The Newtown Theatre, located at 120 North State Street, will screen “Alan Magee: art is not a solace” on July 13 at 7 PM.

This one-hour documentary explores the recurring subjects, locales and historical sources which have sustained well-known artist and Newtown native Alan Magee’s creative passion for five decades. 

A Q&A and meet-and-greet with Magee and his wife Monika and film co-director David Berez will follow the screening. Tickets will be sold at the door starting at 6 PM for $12 or $6 for theatre members. 

The film examines the ways in which art can address some of the greatest challenges that we face as a society, including social injustice and violence, the increasing threats to our democracy, and the urgency of speaking truth to power.

The James A. Michener Art Museum has presented two retrospective exhibitions of Magee’s work and owns a selection of his paintings.

Now a resident of Maine, Magee grew up half a block from the Newtown Theatre. Some of his earliest memories involve drawing at a little table his mother set up for him in the family home at 103 North State Street.

Learn more at the Newtown Theatre.

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