After a long drive from South Carolina, through Georgia, into Alabama:
SBMP screened at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of
Fine Arts in Auburn Alabama:
A pretty dramatic building to screen in. It only got better
as the sun went down:
The audience was small but enthusiastic with questions
spilling over into the Café gathering afterwards supported by some excellent brownies. I
learned a little about the museum – it was built to house a collection of
American art that was bought for about a thousand dollars (!) in a government
auction in the 40’s. The work includes Georgia O’Keefe, Ralston Crawford and
Ben Shahn and I was told by one of the “regulars”, who is actually a docent at
the museum, that the government wanted to
get rid of the work after the artists were accused of being communist
sympathizers. I’m sure I’m totally simplifying a complex story but I was
intrigued.
Thanks to Debbie Frojo who fielded endless emails and helped
me figure out my stay and Scott Bishop for the welcome. Last night and this morning was all about
travel – airport hotel, 4:30 wake up call and then airport at dawn complete
with rocking chairs:
Now zigzagging back into Eastern time and North Carolina….
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