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Behind the Scenes of The Woodmans with C. Scott Willis and Lois Vossen

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

This week marks the premiere of The Woodmans, a film by C. Scott Willis about a family of successful artists and the fallout from the death of their youngest and most celebrated member. Francesca Woodman was a talented, visionary, and … Continue reading →

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Vote for Your Favorite Independent Lens Viewer Artist!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

OK, so we asked you to enter our “Are You a Visionary?” art contest, and boy, did you ever wow us with your talent. We never want Artists Month to end! In fact, we had originally planned to have only … Continue reading →

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Are You a Visionary? Enter Our Artists Month Contest

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

In celebration of Artists Month, we’re putting out a call for entries for you — our creative audience — to create and submit a piece of artwork that best reflects you. We’re looking for expressions of identity and creativity here: … Continue reading →

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Unearthing the Miraculous in a Far Away Land

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

Amanda Pope and Tchavdar Georgiev discovered a book at a flea market in Moscow about Russian avant-garde art that miraculously survived Soviet censorship. That chance encounter led to many years traveling back and forth between Los Angeles, Moscow, and Uzbekistan, … Continue reading →

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Desert of Forbidden Art Museum Threatened in Uzbekistan

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Brooke Shelby Biggs

On April 5, we’ll be premiering the film The Desert of Forbidden Art on Independent Lens (check local listings). As the film opens theatrically in a few select cities in the United States, its subject — the remarkable collection of … Continue reading →

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