Arts Days Lethbridge: Keeping It Reel
Schedule
Fri Sep 27 2024 at 09:00 pm to Sat Sep 28 2024 at 08:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Casa | Lethbridge, AB
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Keeping It Reel Film Festival September 27 & 28
Two nights, two art documentaries!
CHARCOAL AND CLAY: JEAN PIERRE LAROCQUE (Directed by Bruno Boulianne, 52m, Canada, 2019)
September 27 (outside, upstairs Casa Patio) 9pm – 10pm
After spending 15 years in artistic and academic explorations at different American schools and universities, painter and ceramicist Jean-Pierre Larocque returned to Montreal at the turn of the 2000s. In this portrait film, Larocque opens his studio to viewers. Using charcoal “reluctantly” and grinding away slate like so many layers of skin, he is a creator of unfathomable sensitivity who shapes intriguing, enchanting works that play on time and eras while reminding us of our own human ghosts. In this portrait film, artist Jean-Pierre Larocque opens the doors of his workshops to us. Working “backwards” with charcoal and pressing clay like so many layers of skin, we discover an artist of unfathomable sensitivity, producing intriguing, enchanting works that toy with time and eras while reminding us of our own phantoms of humanity.
ANSELM (Directed by Wim Wenders, 93m, Germany, 2023)
September 28 (Community Room, Casa) 7:00pm – 8:30pm
In Anselm, Wim Wenders creates a hypnotic portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. The film explores the overawing beauty of human existence, landscape, and myth while confronting the horrors of his country’s history and seeking to undo the postwar silence in which both artist and director came of age. Through archival footage, biographical scenes, and direct access to his subject at work amid the massive installation in France where he now lives among his creations, Wenders traces the arc of Kiefer’s career, provoking an engagement with creativity through the senses, the intellect, and the spirit.
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Arts Days Lethbridge happens every September during Alberta’s Month of the Artist. This festival of artistic events coordinated by the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge (AAC) allows the community to celebrate the arts through concerts, art exhibitions, films, and participatory events. Visit https://artsdayslethbridge.ca for AAC coordinated events. Visit https://yqlarts.ca for a full list of all the arts events in Lethbridge.
We are grateful to our funders and sponsors for their support of Arts Days! Thank you to the Heart of Our City, City of Lethbridge, Culture Days Alberta and Culture Days Canada for their ongoing support.
Want to be involved in Arts Days Lethbridge 2025? Become a member of the AAC and be the first to know about artist calls and deadlines. This year membership is free! Sign up online at https://artslethbridge.org/membership/
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Where is it happening?
Casa, 721 3 Ave S, Lethbridge, AB T1J, Canada,Lethbridge, AlbertaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
