“I like a picture to dance and I think of painting in mystical terms. I’m listening for the inspirational and I express it as a visual lyric. Life is a pulsating, vibrational riot. I snip cuts of this and serve it up.” — James Michalopoulos
From the award-winning team and executive producers of Blue: The Life and Art of George Rodrigue, George Dunbar: Mining the Surfaces, A Tribute to Toussaint, Irma Thomas: The Soul Queen of New Orleans, and Fats Domino: Walking Back to New Orleans comes the latest film by WLAE-TV and 6th Street Studios: Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration.
No artist has captured the heartbeat and spirit of New Orleans like James Michalopoulos. This film follows him to never-before-seen locations where he creates his masterpieces: from an eccentric chateau in Burgundy to his cattywampus New Orleans home and rambling funeral home turned fantastical studio pulsating with the beat of Frenchman Street.
BECOME A PARTNER:
WALTZING MUSE
$100,000+
Patrons at the $100,000 level will receive a one of a kind original painting
of their home or a portrait sitting with the artist. Our highest-funding partner will receive “Presented by” credit with logo/name and optional tagline, premiere signage with step and repeat wall inclusion, photos at premiere, tickets to premiere, framed documentary poster, social media tags and more.
THE ART OF CELEBRATION
$50,000+
A private dinner with the artist for up to 10 people, a signed poster print, mixed media on canvas, and an original oil on canvas. Icon level credit with logo/name and optional tagline, premiere signage with step and repeat wall inclusion, photos at premiere, tickets to premiere, framed documentary poster, social media tags and more.
RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT
$25,000+
A private dinner with the artist for up to 10 people or a private party at the artist’s residence on Frenchman Street, signed poster print, mixed media on canvas, and a signed Bookalopulos. Diamond level credit with logo/name and optional tagline, premiere signage with step and repeat wall inclusion, photos at premiere, tickets to premiere, framed documentary poster, social media tags and more.
WE GROOVIN
$10,000+
An original mixed media work heavily embellished in oil paint by the artist will be offered to the first 10 donors at this level. Platinum level credit (logo or donor name), premiere signage, photos at premiere, tickets to premiere, framed documentary poster, social media tags and more.
COLLECTOR
$5,000+
Yellow Charmer, a signed, numbered 36″×24″ silkscreen, premiere signage, a signed Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration documentary poster, a signed Bookalopoulos, photos at the premiere, listing in the closing rolling credits and 2 tickets to the premiere.
ORLEANIAN
$2,500+
A signed Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration documentary poster, a signed Bookalopoulos, photos at the premiere, listing in the closing rolling credits and 2 tickets to the premiere.
JUBILATION
$1,000+
A signed Bookalopoulos, a Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration documentary poster, listing in the closing rolling credits and 1 ticket to the premiere.
FESTIVITY
$500+
A Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration documentary poster, listing in the closing rolling credits and 1 ticket to the premiere.
FRIENDALOPOULOS
$250+
A high-quality Michalopoulos: The Art of Celebration documentary poster, suitable for framing.
For more information, please contact:
Bruce Lee Smith, Executive Producer
WLAE-TV Director of Legacy Projects
985.502.4071 or bruce@wlae.com