Oklahoma City Museum of Art to host lecture on Hollywood art direction by Cathy Whitlock Thursday
Author and design journalist Cathy Whitlock, who will pay tribute to the unsung heroes of the movie business – production designers, art directors, and set decorators – during a lectured titled “Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art’s Noble Theater, 415 Couch Drive.
While their work is often underappreciated, these “architects of illusion” work closely with the director and cinematographer to visualize and create believable, self-contained worlds within each film. As part of museum’s annual Oscar Tune-Up program, her lecture will also address this year’s Oscar race for art direction.
Whitlock’s career as a book author, magazine writer, design marketer, lecturer and interior designer spans many directions. “Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction” (Harper Collins, November, 2010), represents the marriage of her two passions – design and the cinema. She is also the author of the book “re-de-sign” (Fairchild Books, 2009), a contributing writer for Traditional Home magazine and the Huffington Post, and features editor for Array magazine. Her magazine work also appears in Veranda, Architectural Digest, Capitol File, American Airlines Celebrated Living, the Hollywood Reporter, and internationally for Glamour UK and Four Seasons hotel magazines where she specializes in celebrity profiles, design, film, and lifestyle articles. She writes the blog Cinema Style that chronicles trends and inspiration on film and reaches 70 countries, too.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design and a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, Cathy has more than 24 years of experience in the interior design industry and has had practices in New York, Chicago, Memphis and Nashville. She appeared as a frequent on-air personality on Home and Garden Television‘s top-rated “Decorating With Style” on which she served as a national spokesperson for companies such as Thomasville Furniture, Jackson and Perkins Roses, Wilsonart, Panache Catalogue and Pierre Deux fabrics. She has also been profiled in numerous media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and Fine Living Channel.
Formerly with Universal Pictures and the late British film producer Sir Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment, Whitlock worked on the marketing campaigns of the movies “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “Animal House,” “Jaws,” and the Academy Award-winning film “The Deerhunter.”
Friends’ lectures are free to museum members at the Friend, Friends, and Sustainer membership levels. Seating is limited to 250, and reservations are required. Prices are $5 for general membership levels and $10 for non-members. For more information or to purchase tickets go to www.okcmoa.com.
-BAM
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