The Arts Co.'s FirstArtSaturday on April 7, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, will feature The Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) and debut the new exhibit, The Art of Film. Highlighting the exhibit opening, the gallery will unveil the 2007 Nashville Film Festival commemorative limited-edition poster by painter, animator and gallery artist Jonathan Richter at 6:00 pm. All proceeds from the sale of the poster will be donated to the Nashville Film Festival. Along with paintings by Richter, the exhibit will also include works from the gallery archives that focus on film history. Short films will be presented by NaFF in the gallery's Avant-Garage from 6:00-8:00 pm. The exhibit will continue through April 30.
This occasion will serve as a preview of the Nashville Film Festival, which takes place April 19-26, 2007 at the Regal Green Hills Cinema in Nashville. Jonathan Richter's festival poster will show how animation works as an art form. Combining his skills as a sculptor and storyteller with his painterly skills as a gallery artist, Richter offers unusual insight into how an artist imagines a story line and gives it life on film using all the techniques of an artist.
For more information, visit www.theartscompany.com.
