Name: Art & Craft Screening
Start: 2017-12-07T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2017-12-07T22:00:00-05:00
Location: The Woodland

Art & Craft Screening

An immersive, pre-college summer program  to provide high school students with an  inside look at the $600 Billion sports industry.

Sports Biz Academy

SOMA Film Festival in partnership with Maplewood Cultural Affairs presents the documentary Art and Craft. The subject of the film Mark Landis has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in US history. His impressive body of work spans thirty years, covering a wide range of painting styles and periods that includes 15th Century Icons, Picasso, and even Walt Disney. And while the copies could fetch impressive sums on the open market, Landis isn't in it for money. Posing as a philanthropic donor, a grieving executor of a family member's will, and most recently as a Jesuit priest, Landis has given away hundreds of works over the years to a staggering list of institutions across the United States. But after duping Matthew Leininger, a tenacious registrar who ultimately discovers the decades-long ruse and sets out to expose his philanthropic escapades to the art world, Landis must confront his own legacy and a chorus of museum professionals clamoring for him to stop. Art and Craft starts out as a cat-and-mouse art caper, rooted in questions of authorship and authenticity - but what emerges is an intimate story of obsession and the universal need for community, appreciation, and purpose.

All proceeds from this event will be donated to the local Maplewood and South Orange elementary school art programs. Free wine and popcorn will be served and a Q&A with the filmmakers will follow the screening.

The Woodland

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