Arts

A close-knit community of filmmakers is creating independent movies on the Panhandle.

Do you remember the days of taking photographs on film? If you are over the age of 35, you likely have shot with film at some point in your life. While the advent of the digital camera nearly killed the film industry in the early 2000s, a growing number of locals are shooting with film once again.

Ballet Pensacola is currently rehearsing for its world premiere performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which follows the premarital mix-ups of four Athenians in their quest for love. The Shakespeare comedy has never before been performed in a ballet setting.

In conjunction with the 309 Punk Project, DIY Pensacola will be hosting the first-ever DIY Film Fest, a screening of low-budget movies and video projects created by regional artists. The festival is an opportunity for people to make movies with their friends or share films they’ve been keeping to themselves.

The Art Gallery (TAG) at UWF is currently displaying “All That Was Bright,” an exhibition that aims to address human influence on the world. Envisioning alternative stories with playfulness and humor, this exhibition reconsiders our relationship to the natural world through fiber art, sculpture, and interactive installation.

Inspired by the Pensacola Rocks craze that swept through the area a few years ago, local ceramist Sara Chaimowitz came up with the idea for Skullz Around, a project that aims to get people out and exploring. About 50 ceramic skulls were hidden in and around the Pensacola area.

Populating the Pensacola Museum of Art's entire second floor, "Vandals to Vanguards" showcases contemporary pieces from pop favorites like Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg. Street artists such as Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Shepard Fairey, and Jeremy Novy will also have work on display.

The Pensacola Museum of Art is displaying “America’s Everglades: Through the Lens of Clyde Butcher.” The traveling exhibition, which features 35 images by photographer Clyde Butcher, reflects over 30 years of work with a black-and-white, large format camera in the Everglades.

The diversity of the human form inspires Emily Teets.Her ceramics feature the figure whether it’s in three-dimensional form, such as legs, feet or arms…

Josh Green points out that artists who paint or draw trees can get away with a lot more than artists who render people. “If most of the tree-like elements…