This Saturday - New Show - Steve the Vampire Screening and Tenth Anniversary Party

Elmwood Productions have been bringing the puppet fun for ten years!

To celebrate we will be screening for the first time ever "The Complete Steve The Vampire" on March 3, 2012 at Paris In Plantsville Gallery and Studio!

That same day Paris In Plants...ville will open a new exhibition to celebrate the Ten Years of Elmwood Productions! The gallery will be filled with puppets from our films, behind the scenes photography, character designs, and more.

"The Complete Steve The Vampire" follows the adventures of Steve who was turned into a vampire as a teenager and although now in his mid-twenties, he just can't catch a break trying to prove himself in the vampire community. Between his overbearing and in denial mother, his indifferent girlfriend, and his unlikely friendship with Dracula, he still manages to keep his head on straight and do his best to avoid being staked by the local vampire slayer.
And all he wants to do is hang out, watch some Star Trek, and enjoy a good glass a blood...

The screening is also part of Paris In Plantsville's monthly film series showcasing independent films made in and connected to the local film community.

And on March 31st we will also be screening our feature film "Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and is Puppet" to close out the exhibition.

For both screening the doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

We'd like to thank our friends at The Official Beer of Elmwood Productions - Pabst Blue Ribbon - for all their support!

"Steve the Vampire" is rated PG
"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet" is rated R

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Art By Steg!

Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Eric Stegmaier has set up a new website, and we want to invite you to give it a look -

Art By Steg

And also make sure to join us in April when Eric and another Resident, Sean Michanczyk, hold a show together -

Pinxit: New Works by Sean Michanczyk & Eric Stegmaier

 Opens April 14 and runs to May 1, 2012.  Pinxit presents some 20 traditional and trompe l’oeil works completed by the award-winning artists over the past two years.

Michanczyk’s trompe l’oeils, with their rich palettes and traditional themes, successfully blend a Baroque style with modern materials and subjects.

Stegmaier’s work explores a vast range of natural, historical, and literary subjects in both charcoal and oils. His style, self-described as being “loosely tight”, reflects compositional complexity and attention to detail.

Film Screening: STEVE THE VAMPIRE and an Exhibition of Ten Years of Elmwood Productions!

On March 3, 2012 Paris In Plantsville will open a new exhibition to celebrate the Ten Years of Elmwood Productions! 

The gallery will be filled with puppets from Elmwood's films, behind the scenes photography, character designs, and more.
To kick of the event and as part of our monthly film series we'll be screening
"The Complete Steve The Vampire" 

The film follows the adventures of Steve who was turned into a vampire as a teenager and although now in his mid-twenties, he just can't catch a break trying to prove himself in the vampire community. Between his overbearing and in denial mother, his indifferent girlfriend, and his unlikely friendship with Dracula, he still manages to keep his head on straight and do his best to avoid being staked by the local vampire slayer.

And all he wants to do is hang out, watch some Star Trek, and enjoy a good glass a blood...


The screening is also part of Paris In Plantsville's monthly film series showcasing independent films made in and connected to the local film community.


And on March 31st we will also be screening our feature film
"Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and is Puppet" to close out the exhibition.


For both screening the doors open at 7:00 PM, and the films start at 8:00PM.
As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening!

This Saturday Night - THE DREAM PLAY

Kicking off our monthly film series for 2012 is THE DREAM PLAY.

Each month in 2012 Paris In Plantsville will be showcasing an independently made film (or film shorts) with a connection to the local film community. 

This month's film stars West Hartford native Tim Burke in the lead role of Mark. 

Mr. Burke will also be joining us for the screening.

Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the film starting at 8:00 PM. As with all our screenings it is a free event, but donations to the gallery are appreciated. The donations keep events like this happening! We hope you join us 2/11/12!


The Dream Play
Written and Directed by I. Michael Toth
Synopsis:
Mark is an actor who moves to Chicago with his dog where he finds work acting in “The Dream Play” by August Strindberg at a local theater. During rehearsals, he develops new friendships and a conflict with the eccentric but demanding director of the play. While trying to master the multiple roles he was cast to play, he recollects a gray rainy day from his past when a chance encounter with a hitch...hiker changed the course of his life and his identity. As the rehearsal process drags on, Mark realizes that opening night and payday are far off. Struggling to make ends meet, he answers an ad placed on the theater’s message board by a mysterious young woman. This leads him to participate in a private play that will alter his perspective on acting, theater and his own life. Mark discovers that he is in an ambiguous place where the difference between life and art and what is “real” and what is “make-believe” disappears.


Award nominations and wins:
Audience Choice Award Best Feature Film, East Lansing Film Festival 2010; Nominated Best Feature Film, Midwest Independent Film Festival (also Timothy Burke for Best Actor; Stacie Beth Green for Best Actor; I. Michael Toth for Best Screenplay)

For more info visit the official website
http://www.graywhiteblackfilm.com/

and join The Dream Play Facebook page


We're still putting together this years film selections, if you have a film or a suggestion please contact Paris In Plantsville Resident Artist Jon Bristol at the gallery or via email - 

jon(at)elmwoodproductions(dot)com


Next Month's screening will be on March 3 - 
STEVE THE VAMPIRE!

Opening This Saturday

Opening this weekend, February 4th, our 2nd anniversary show....  Time sure does fly!

Join in on the Winters biggest and largest growing juried show in the greater Hartford area with special juror of honor Stanwyck Cromwell. ( Event Image: DIASPORA MARKETPLACE By: Stanwyck Cromwell)

Juror Information:
Stanwyck E. Cromwell was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and is a second-generation artist. He inherited his artistic gift from both of his parents. In addition, Cromwell credits much of his growth to his cousin and mentor, Maurice C. Jacobs, a noted Guyanese artist, who nurtured him, and was resourceful in laying the foundation for his artistic development. Cromwell graduated from the former British Guiana Educational Trust High School, with high honors in art and other foreign languages, and was employed at Guyana Lithographic Company, as a graphic artist. During his time of employment at that company, he met and worked alongside well-known Guyanese artist Angold Thompson. to read more PLEASE visit his amazing site.
www.StanwyckCromwell.com

On behalf of the Paris In Plantsville Gallery we thank you for the great support the first two years of our birth...Here's to you! and to many more years to come!