CLARKSVILLE, TN – The Department of Art + Design at Austin Peay State University and the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) are hosting a screening and discussion with film studio Art21 at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the Art + Design Building Room 120.
This free event is open to the public and includes a pre-release screening of a selection of films from Art21’s series Artists and the Unknown. Following the screening, the Department will host a panel discussion about issues raised in the films.
“I have been a fan of the Art21 series since it first came out,” said Barry Jones, professor of art and design. “It is incredibly exciting to be one of the few places in the country to have the chance to screen this new episode before it is available to the public.”
McLean Fahnestock, chair of APSU’s Department of Art + Design, noted that the event is a unique opportunity for APSU students and the Clarksville community.
“As a screening site for Art21, we are bringing innovative award-winning programming directly to our students in a theatrical environment,” she said.
Art21 produces award-winning documentary films about the world’s most groundbreaking contemporary artists. In its signature style, Art21 captures the artist’s voice without narration through its flagship PBS-broadcast series, Art in the Twenty-First Century, and digital short film series Extended Play and New York Close Up. Viewed annually by millions of people across the globe, the entire library of Art21 films is available to stream for free online.