Spirit Talk - The Life and Work of Woody CRUMBO .... took
approximately three years to complete. The interviews, video and still
location shots and research took place within the larger context of
silversmithing instruction, writing and the natural interest and
responsibilities of life.
During that time I met many interesting persons and received opportunities to exhibit our father,
Woody Crumbo's, depictions and interpretation of native American ceremony and regalia, and wild life.
2012
is the Centennial Year of Woody Crumbo. This has given rise to many
honoring and commemorating exhibitions, chief among them being the
Oklahoma History Center, OKC, OKHistory.org and the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK (spring 2013), GILCREASE.UTULSA.EDU.
The
work on the documentary, Spirit Talk, is largely in support of this
interest for Woody Crumbo, who was a great talker on many subjects but
remained a very private person. The documentary allows Woody to tell his own
story through the recovery of archived video and audio taped interviews.
The
Gilcrease Museum graciously allowed me white glove access to their
extensive collection of CRUMBO works on paper and canvas, photographed
and digitized the work and made
their photo files available. Their collection allows the public to view
many previously unseen early works painted by CRUMBO.
The
doc project has taken me broader and deeper into our CRUMBO family
life as well as my own. Woody Crumbo's grandson Woody Carter provided
original compositions for the sound track.www.woody-Carter.com
Spirit Talk will be screened at the 2012 Flint Hills Wisdom Keepers Gathering.
Excerpt from the Flint Hills Wisdom Keepers Gathering website (fhwisdomkeepers.org) about the film mentioned above:
ReplyDeleteArtistic Connections to Mother Earth and Father Sky
We are blessed for the opportunity to feature the film The Spirit Talk of…Woody Crumbo made by one of our honored guests of 2012, Minisa Crumbo Halsey. In the 50-minute documentary, Minisa pays loving tribute to the life and art of her father, renowned Citizen Potawatomi artist Woody Crumbo. Through Woody’s artistic legacy, we are inspired by the playful and rhythmic dance of nature and the prayerful and solemn ceremony of his people, as seen through his keen eye and captured in his “spirit” work. As we contemplate the powerful images this film is certain to evoke, Minisa reminds us that: "Life is about finding the fluid line that connects Spirit with form and beyond to visible and audible expression. Spirit behind expression and the continuity of identity occurs on the level of Spirit, not on the level of form. May we all experience that connection in our lives…"