Movies about Art at the Fairfield Public Library

From the Fairfield Public Library

Join us for a screening of the film, The Great Confusion –The 1913 Armory Show, on Wednesday, August 12 in the Rotary Room at the Main Library, 1080 Old Post Road.

To accommodate those coming by the Senior Bus, the movie will begin at 10:20 am and run for 84 minutes.

The Great Confusion features more than 60 works by American and European painters that were featured in the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York City, otherwise known as the 1913 Armory Show. This is the story of how a new art was brought to a new audience, infuriating some and captivating others, and ushering in a new era in the world of art.

Reference Associate Lauren DeNisco will host this film, continuing her foray into art begun with the Skype-a-Docent program she established at the Library in 2013. Registration is requested.

We will be screening one more art film before summer’s end on September 9, title to be announced.

This film series is an extension of the Skype-a-Docent program which offers tours of cultural interest, particularly art, to seniors and others who may not be able to travel out of town. A docent from various museums and venues takes us on a private tour via Skype – a video phone call. When the Skype call is projected onto the large screen in the Library’s Rotary Room, it allows us to view exhibits up close and to converse directly with our guide. Skype-a-Docent tours, featured in the spring and fall, are also brought by the Library to a few senior living facilities in town.

All programs at the Fairfield Public Library are free. To register, or for more information about this and other programs, visit our website at: www.fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256-3160. Follow the Fairfield Public Library on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fairfieldpublib and Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfieldlibrary.

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