The 14th annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest announces that it is among a select group of regional presenters to receive a Mid-America Arts Alliance Regional Touring Program grant. This award will support a screening of the classic silent film LONESOME, with live music composed and performed by The Doug Talley Quartet (shown in photo below). The performance takes place in Independence Hall on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, on Friday, April 10 at 8:00 pm. Members of the quartet will also provide a free lecture/demonstration on the subject of composing music for the moving image in Edwards Commons on the campus of Lyon College the same day at noon.
Funding for Ozark Foothills FilmFest’s M-AAA grant is drawn from generous underwriting by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Arkansas Arts Council, and foundations, corporations, and individuals throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Mid-America Arts Alliance, the nation’s oldest regional arts organization, was founded in 1972 to foster cultural growth in heartland communities. Today, M-AAA primarily serves communities throughout the six member states, and it develops and delivers arts and humanities programs for a national audience. Mid-America Arts Alliance programs attract more than one million people annually in more than 300 communities.
Mary Kennedy, M-AAA’s Chief Executive Officer said, “The Ozark Foothills FilmFest is to be commended for their commitment to serving their community with this distinctive event. Audiences in the state of Arkansas will have the opportunity to see a restored classic silent film with live music composed and performed by The Doug Talley Quartet, a truly rare and unique cinema experience. Mid-America Arts Alliance is proud to help support this work.”
The project is co-sponsored by First Community Bank of Batesville and Lyon College.
For further information on the performance, visit www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org or email ozarkfilm@wildblue.net. For more information about Mid-America Arts Alliance, visit www.maaa.org. Contact: Judy Pest,870-251-1189 or ozarkfilm@wildblue.net
