May 2013

Event: First Friday: Short Film Viewings
Date: Friday, May 3
Time: 6 – 8 p.m.
Price: Free, All Ages
Description: The Projectionist is a documentary, book and multi-media exhibition that explores one man’s lifelong fascination with the golden ago of film. In conjunction with the exhibition Delaware film artists six Delaware visual artists will be screening short films. Each will introduce the film and the concept behind it. Following the screening they will address the theme, their film-making techniques, cultural influences, logistics and technologies that were used.

Nic Reader will show his film “Runner” which has received national acclaim. A modern day western set in a small town just North of the US and Mexico border. A mysterious cowboy stirs things up as he rides into town in his ’77 Road Runner. The sheriff is quick to take notice and is determined to find out why the cowboy is there. This thriller will keep you guessing until the exciting and unexpected ending.

Nancy Breslin will show “Untitled (England, June 2011)” which was screened during the New Wilmington Art Association juried exhibition earlier this year. The film chronicles her two week trip to England. She was constantly on the move and kept filming movement of trains, the tube, taxis, sushi and cyclists. You'll hear her heartbeat getting more rapid throughout the soundtrack.

Amy Hicks will be screening "ReAdaptation: the book series" which is about the process of translating book to film. The shorts in this series are adaptations from the science fiction novels, Jaws, Frankenstein, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Stepford Wives and I, Robot. Hicks explores the process of adapting one form to another and uses the ideas of elision and incoherence to challenge the narrative of popular stories.

Shawn DiCriscio will be showing “Static”. This short film is a typical example of his work as he seeks to discover the truth in the scale of things. His quest has forced him to examine the hierarchy of distance in this existence, a constant reminder of things greater. He is searching for the place where micro and macro become interchangeable, a place where the space between worlds becomes light seconds, minutes, or years.

Jeffrey Moser will be screening “Fordland Series” in which he examines the mechanization of imagery by appropriating 16mm Ford Motor Company promotional films. Shown at employee retreats across the country, the films promoted power and speed in the 1960’s, thrill seeking and gambling in the 1970’s, and nostalgia and contrition in the 1980’s. Moser has manipulated these films by opening the film gate to expose more than one frame at a time. It is as if the viewer has taken repeated steps backwards from the film, not only physically, but temporally as well, transporting the viewer several seconds into both the past and the future.

Colette Gaiter’s film, “Gabriel Garcia Marquez was at the Orchestra”, is a stop-motion animation created from photographs taken in Havana, Cuba, this video shows a voyeur's point of view in a city where people are nonchalant about being captured on camera.

Event: Tours of The Projectionist
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Price: Free, All Ages
Description: The Projectionist is a documentary, book and multi-media exhibition that explores one man’s lifelong fascination with film and the grand movie palace. The exhibition features a fully operational 1920s style movie theater that was created in the basement of Middletown native, Gordon Brinckle. A documentary provides a penetrating gaze into the life of the self-taught artist while revealing the desire, frustration and motivation that drove him to create such a distinctive outsider art movement. Staff led tours will be available every half hour.

Event: Mini-Masters: Handprint Flowers
Date: Wednesday, May 8
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Price: Free, Children Ages 3-5
Description: Watch a beautiful flower bloom before your eyes as your child creates a beautiful handprint flower for Mother’s day using washable paint.

Event: Biggs Museum Gala: An Affair with the Arts
Date: Saturday, May 18
Time: 6 – 11 p.m.
Price: $100 Individual/ $1,500 Table of 10 Persons
Description: This fundraising event celebrates and raises money for all that is new and exciting in the museum including its galleries, exhibitions and programming. Enjoy an evening in a tent with open bar, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, dancing and silent auction in celebration of the arts.

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Event: Delaware By Hand Members’ Day Show
Date: Saturday, May 25
Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Zwaanendael Park, Lewes
Price: Free, All Ages
Description: Delaware By Hands Artists and Artisans will host the 8th Annual Outdoor Show in Lewes the Zwaanendael Park. A wide array of unique and original artwork will be for sale.