I am very pleased to announce that I will have a one-person exhibition, Captive Coal, that will be presented at the Sharp Museum of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, opening January 16th and on view through May 10th, 2024, this will be a retrospective exhibition covering 30 years of my work that will feature from the very early worker drawings and paintings through to the most recent large-scale paintings on raw canvas. I will give an Artist Talk at the opening and the documentary film,Work at Hand, will be screened during the run of the show at some point. A special thanks goes to Curator of Exhibitions, WM Weston Stoerger and long time collectors and wonderful supporters, John E. and Lucia Hollister.
WVPBS to Broadcast Film June 14, 2020
I am excited to announce that West Virginia Public Broadcasting HD will air the documentary film Work at Hand, Michael K. Paxton, Sunday June 14th at 7:00 pm (ET) across the entire state. Special thanks to Director of Programming Eddie Isom and his staff at WVPBS. For more information and program schedule.
Artist Talk and Film Screening →
April 25, 2019 I will be featured by the Peninsula Fine Art Center in Newport News, Virginia in an After Dark Film and Artist Talk from 6:30-8:30. The documentary film Work at Hand will be screened as part of this event. This was organized by Lee Matney of the Linda Matney Gallery and Diana Blanchard, Curator of the Art Center.
Official Selection to Great Lakes International Film Festival
I am very pleased that Work at Hand is an Official Selection for the 17th Annual Great Lakes Film Festival announced yesterday, September 8, 2018.
Work at Hand at Historical Wealthy Theater
Looking forward to the September 21st screening, 7:00pm, at the historical Wealthy Theater in Grand Rapids, MI
Work At Hand now has a Screenings page
The documentary film Work At Hand now has a Screenings page where upcoming screenings and venues are listed. At the moment there are (3) on the books. Additional venues, dates and times will be added as they become available.
Work At Hand Website and Trailer Now Out →
The website and trailer for the full broadcast length documentary film "Work At Hand Michael K. Paxton" in now online. The website was developed by Jeanne Nemcek and Christina Timmins and features not only the trailer for the film, but bios of the filmmakers Director Peter Hartel and Editor Libi Hake, along with production and post production stills and a contact page for comments and inquires.
