Read Perspective magazine’s feature, The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop: A Museum Exhibition Like No Other, written by exhibition curators Thomas A. Walsh and Karen L. Maness. The article chronicles the creation of the Boca Raton Museum of Art exhibition, which introduced museum audiences to Hollywood’s scenic artists and the More »
Scenic Artist Oral History Project: A Heritage Explored and Recovered The Scenic Artist Oral History Project preserves the voices and experiences of Hollywood scenic artists. Karen L. Maness and Richard M. Isackes wrote this article for the November/December 2014 issue of Perspective. It highlights the artists, teachers, and traditions that More »
Preserving a Legacy Preserving a Legacy is a feature published in the January/February 2018 issue of Perspective: The Journal of the Art Directors Guild. Written by Thomas Walsh and Karen Maness, the article documents the creation of the Backdrop Recovery Project and the effort to preserve historic Hollywood backdrops for More »