Film Trailer Ugo’s War Sketches & His Contemporary Works Post-War Maxine’s Works Maplewood Division of Arts & Culture Presents: Ugo & Maxine Giannini Both Events Take Place April 18 at The Woodland Art Exhibition at 5PM | Film Screening at 7PM Art Exhibition is free Tickets for the film are $7.00 Purchase Tickets For Film Screening Here Art Exhibition Ugo & Maxine: Art, Love, & War: An exhibition featuring select works by Ugo during his time serving in the war as well as his more contemporary work post-war. Maxine’s work will also be displayed with featured pieces such as her first painting when she attended art school and many other portraits. Art Exhibition - April 18 The Woodland Parlor | 5PM Free Event Film Screening Ugo Giannini: An Artist at War By Steve Nemsick Film Screening Synopsis: After her husband Ugo Giannini dies, Maxine Giannini finally enters his closed art studio and discovers carefully preserved letters and drawings from his service during World War Two. Among the drawings, the only known D-Day sketches from that fateful day on Bloody Omaha Beach. For the next 30 years, Maxine dedicates her life to sharing the legacy of Ugo, an artist that went to war. Directed by Steve Nemsick: Award winning filmmaker Steve Nemsick has traveled the world with his camera filming war refugees performing Shakespeare in Bosnia, Tokyo bikers, California skaters, rape victims raising families in a garbage dump in Mexico, war Veterans and many others across 6 continents. The film screening at The Woodland will be followed by a conversation with Steve Nemsick & Maxine Giannini. Film Screening -April 18 The Woodland Great Hall | 7PM Ticketed Event $7.00 Purchase Tickets For Film Screening Here Both Ugo and Maxine have Newark roots, making this art exhibition and film screening especially meaningful. Ugo taught at Caldwell College and most of the music for the film was composed by two of Maxine's former piano students, Adam and Ben Kaplan of Maplewood! Read More About The Film Here Read More About Kaplan Bros Music Here
