Program tonight in Port Angeles to explore lives of three women artists
Published 12:01 am Monday, May 11, 2015
PORT ANGELES — In a special program titled “Journeys to Place,” art lovers can explore the worlds of Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., this evening.
In the 6:30 p.m. presentation, curator Jan Ross of the Emily Carr House in Victoria will show and discuss a film about the three women: “Bone Wind Fire,” directed by Jill Sharpe and released by the National Film Board of Canada.
Admission to tonight’s program, a fundraiser for the fine arts center, is $35, or $25 for members of the center.
Patrons will be treated to light refreshments, and new memberships will be available.
This is no traditional documentary, Sharpe writes on JillSharpe.ca.
“It is, rather, a ‘creative non-fiction’ film, using image, sound and tone to create a portrait of its three subjects.
“The idea is to engage the viewer on an emotional and aesthetic level rather than merely an intellectual one,” she adds.
Using Kahlo, O’Keeffe and Carr’s own letters and diaries, the 30-minute movie delves into each woman’s creative process, inspired in part by her surroundings: the American Southwest for O’Keeffe, the British Columbia rain forest for Carr and Mexico City for Kahlo.
In this film, “I never wanted to say that these artists were similar,” Sharpe noted.
“I wanted to uncover, on many levels, their uniqueness.”
To find out more about this and other activities at the center, visit www.PAFAC.org or phone 360-457-3532.
