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"And the Award For Best Animated Feature Goes To..."

Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio

an exhibition dedicated to the artist’s first stop-motion animation film

THE PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES GUILLERMO DEL TORO: CRAFTING PINOCCHIO, OPENING IN JUNE 2023.

Known for taking artistic originality and cinematic vision to new heights across film, television, animation and more, Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro is one of the most inventive and iconic directors of the 21st century.

Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinoc- chio is a celebration and exploration of the inventiveness, passion and artistic cooperation that goes into making a cinematic vision come to life. Now in theaters and streaming on Netflix, the movie Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was ten years in the making, and conceived for international audiences of all ages. The film’s major themes highlight the importance of non-conformity and the love and understanding passed between parents and children—and above all, showcase del Toro and team’s incred- ible passion for the art of stop-motion animation. With voice talents from Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Ewan McGregor and a soundtrack by Nick Cave and Alexandre Desplat, the film has been given extraordinary critical praise, with many already deeming it a “masterpiece.”

This exhibition is coming to Portland from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, where it opens December 11, 2022. MoMA organizing curator Ron Magliozzi said,

“With Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, we had the unique opportunity to organize an exhibition during the active production of a feature film by one of this generation’s most important filmmakers. The chance to observe firsthand how Guillermo and fellow director Mark Gustafson engaged with the craftspeople and artists under their direction inspired our selection and installation of the works on display.”

Showcasing the collaborative art, craft and storytelling of the film, the exhibition immerses audiences in its world, featuring iconic creatures, set pieces, stop-motion animation technology, and fantastical visual and sound elements. At more than 8,000 square feet, the exhibition will guide audiences through the creation and collective artistry of del Toro’s work. Featuring the inspirations and inventiveness of the artists that helped bring the story to life, Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio will celebrate how far imagination can push us into making our dreams a reality.

The Portland Art Museum’s presentation of Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio will expand on the richness of the local stop-motion animation community by giving visitors a look inside the artists’ process. The exhibition and programs will give special attention to the talent and creative collaboration of the local cinematic animation artists at ShadowMachine—a renowned stop-motion animation studio based here in Portland, Oregon, a city increasingly recognized as a creative hub of the artform.

ShadowMachine. Columbina Production Puppet, 2019-2020. Steel, wire, resin, paint, fabric, brass.3.5x3.5x9′′ (8.9x 8.9x 22.8 cm). Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022. Image courtesy Netflix

In addition to the exhibition itself, PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow, the Museum’s film and new media arm, will enhance and deepen the experience of Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio with classes, programs, and a screening series celebrating the art of stop-motion animation. ShadowMachine co-founder Alex Bulkley was a 2021 honoree of PAM CUT’s Cinema Unbound Awards, which celebrate boundary-breaking multimedia storytellers working at the intersection of art and cinema.

“The Portland-based artists and craftspeople working on this film at ShadowMachine are truly extraordinary,” said Amy Dotson, Portland Art Museum Curator of Film and New Media and PAM CUT Director. “From their work on the tiniest eyeballs to the wildest, most imaginative large-scale sets, Guillermo and Mark’s vision for a non-conformist, radical, and deeply personal telling of the Pinocchio story will be especially meaningful to artists and audiences here in our community. Collectively, they have carved out a new direction for animation as an art form, as well as a timely tale about the importance of finding and expressing one’s true self.”

Guillermo del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio is organized by The Museum of Modern Art.

The exhibition is made possible by the Portland Art Museum's Exhibition Series Sponsors including the William G. Gilmore Foundation, Laura and Roger Meier Family, and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation.

April 21 to May 13

Written by David Lindsay-Abaire

Directed by Jo Dodge

Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

This is the kind theater that gives the audience “a chance to feel, empathize and contemplate the limits of a person facing unfair circumstances.”

-OnStage Blog

SPONSORED BY THE PAUL C. AND ROBIN E. BOWER FAMILY TRUST

June 9 to July 1

Written by Paul Elliott

Directed by Karen McCarty

When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the “girls,” what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you’re Connie, Leona and Millie, three Southern ladies from Birmingham, you “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living.

-Dramatic Publishing

SPONSORED BY M & D CABINETS

Tickets and information: 503-485-4300 www.pentacletheatre.org