The MacDowell Film and Film Series

On the occasion of its Centennial, The MacDowell Colony wanted to document the artistic expression of a MacDowell Fellowship.  The department of film and media at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was delighted to participate by helping create a touring film and new media series:

Seasons of MacDowell and Filmmakers at MacDowell: The Studio System Reconsidered

To create the new work, four MacDowell Fellows (selected by an anonymous panel) were commissioned to make a single film by each creating 20 minutes originating from their own script and based on a particular season.  The producers selected artists known for creative innovations in the various fields of animation (George Griffin), experimental film (Elisabeth Subrin), documentary film (David Petersen), and fiction film (Michael Almereyda). They were given free rein to make works in whatever format or genre they felt best represented their ideas, “season,” and the MacDowell spirit. The project has generated a quartet of outstanding work executively produced by Michael Sullivan of Frontline. And they form a beautiful suite (or cycle) to premiere at MoMA on May 2, 2007 alongside a series of existing films by a broad selection of Colony Fellows.

 

World Premiere: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, New York May 2nd -16th

For the full schedule of screenings at MoMA, visit www.moma.org

Following its launch at MoMA, the new film and series will be shown, in whole or in part, at:

 

The Howe Library, Hanover - May 3

New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord - June 8

Manchester Public Library, Manchester - June 14

Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene - September 4

Franklin Pierce University, Rindge - September 10 - 17

         New Hampshire Film Festival, Portsmouth - October 11 - 14

Cornell Cinema, Ithaca, NY - October 18 - 21

The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH - October 24

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. - November 3

         University of New Hampshire, Durham - November 7

George Eastman House, Rochester, NY - 2008