Film Premiere: Embodied Landscapes
Schedule
Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 02:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Historic Chateau Theatre | Rochester, MN
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You’re invited to the premiere of Embodied Landscapes, a new short art film created by Minnesota artists Jessalyn Finch, Mary Mailand Schlichting, and Laura Sukowatey. Enjoy a curated afternoon of film, art, and conversation: sip a mocktail, explore a pop-up exhibition of sculptures and drawings featured in the film, and hear directly from the creative team during an intimate artist talk.Cocktail attire requested.
Free and open to the public.
Film Synopsis
Embodied Landscapes is a short film that blurs the boundaries between dance, sculpture, drawing, and environment. Created by Minnesota artists Jessalyn Finch, Mary Mailand Schlichting, and Laura Sukowatey, the film follows a wanderer through interior worlds made visible. Guided by an otherworldly presence through landscapes of memory, belief, distortion, and release.
Crafted entirely by a three-women creative team, Embodied Landscapes is an excavation of what lies beneath the surface of the self. Through the film’s immersive visual language, each stage becomes an act of feeling, shedding, and moving deeper. What emerges is a study in transformation: part ritual, part confrontation, part rebirth.
Event Itinerary
1:30 PM – Doors open
Mocktails + gallery walkthrough of film sculptures, drawings, and installations
2:00 PM – First film screening
2:30 PM – Artist Talk + Q&A
3:15 PM – Second viewing, additional gallery walkthrough, and mingling with the creative team
A special thank you to our funders of this project.
Southeaster Minnesota Art Council: This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.
Finch Studios LLC
Rochester Downtown Alliance
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Where is it happening?
Historic Chateau Theatre, 15 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55902-3009, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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