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The Hippodrome Theatre proudly presents Sherrie Pettigrew’s Artwork
Featured for Art Walk Feb. 23, 7 to 10 p.m.
GAINESVILLE – Sherrie Pettigrew’s art exhibit will be featured in the Hippodrome Art Gallery for the next Artwalk Gainesville on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, from 7 – 10 p.m., and open for the first preview of “Ripcord” at the Hippodrome Theatre the following week.
Pettigrew is a Florida artist who composes her drawings based on the people and objects around her in everyday life. Graphite powder and pencil are her primary materials, and she sometimes incorporates paint, pastel chalk and found objects.
“These images come to me in the shower, theater, market, and street complete with smells, sounds, and visions seldom shared until they are actualized,” Pettigrew said.
Pettigrew admires artists Chuck Close, Joan Miro and Cy Twombly, and they inspire her artistic style. She describes her collection as an evolution from hyperrealism to psychological surrealism.
“I come from honesty in my approach, making work that isn’t always pretty,” Pettigrew said. “These pieces are about emotion, often without cognitive consideration: recording reality with a twist and my own hypersensitive view.”
We hope to see you there!
– Your friends at the Hipp
Audience Award, 2017 Annecy Animated Film Festival; Best Animated Film, 2017 European Film Academy Awards. Best Animated Film Golden Globe, Nominated for the BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards®!
One of 2017’s biggest independent success stories, LOVING VINCENT has dazzled critics and audiences alike. Billed as the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film, LOVING VINCENT employed more than 125 artists working over a period of six years to hand-paint more than 65,000 frames of film in an animation style modeled on the artwork of Vincent van Gogh. Drawing on van Gogh’s masterworks and personal letters, the film tells the story of the artist’s life and mysterious death in a way never before seen. The motion-captured and voice cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd, Helen McCrory, Douglas Booth and Aidan Turner.
Tuesdays at 7 p.m. | Wednesdays at 7 p.m. |Thursdays at 7 p.m. | Fridays at 8 p.m. | Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. | Sundays at 2 p.m.
RIPCORD
“‘Ripcord’ invites the audience and anyone who experiences this story to embrace the idea of being present and joyful, because life is going to end whether you like it or not,” said director VC Heidenreich. “You get to choose if you want that peach cobbler to taste like peach cobbler or taste like paste.”
The New York Times calls RIPCORD “An expertly engineered comedy!” and Deadline calls it “vastly entertaining… a show to treasure.”
Audience Award, 2017 Annecy Animated Film Festival; Best Animated Film, 2017 European Film Academy Awards. Best Animated Film Golden Globe, Nominated for the BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards®!
One of 2017’s biggest independent success stories, LOVING VINCENT has dazzled critics and audiences alike. Billed as the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film, LOVING VINCENT employed more than 125 artists working over a period of six years to hand-paint more than 65,000 frames of film in an animation style modeled on the artwork of Vincent van Gogh. Drawing on van Gogh’s masterworks and personal letters, the film tells the story of the artist’s life and mysterious death in a way never before seen. The motion-captured and voice cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd, Helen McCrory, Douglas Booth and Aidan Turner.
Tuesdays at 7 p.m. | Wednesdays at 7 p.m. |Thursdays at 7 p.m. | Fridays at 8 p.m. | Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. | Sundays at 2 p.m.
RIPCORD
“‘Ripcord’ invites the audience and anyone who experiences this story to embrace the idea of being present and joyful, because life is going to end whether you like it or not,” said director VC Heidenreich. “You get to choose if you want that peach cobbler to taste like peach cobbler or taste like paste.”
The New York Times calls RIPCORD “An expertly engineered comedy!” and Deadline calls it “vastly entertaining… a show to treasure.”
Returning to New York after an extended stint in London, artistically unfulfilled writer Diana (Mamet) moves into the perfect apartment while earning her keep by working at a bridal shop. Advising her are her free-spirited widowed landlady Amy, and kooky best friend Gabby. Diana thinks she has made a new start, until realizing her downstairs neighbor is her teddy bear-like old flame, the vulnerable and aggrieved Ben (Matthew Shear), whose heart she broke. Like a true New Yorker, she keeps the apartment, despite the awkward arrangement. As the estranged couple attempts to navigate cordial not-so-cohabitation and their knotty feelings, first-time writer-director Sophie Brooks flashes back to the early bloom of their courtship, the question of what went wrong hanging over every scene. This quirky and easygoing millennial love story features a stellar cast, led by Mamet and Shear, and supported by indie stalwart Deirdre O’Connell, as well as newcomers Sarah Ramos and Diana Irvine.
A fresh take on an oft-told girl-meets-boy story, THE BOY DOWNSTAIRS offers a touching and lightly comic contemplation of modern relationships, life choices and the price of independence and freedom.
Audience Award, 2017 Annecy Animated Film Festival; Best Animated Film, 2017 European Film Academy Awards. Best Animated Film Golden Globe, Nominated for the BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards®!
One of 2017’s biggest independent success stories, LOVING VINCENT has dazzled critics and audiences alike. Billed as the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film, LOVING VINCENT employed more than 125 artists working over a period of six years to hand-paint more than 65,000 frames of film in an animation style modeled on the artwork of Vincent van Gogh. Drawing on van Gogh’s masterworks and personal letters, the film tells the story of the artist’s life and mysterious death in a way never before seen. The motion-captured and voice cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd, Helen McCrory, Douglas Booth and Aidan Turner.
Tuesdays at 7 p.m. | Wednesdays at 7 p.m. |Thursdays at 7 p.m. | Fridays at 8 p.m. | Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. | Sundays at 2 p.m.
RIPCORD
“‘Ripcord’ invites the audience and anyone who experiences this story to embrace the idea of being present and joyful, because life is going to end whether you like it or not,” said director VC Heidenreich. “You get to choose if you want that peach cobbler to taste like peach cobbler or taste like paste.”
The New York Times calls RIPCORD “An expertly engineered comedy!” and Deadline calls it “vastly entertaining… a show to treasure.”
Returning to New York after an extended stint in London, artistically unfulfilled writer Diana (Mamet) moves into the perfect apartment while earning her keep by working at a bridal shop. Advising her are her free-spirited widowed landlady Amy, and kooky best friend Gabby. Diana thinks she has made a new start, until realizing her downstairs neighbor is her teddy bear-like old flame, the vulnerable and aggrieved Ben (Matthew Shear), whose heart she broke. Like a true New Yorker, she keeps the apartment, despite the awkward arrangement. As the estranged couple attempts to navigate cordial not-so-cohabitation and their knotty feelings, first-time writer-director Sophie Brooks flashes back to the early bloom of their courtship, the question of what went wrong hanging over every scene. This quirky and easygoing millennial love story features a stellar cast, led by Mamet and Shear, and supported by indie stalwart Deirdre O’Connell, as well as newcomers Sarah Ramos and Diana Irvine.
A fresh take on an oft-told girl-meets-boy story, THE BOY DOWNSTAIRS offers a touching and lightly comic contemplation of modern relationships, life choices and the price of independence and freedom.
Audience Award, 2017 Annecy Animated Film Festival; Best Animated Film, 2017 European Film Academy Awards. Best Animated Film Golden Globe, Nominated for the BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards®!
One of 2017’s biggest independent success stories, LOVING VINCENT has dazzled critics and audiences alike. Billed as the world’s first fully oil-painted feature film, LOVING VINCENT employed more than 125 artists working over a period of six years to hand-paint more than 65,000 frames of film in an animation style modeled on the artwork of Vincent van Gogh. Drawing on van Gogh’s masterworks and personal letters, the film tells the story of the artist’s life and mysterious death in a way never before seen. The motion-captured and voice cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Chris O’Dowd, Helen McCrory, Douglas Booth and Aidan Turner.