Friday, February 1 at 7:00pm Voorhees Hall #105
Harls – Kenzie Sutton (Millburn, NJ)
A guy named Harls keeps getting reincarnated in this wonderful
animated film. 2018; 2 min
Mimi Vang Olsen: Pet Portraitist– Anthony Maranville (Los Angeles,
CA) Pets are not just members of the family—they deserve their own
portraits! Creating such portraits is the life’s work of Mimi Vang Olsen,
a painter with her own store front in New York’s West Village who im-
mortalizes the lives of her clients and their pets. This loving profile of
the artist is a thoughtful meditation on the importance of pets and art.
2018; 33 min.
Leaving an Impression: A Portrait of Edward Dufner – David Koh
and Emma Quong (Millburn, NJ) 100 years ago, the American Im-
pressionist Edward Dufner created two large paintings depicting night
and day. He generously gifted these paintings in 1957 to Millburn
Township, New Jersey. This documentary follows the restoration pro-
cess that brought these two beautiful paintings back to life. Celebrat-
ing the work of the art restorers, and the volunteers who helped along
the way, the filmmakers track the techniques that reversed the damage
brought on a by century of neglect, with clarity, passion and humor.
2018; 43 min. Q+A Session with Co-Director David Koh and Producer
Laraine Brennan Barach! Co-sponsored by the Rutgers University Amer-
ican Studies Department and the Zimmerli Art Museum.
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