About the CBS Sunday Morning Feature CBS Sunday Morning explores the history of Hollywood’s hand-painted movie backdrops and the artists who created them. Correspondent John Blackstone follows the Backdrop Recovery Project, an effort to preserve these monumental paintings before they disappear. The feature includes interviews with Karen Maness, coauthor of More »
About the Art Behind the Scenes: The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop is a short promotional video produced by Texas Performing Arts. In the video, curator Karen Maness welcomes visitors and introduces an exhibition featuring monumental Hollywood scenic backdrops displayed on the Bass Concert Hall stage. Although the video is More »
About the Trailer Texas Performing Arts produced Behind the Scenes: Hollywood’s Sistine Chapel to introduce an exhibition featuring monumental Hollywood scenic backdrops. The trailer invites visitors onto the Bass Concert Hall stage, where they can experience a nearly complete scenic replica of the Sistine Chapel. Although the trailer lasts only More »
About the Documentary Watch Setting the Scene, a documentary produced by Alcalde Docs for the Texas Exes. The film explores the history, artistry, and preservation of the Hollywood Backdrop Collection at The University of Texas at Austin. Through interviews with faculty, students, and museum professionals, the documentary introduces the collection More »
About the Video Watch a behind-the-scenes tour of Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative Legacy at the Boca Raton Museum of Art. The video features exhibition co-curators Karen Maness and Thomas A. Walsh as they guide viewers through the world-premiere exhibition, discussing the history, artistry, and preservation of Hollywood More »