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**Upcoming Art Films in the Courtroom at The Municipal Building: 2008-2009**
All shows and receptions are in the Lobby of Deptford Municipal Building,1011 Cooper Street, Deptford. Mon-Thurs, 8:00 - 5:15pm.
Receptions are free and are on Monday evenings, 6:30 - 8:30 ::
Refreshments Served.
**All Events are Free and Open to the Public.**
**Most Art is for Sale.**
Films are shown on Tuesdays at 12pm and 7pm and are open to the public
September 16 - Maxfield Parrish - Parrish Blue, produced shortly after the death of the American artist/illustrator Maxfield Parrish. It's a rare film, made when his home and studio in Cornish, New Hampshire, were just about as he left them at age 96. Maxfield Parrish, Jr., and Norman Rockwell, share their understanding of this man who dominated the popular arts in early 20th-century America. We glimpse much of Parrish's work. 27 minutes.
The Wheel of Life - Sand Painting Mandala- Shows the creation of a most important Buddhist Sand Mandala. An ancient art form, the skill in creating intricate details and the symbolism involved is quite amazing. 39 min.
October 14 - Sketches of Frank Gehry by Sydney Pollack. Frank Gehry, architect, has transformed his craft from a conventional science into a sublime and majestic form of art. His longtime friend, Sydney Pollack directs. 84 minutes
November 12 - Citizen Barnes - First time cameras were allowed inside the Barnes Museum, with footage of Dr. Barnes and some of the famous people he invited to see his collection.
December 15 - Vermeer - 50 minutes of recreations and reconstructions, studies of the great works, commentary and analyses from leading authorities...
January 13 - Cezanne in Provence - Jacqueline Bisset narrates, filmed on location in Provence and Washington. 57 minutes
February 10 - Against the Odds - Artists of the Harlem Renaissance -Documentary narrated by actor Joe Morton, features more than 130 rarely seen paintings, prints, photographs and sculptures by black artists. 60 minutes.
March 10 - Francisco Goya - 'Crazy Like a Genius' - 75 minutes.
April 14 - John Singer Sargent - Outside the Frame - The most admired, sought after portraitist in England and America. 57 minutes.
May 12 - Fauvism and Expressionism - 47 minutes. Still frame format.
June 9 - Paul Gauguin - The Savage Dream - Explores his obsessive search for a 'savage' alternative to his own culture - mostly in his own words. 45 minutes.
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