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 »
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 Story CBS Sunday Morning explores the preservation of historic Hollywood backdrops and the artists who created some of the largest paintings ever made for motion pictures. Correspondent John Blackstone follows scenic artist and curator Karen Maness, Lynne Coakley of J.C. Backings, production designer Thomas A. Walsh, and journalist 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 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 »