February 4, 2024, 4:00-7:00 PM
Film screening, book premiere, and interactive sculpture event with artist David Hess and documentary filmmaker Richard Chisolm. Join us for an extraordinary conversation with two Monkton area creators whose collaborative works address America’s complex relationship with firearms.
Light refreshments served
Richard Chisolm
Richard Chisolm is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and cinematographer with 40 years of international production experience. He directed and shot the half-hour documentary “Gun Show” which has screened at film festivals and public events since its release in 2019. Deeply committed to the value of real stories and the adventures of real people, Chisolm has worked for PBS, National Geographic, BBC, Discovery Channel, HBO, and many other broadcast entities. He was a camera operator on the HBO series “The Wire” and the director of photography for both of ABC's "Hopkins" prime time medical documentary series (2000 and 2008). He is also the recipient of a Peabody Award, a Columbia duPont Journalism award, two Kodak Vision awards, four CINE Golden Eagles, and is a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Maryland.
Richard’s new book “Documentary Vision: Notes from Behind the Camera” (published by Routledge) will be available at this event for signing/purchase.
David Hess
David Hess works often with found objects like those in his “Gun Show” exhibitions. The materials he finds, he refers to as rescued objects; they are loaded with historic and cultural narratives that can be assembled to provoke meaningful discussions. At Dartmouth College, Hess studied with the realist wood sculptor FumioYoshimura, whose precision and humor had a profound impact on Hess. Hess’s interests in science, engineering and narrative filmmaking also inform his sculpture. Frequently, he explores a precarious balance of elements poised on the verge movement. Hess is represented in Baltimore by Goya Contemporary Gallery. His commissioned work can be found in numerous private and public collections including the collections of American Visionary Art Museum; Baltimore Museum of Industry; Johns Hopkins Hospital; Thurgood Marshall Airport; Kaiser-Permanente; the Emerson Corporation. He has produced city and municipal sculptures for Baltimore City; Washington, DC; Arlington, Virginia; Rockville, Maryland; Germantowne, Maryland; Silver Spring, Maryland; Ellicott City, Maryland; and the Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro, North Carolina.
A collection of David’s “Gun Show” sculptures will be available at this event for viewing and handling.
Sculptor and artist David Hess and documentary filmmaker Richard Chisolm in Washington, DC discussing their exhibit. They and the Gun Show have toured the country.
