Studio Arrabbiata on Television part 2

 A little past 6:30 I made my way upstairs to the pre-broadcast reception.  Even from the basement I could hear the crowd on the first floor at the top of the central staircase.  I took the elevator up and saw a good crowd there.  And lots of food.  I checked it out from end to end.  Nothing was labeled, so a lot of people were just guessing what was in the trays.  It all smelled good at least. 

The above photo doesn't really do it justice, as you can't see the far end, which is where the desserts were.  The big problem was no empty tables around.  As an artist I am used to standing and eating, but I didn't want to make myself a mess at that point, so I found a place to set down my full plate, ate quickly, then went back to talking.  I saw at least 30 people there, mostly gathered around the food and beverages, but only a few faces I recognized.  

Eventually our documentary creator, Steve Rogers, came in.  I recognized him and we waved at each other.  The time when he was supposed to start talking passed, but I think he had already told Jeanne he didn't have that much to say.  As it turned out, he only spoke for about 5 minutes before the show, mostly to talk about how the documentary came about, and then we were ready for the show.  It was streamed and projected there in the main theater on the 1st floor.  It has been mostly restored to how it looked when the original school opened, and it is used quite regularly these days for stage productions, music shows, dance recitals, etc.  Tonight, it would be to watch television.

As for the documentary itself, as I had been telling people, the producer probably shot maybe 50 hours of footage, and the show was only to be 30 minutes, so I had no idea what would be used and not.  I had no control over this anyway, and wouldn't know what would appear until I saw it.  

Above, you see my hands carving a block, holding one of my gouges.  Below is a close up of a print that has been shown here many times.  It was probably the most recent finished print before this interview, which was sometime last summer.

As it turned out, I was in it, but not much.  There were a few scenes of my hands cutting wood, a few images of my woodcuts, and one brief close-up of my face.  None of my interview, and I don't know if that is because he didn't think I said anything interesting, or because of technical issues.  Not a problem, as I'd rather have people see the art anyway.  At least my name was spelled correctly in the credits.  The longest interviews were with "little Bobby" Duncan, Jeanne, former director Nichole, and the grandchildren of founder Herb.  The documentary talked about the history of the school, and the process of turning into an arts center.  We got quick views of some of the artists in their studios.  I know from experience that viewers tend to not be interested in watching artists work, so that we are mostly not shown is not surprising.