock and roll, martyr born-again Christian—seven identities braided together, seven organs pumping through one life story, as dense and vibrant as the era it inspired. Starring Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Michelle Williams, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, and Heath Ledger. Director: Todd Haynes 2007 USA/Germany 135min. R 35mm


Fireworks WednesdaySet against the backdrop of the fireworks marking

the Iranian New Year, Rouhi, a young freelance maid who will be married in two days, is sent by her agency to the middle class home of a husband and wife in the throes of a

marital meltdown. Mojdeh is convinced her husband is cheating on her with the next door neighbor. She employs Rouhi as a spy, thrusting her into the center of the maelstrom. Fireworks Wednesday delves into the private lives of contemporary Iranians to reveal a rare glimpse of a people often misunderstood by the outside world. In Farsi with English subtitles. Director: Asghar Farhadi 2006 Iran 104min. NR 35mm

A film series about the intersection between fine art photography and documentary filmmaking. Thursday nights in April at the Noble Theater.

Thursday, April 3, 7:30pm

Brett Weston: PhotographerFollow Brett Weston on a photographic trip through parts of California and Nevada. The film examines Weston’s way of seeing, from the act of discovery in the field to the final print on the gallery wall. The film is narrated by photographic historian Beaumont Newhall. Director: Art Wright 1972 USA 30min. NR HDdigital

Screening with

The Roots of California Photography: The Monterey LegacyThis documentary film captures the contributions of Ansel Adams, Wynn and Edna Bullock, and the Westons—Edward, Brett, and Cole—among others, whose work in the 1920s, ‘30s and beyond taught the world new ways of seeing everything from simple everyday objects to California’s majestic forests and rugged coastline. Narrated by Jack Lemmon. Directors: Steve Rosen & Terri DeBono 2002 USA 56min. NR HDdigital


Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert MapplethorpeExploring the relationships between legendary curator Sam Wagstaff, famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and punk rock’s “poet laureate” Patti Smith, Black White + Gray reveals the fascinating collision of art, fashion, music and club life in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Director: James Crump 2007 USA 75min. NR HDdigital

Robert Rodriguez

PHOTO + ART + FILM



Manufactured Landscapes Edward Burtynsky creates large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country’s massive industrial revolution, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet. Director: Jennifer Baichwal 2006 Canada 90min. NR 35mm


What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally MannThe film follows the creation of Mann’s new seminal work: a photo series revolving around various aspects of death and decay. Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings toward death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Shown at home on her family farm, she allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance to her world. Director: Steven Cantor 2006 USA 80min. NR HDdigital

Friday, April 4, 5:30pm & 8pm

Movie Trailers: Trash or Treasure? Do you like movies but have a short attention span? Here’s a program for you. Movie trailers have been a staple of the film industry since the silent era, originally designed to advertise upcoming films at the end of

a feature, hence the name trailer. However, exhibitors soon recognized the benefits of showing them before

the feature which is still standard operating procedure. This special program consists of highlights from the Museum’s trailer collection donated by private collectors and disgruntled former projectionists. You won’t want to miss gems like Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Blue Velvet, Muppets from Space, Flash Gordon, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Tidal Wave, Little Shop of Horrors, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Blade Runner to name a few. 90min. 35mm

LIVE HARP ACCOMPANIMENT! Saturday, April 5, 5:30pm & 8pm

Peter PanVirtually unseen for decades, Paramount Studios’ 1924 production of Peter Pan has been fully restored with

authentic color tints. Betty Bronson stars as Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, who charms Wendy and her brothers to fly with him to Never Never Land. On this distant island of dreams and magic, they struggle to rescue the Lost Boys from Captain Hook and his band of pirates, encountering along the way the delightful fairy Tinkerbell, a man-eating

crocodile, and a band of valiant Indians. This special presentation features a new musical score composed and performed live on Celtic, electric and concert harp by Leslie McMichael of Seattle (pluckmusic.com). Silent w/English intertitles. Director: Herbert Brenon 1924 USA 102min. NR 35mm

SPECIAL PRICE: $10 per person, no discounts apply. Advance tickets go on sale March 25, 2008. Call 405-278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

Opera in HD from Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence

Sunday, April 6, 2pm

La Forza del DestinoBased on a Spanish drama, Giuseppe Verdi’s opera tells the tragic tale of Don Alvaro (Marcello Giordani), a young South American nobleman who falls in love with Donna Leonora (Violeta Urmana) despite the objections of her father and brother. This December 2007 performance was recorded in high definition at Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence. Director: Nicolas Joel. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. 160min. with one intermission

SPECIAL PRICE: $20 Adults/ $18 Members, Students, Seniors. Advance tickets go on sale Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Call 405-278-8237, Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm.

Friday and Saturday, April 11 – 12, 5:30pm & 8pm; Sunday, April 13, 2pm

Romulus, My FatherRomulus, My Father is based on Raimond Gaita’s critically acclaimed memoir. It tells the story of Romulus (Eric Bana), his beautiful wife, Christina (Franks Potente), and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee). It is the tale of a boy trying to balance a universe described by his deeply moral father, against the experience of heartbreaking absence and neglect from a depressive mother. It is, ultimately, a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son. Named Best Film by the Australian Film Institute. Director: Richard Roxburgh 2007 Australia 104min. NR 35mm


The UnforeseenThis outstanding documentary tells the story of Gary Bradley, an ambitious west Texan farm boy who

morphed into a wealthy real estate developer with the building boom of the 1970s around Austin, Texas. When nature was losing its battle with the developers, a community rose up to defend Barton Springs, a treasured local watering hole. The eternal conflict between nature and progress, and between individual happiness and the common good, is rigorously and achingly

portrayed by Laura Dunn. Robert Redford and Terrence Malick were executive producers of the project. Director: Laura Dunn 2007 USA 90min. NR 35mm


QuixoticBased on the classic novel “El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” by Miguel de Cervantes this free and minimalist film adaptation tells the story of Don Quixote the misguided knight and his squire Sancho Panza as they wander aimlessly day and night in search of new and amazing adventures. As they ride through fields and unknown lands they talk to each other about everything from spirituality to chivalry, even about the simple things of daily life. Day after day the two strengthen the ties of friendship that bind them ever closer. The result is a painterly vision about the search for adventure – and the search for narrative. In Catalan with English subtitles. Director: Albert Serra 2006 Spain 110min. NR 35mm

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View classes online at www.okcmoa.com and print a registration form or call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213.

ADULT CLASSESopen to ages 14-adult

arT aPPreCiaTionThursdays, March 27-May 15, 6-8 pm (8 classes)Cosponsored by the Downtown College Consortium$50 members/ $70 nonmembersTo enroll, contact the Downtown College Consortium at 232-3382 or www.downtowncollege.com.

CiTYsCaPe PHoToGraPHYSunday, March 30, 1-4 pm$20 members/ $25 nonmembers

inTroduCTion To LandsCaPe PainTinGSundays, April 6-20, 1-4 pm (3 classes)$60 members/ $75 nonmembers (materialsprovided)

aCrYLiC PainTinG in BLaCK and WHiTeThursdays, April 17-May 15, 6-9 pm (5 classes)$85 members/ $100 nonmembers(limited supply list)

GLassBLoWinG – LeveL 2Saturdays, April 19-May 17, 10 am-3 pm(5 classes)$340 members/ $415 nonmembers(materials provided)

CHILDREN’S CLASSESopen to ages 15-36 months(with parent)$7 members/ $9 nonmembers(materials & a snack provided)

MaKinG MusiC Saturday, March 1, 10-10:45 am

Green on GreenSaturday, March 8, 10-10:45 am

sQuisHY, sQueeZY sCuLPTuresSaturday, April 12, 10-10:45 am

CHILDREN’S CLASSESopen to ages 3-5

CHinese LanTerns (WiTH ParenT)Thursday, March 4, 4-5 pm$7.50 members/ $10 nonmembers(materials provided)

LuCKY CLover PrinTs (WiTH ParenT)Saturday, March 15, 10-11 am$7.50 members/ $10 nonmembers(materials provided)

sHaPe and CoLor exPLoraTionTuesdays, March 25-April 15, 4-5 pm (4 classes)$25 members/$30 nonmembers(materials provided)

sPrinG Gardens (WiTH ParenT)Saturday, March 29, 10-11 am$7.50 members/ $10 nonmembers(materials provided)

WHaT’s THe WeaTHer LiKe?Tuesdays, April 22-May 13, 4-5 pm (4 classes)$25 members/$30 nonmembers (materialsprovided)


CHinese BrusH PainTinGSaturday, March 8, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

CreaTure CreaTionsSunday, March 9, 2-4 pm$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

PorTraiT draWinGSaturday, March 15, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

CiTYsCaPesSaturday, March 29, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

afTer sCHooL arTThursdays, April 17-May 8, 4:30-6 pm (4 classes)$30 members/ $35 nonmembers(materials provided)

sPrinG BreaK CaMPs for aGes 5-7 & 8-10

Tuesday-friday, March 18-21, 9 am-4 pm

$120 members/$130 nonmembers, per child,

materials and snacks included (bring a sack

lunch)

Before and after care is available from 8–9 am and from 4–5 pm at a charge of

$5 per child per day.


WaTerCoLor LandsCaPesSunday, April 13, 2-4 pm$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

MaKinG JunK arT WiTH dad(WiTH ParenT)Saturday, April 19, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

fanTasTiC PHoToGraPHsSunday, April 20, 2-4 pm$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)


arT nouveau LinoLeuM PrinT CardsSaturday, March 1, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

PainTinG 101Sunday, March 2, 2-4 pm$10 members/ $15 nonmembers (materialsprovided)

diGiTaL PHoToGraPHYSunday, April 6, 2-4 pm$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

PorTraiT draWinGSaturday, April 12, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

PorTraiT PainTinGSaturday, April 26, 10 am-noon$10 members/ $15 nonmembers(materials provided)

Summer Camp Schedule Available April 1!

BreTT WesTon: ouT of THe sHadoWTeaCHer WorKsHoP

Thursday, April 10, 5-8 pm$10 Registration Fee(materials and boxed

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Hands-on family workshops for all ages Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.

Free with Museum admission, and members are always free! No advance registration required.

March Guest Artist: Linda BushaMarch 1 – Watercolor-Crayon Impressionist Paintings

March 8 – Spring Flowers & UmbrellasMarch 15 – Rainbow MobilesMarch 22 – Stand-Up Bunnies

March 29 – Starry Night Crayon Resist Paintings

April Guest Artist: Bryan Dahlvang April 12 – Bug JewelsApril 19 – Photo Fun

April 26 – Potato Prints

Opening Lecture“Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster” Wed., March 19, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Celebrate Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow with a special, fun-filled afternoon of photography. Enjoy an array of hands-on art activities, a gallery scavenger hunt, face painting, door prizes, story times presented by the Metropolitan Library System, Discovery Packs, and a performance featuring Oklahoma Children’s Theatre and Putnam Heights Elementary schoolchildren. Additional

activities include new docent-guided, drop-in tours of the exhibit for families. Super Saturday Family Day is free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members. Reservations are not necessary.

PHOTO SLAMShowcasing Twelve Oklahoma PhotographersWed., April 2, 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Join the Museum for a quick glimpse into the workings of twelve photographers from across the state. Not your typical artist lecture, the Photo Slam offers a unique, abbreviated look at each artist and his or her work and will be held in the Museum’s Noble Theater.

The twelve participating photographers will each get five minutes to share what they do using a variety of tools – slides, digital projections, printed samples or other means. The artists will have to be careful not go into overtime or they will get the gong! Presenting photographers are Josh Buss, Moore; Candace Coker, Shawnee; Marty Coleman, Glenpool; Bryan Dahlvang, Tuttle; Clinton Dean, Oklahoma City; Beth Downing, Tulsa; Allison Fonder, Tulsa; Robert Gurfinkel, Yukon; Matt Jarvis, Pawhuska; Romy Owens, Oklahoma City; Don Risi, Oklahoma City; and Cynthia Wolf, Oklahoma City.

These photographers were selected from a pool of applicants by Todd Stewart, assistant professor of Photography and Digital

Imaging at the University of Oklahoma. Stewart received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in 2004.

The Photo Slam is presented in conjunction with Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow.

Photo Slam attendees are invited to a cash-bar reception before the event with special after-hours viewing of the Brett Weston exhibition at 6 p.m. The event is free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members

and members of OVAC and IPHF. Reservations are required. For more infomation or to reserve your seat, please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213, or e-mail [email protected].

Photo Slam is presented by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, International Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, and Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

Bryan Dahlvang. Oklahoma Sunrise. Digital photograph, 8 x 10 in.Dahlvang is a Museum School instructor and Drop-In Art artist for the Museum’s Saturday family program. He lives in Tuttle.

Josh Buss. Tommy Smash. Medium format film, 16 x 20 in. Buss lives in Moore.

Brett Weston: Super Saturday Family Day Docent-guided, drop-in tours now available April 5, Noon-4:00 p.m.

Join Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator of Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow for “Brett Weston: A Distinctive Luster,” a discussion of the relationship between Brett and his photographer father Edward and his early maturity as an artist in his own right. “Brett Weston was not just the second son of his father, Edward Weston, the great modernist,” said Phillips. “As a photographer, he was his father’s coeval, and he had a distinctive vision. Brett’s work bridges modern and contemporary photography.” The lecture precludes the Members’ Preview and is free to the public with paid Museum admission and to Museum members. Reservations are required. Please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213, or e-mail [email protected].

Brett Weston (American, 1911-1993). Garrapata Beach, California, 1954. Gelatin silver print; 11 x 14 in. The Brett Weston Archive. Courtesy, The Christian K. Keesee Collection

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Darryl G. Smette and Charles E. Wiggin elected Museum trusteesDarryl G. Smette and Charles E. Wiggin were elected Museum trustees at the January 2008 board meeting. Each will serve a three-year term.

Smette is senior vice president, Marketing and Midstream, for Devon Energy Corporation. He is also a member of the Oklahoma Independent Producers Association, Natural Gas Association of Oklahoma, and the American Gas Association. He holds an undergraduate degree from Minot State University and a master’s degree from Wichita State University.

For the past twenty-five years, Chuck Wiggin has managed the design, development, construction, leasing,

sale, acquisition, financing and operation of large commercial real estate projects. He founded Wiggin Properties in 1981 and serves as its president and chief executive officer. Wiggin is active in numerous civic and cultural organizations, including the Harvard Alumni Association and Historical Preservation, and is Oklahoma’s Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Darryl G. Smette

Charles E. Wiggin

THE BUZZ ABOUT ROMAN ARTGallery blackout dates, admission pricesDid you hear the Romans are coming to Oklahoma City? By now, I’m sure you’re wondering what all the buzz is about. The Museum will be the third and final venue for Roman Art from the Louvre, the largest, most ambitious exhibition to ever come to the metropolitan area or the state for that matter. An enormous exhibition, showcasing 185 art objects, Roman Art will feature life-size sculpture, sarcophagi, jewelry, mosaics, and more, all coming from the Louvre museum’s world-class collection of antiquities.

The magnitude of the exhibition and the sheer number of works will encompass 15,000 square feet, filling the entire second floor and the first

floor special exhibition gallery – 9 galleries in all. In preparation for this colossal show, the Museum’s preparators will begin de-installing the second

floor galleries on May 12, 2008, closing those eight galleries to visitors for more than a month.

The first floor special exhibition gallery will begin preparation on May 19, following

the close of Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow. To prepare for and install Roman Art from the Louvre will require 1,900 man hours and over 200 gallons

of paint. Additionally, it will take seven semi-trucks to transport the

exhibit furnishings and works of art, whose total object weight is

over 50 tons. The Museum anticipates

Roman Art from the Louvre will bring more visitors to the Museum and Oklahoma City than any previous exhibition. At a cost of close to $2 million, the exhibition is seen as an investment in Oklahoma City’s as well as the Museum’s future as a

destination. To offset the cost of this investment, the Museum will initiate

a surcharge for Roman Art from the Louvre, raising the price

of admission from $9 to $12 for its duration. Members will not be affected by this increase and will continue to recieve free admission.

To recieve free admission to Roman Art from the Louvre, join our members today! Call 405-236-3100, ext. 215 or 200, or go online at www. okcmoa.com. Memberships may also be purchased at the Admissions Desk or in the Museum

Store. Omelette Party committee members Randy Riddell, Erin Fitzgerald, Chairman Cathy Lawrence, Co-chairman Robin Richardson, and Stacey Stiglets at the MoulEGG Rouge party, which raised a record $90,000.

Ron and Alyce Page dressed up for the 24th Omelette Party’s MoulEGG Rouge.

Statue of a Young Girl [Statue de jeune fille], 100 – 75 BC. Marble, 56 5/8 x 22 x 21 5/8 in. MA 682 - MR 203

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The Art of WaitingBy Brian Hearn, film curatorIn Hermann Hesse’s allegorical novel Siddhartha, the young seeker faces numerous trials in his quest for enlightenment. One of the most important was to master the three feats of “thinking, fasting, and waiting.” I was reminded of this standing in a long line in 8 degree weather at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. More than previous years waiting in line took up even more time than actually seeing films! Fortunately, the ones I did get into were worth the wait. Besides, waiting can be enjoyed by visiting with other festival goers, playing cards, reading the festival catalog, and of course iPods are ubiquitous. It’s estimated that 52,000 people attended the festival this year. The population of Park City: 8,000. One place you won’t find lines, oddly enough, is at one of the many ski lifts in the area, something the

locals look forward to. As for fasting, it’s not desirable but sometimes unavoidable to miss meals because all the restaurants in town are hopping full day and night. Better to carry food in my pocket. Thinking is also useful at Sundance. There is much to discern from the 120 feature films and 80 shorts that screen over ten days. Planning and strategy are key to getting to and into a selected film or event. It can feel a bit like the contestants of the reality TV show “The Amazing Race.” At any rate, Siddhartha was on to something.

Sundance has become a de facto film market with deep pocketed buyers searching for the next breakout indie hit like last year’s Waitress and Academy Award nominee Once. But after last year’s record sales, it seems many film distributors ended up with a case of buyer’s remorse when several films that caught fire in the rare air of Park City failed to translate into box office success. For example, the acclaimed documentary Crazy Love with its sordid true story characters sold at the festival in mid-six-figure range but didn’t connect with moviegoers last summer, despite much festival buzz. And the moving Iraq war drama Grace is Gone, starring John Cusack as a grieving widower raising two daughters, barely registered with audiences when it was released a year later. It sold at the festival for $4 million.

So what will make it to movie screens from the festival in 2008? It’s anyone’s guess. There were two rather grim themes that emerged in many of the films: drug use and suicide. It will be interesting to see how many of those films find their way into the marketplace. The Wackness is a bizarre turn for Sir Ben Kingsley, who

plays a cannabis smoking psychiatrist that trades therapy sessions with a teenage pot dealer in love with his step-daughter. Both themes were evident in the documentary Gonzo: The Life and Works of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, infamous author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. While another documentary, Bigger, Faster, Stronger, took a hard look at the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport. There were also a surprising number of films loaded with star power that simply fell flat. One example was The Great Buck Howard starring Colin and Tom Hanks and John Malkovich. It was fun to see those actors in person at the screening, but the film lacked the edgy quality of the usual Sundance fare. It did not find a buyer during the festival.

Some of the best reviewed films of the festival, which all made deals in the wee hours of the morning, include Hamlet 2, about a deluded high school English teacher who tries to write a sequel to Hamlet (sold for $10 million!); American Teen, a penetrating documentary about the lives of teens in Warsaw, Indiana; Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, an exhaustive portrait of Polanski’s complex persona and legal problems; Phoebe in Wonderland, about a rebellious little girl who connects with her drama teacher; Frozen River, an indie drama about human smuggling on the U.S./Canadian border; and Up the Yangtze, a documentary about the effects of

the construction of the massive Three Gorges Dam that is displacing millions and destroying national landmarks in China. All in all, there were dozens of fascinating films that are sure to make it to the Noble Theater in 2008 and beyond. Our partnership with the Sundance Institute was renewed for another year, as founding members of the Sundance Art House Project, one of a dozen cinemas nationwide committed to building audiences for independent film.

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