Art & Film: Alice Neel
Presented in partnership with Pentangle Arts
Town Hall Theater, 31 The Green, Woodstock, VT 05091
Lobby Opens: 6:30 PM | Showtime: 7:00 PM
This 2007 documentary film about the life of Alice Neel, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. The documentary was directed by Neel's grandson, Andrew Neel.
Portrait painter Alice Neel (1900-1984) was a self-described collector of souls who recorded her sitters on canvas through six decades of the 20th Century, among them Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug, Allen Ginsberg and Annie Sprinkle. Neel always sought the 'authentic', moving from Greenwich Village to Spanish Harlem just as the Village was gaining a reputation in the art scene. She sacrificed almost everything for her art, delving so far into the psyche of her sitters she would almost lose herself. Yet Neel was also a dedicated mother, raising two sons in the bohemian world she inhabited. Filmmaker Andrew Neel, Alice Neel s grandson, put together the pieces of the painter's life using intimate one-on-one interviews with Neel s surviving family and personal archival video. This documentary explores the artist s tumultuous biography and the legacy of Alice Neel s determination to paint her era.
Join us for Art & Film, a new collaborative film series presented by Pentangle Arts and the Hall Art Foundation — where cinema meets visual art to spark dialogue, deepen understanding, and celebrate creative expression.
The third Wednesday of every month, we collaborate to bring Art & Film to our community.
Following the screening, stay for an engaging post-film discussion and drinks in the lobby, and the power of art to bring people together. Whether you're an art lover, film buff, or curious mind, come share the experience of how stories behind the art can inspire conversations — just like walking through a gallery.
Each pass gets you admission to all of our monthly Art in Film screenings, 4 general admission Pentangle tickets to other feature films of your choice, a Pentangle coffee mug and tote bag, a Hall Art Foundation publication of your choice, and 2 tickets to visit the Hall Art Foundation in Reading, Vermont for a self-guided visit of the exhibitions and grounds