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Thursday, July 13, 2006 Writer: Kim Cretors, 706/542-1168, kcretors@franklin.uga.edu Documentary on Spanish artist Alvar Suñol produced by UGA’s Betty Jean Craige and Alan Stecker receives award from independent film group Athens, Ga. – A documentary on the Spanish artist Alvar Suñol that was written, produced and directed by University of Georgia faculty members has been awarded first place in the short documentary The documentary was written and produced by Betty Jean Craige, director of the Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and University Professor of comparative literature at UGA, and Alan Stecker, a retired UGA telecommunications faculty member at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication; Stecker also directed. Craige will accept the award on Aug. 6 in Cleveland, Ohio, where the festival will be held. The 42-minute documentary, titled “Alvar Suñol: His Vision and His Art,” is a look at the artist’s Mediterranean-inspired work, his vision and his character, according to Craige. Along with her co-producer Stecker, Craige hopes to bring the artist’s paintings, sculpture and lithographs to a wider U.S. audience through the documentary.
Known worldwide simply as “Alvar,” the artist has many ties to UGA. Craige has been an admirer and a collector of his work for nearly 30 years. Alvar’s art was first seen on the UGA campus during the fall of 2001 in an exhibit at the Georgia Museum of Art, which was curated by Craige. On Feb. 6, 2007, following a screening of the documentary at 3:30 p.m. in Masters Hall at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Alvar will present a painting he has created The mission of the Willson for Humanities and Arts, a close affiliate of the Franklin College, is to promote scholarly inquiry and creative activity in the humanities and the arts by supporting faculty research grants, lectures, symposia, publications, visiting scholars, visiting artists, collaborative instruction, public conferences, exhibitions, and performances and special professorships. The Franklin College serves more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students each year, with more than 630 faculty, 30 academic departments, and more than 20 centers and programs. Visit the Willson Center at www.cha.uga.edu and the Franklin College at www.franklin.uga.edu. ## |
category by the Indie Gathering film festival for independent filmmakers.
In addition to her producing and writing duties, Craige served as executive producer and translator. Stecker’s son Aaron directed the photography and edited the piece, and Knox Sommerour, an MFA graduate of UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music, composed the score. The high-definition video is a production of ASV Communications in Atlanta, which is owned by the Steckers.
for UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The university community is invited to the dedication ceremony, which will take place in the Georgia Center’s lower lobby where the painting will hang permanently.
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