Film as Art

Cross-media conversations in the gallery and on the big screen

From Aug. 28 through Sept. 29, The Queen’s Film Society and Texas A&M University’s Performance and Visual Studies Program present Art & Film / Film as Art, an exhibition exploring the two-way relationship between motion pictures and the visual fine arts.

Original works inspired by cinema by 13 acclaimed artists will be exhibited on the ground floor of the Kimbell Cultural Event Center in downtown Bryan. Upstairs, reproductions of celebrated works by artists including Goya, Caravaggio, Böcklin and Millais will be displayed alongside images from films they inspired.

The accompanying Film as Art series brings those connections to the screen. Each screening includes an introduction by a scholar in art history, visual studies or film studies examining how the filmmaker draws on earlier artistic traditions.

Upcoming Screenings:

Complete Film as Art schedule

• Sept. 1 — The Wings of the Dove (Iain Softley, UK, 1997, 102 min.) — 7 p.m., The Queen Theatre. Rated R.
• Sept. 8 — Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, Sweden, 1957, 92 min.) — 7 p.m., The Kimbell. Not rated; likely PG.
• Sept. 15 — Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro, Mexico, 2006, 118 min.) — 7 p.m., The Kimbell. Rated R.
• Sept. 22 — Mamma Roma (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy, 1962, 110 min.) — 7 p.m., The Kimbell. Not rated; likely PG-13.
• Sept. 24 — Liquid Sky (Slava Tsukerman, US, 1982, 112 min.) — 8 p.m., The 101. Rated R. Free and unticketed.
• Sept. 29 — Bedlam (Mark Robson, US, 1946, 79 min.) — 7 p.m., The Kimbell. Not rated; likely PG.
• Sept. 30 — Sinners (Ryan Coogler, US, 2025, 137 min.) — 7 p.m., The Queen Theatre. Rated R. Free tickets will be available through the College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts.

Gallery exhibition

Aug. 28–Sept. 29
Kimbell Cultural Event Center
607 N. Main St., Bryan

Regular exhibition hours

• Wednesdays, 2–4 p.m.
• Fridays, 2–10 p.m.
• Saturdays, 2–6 p.m.

The gallery will also be open during Kimbell special events and Film as Art screenings.

Receptions and artists’ talks

Opening reception: Friday, Aug. 28, 6–10 p.m.
Closing reception: Thursday, Sept. 24.

The exhibition is curated by art historian Kris Belden-Adams and film studies scholar Daniel Humphrey, both from Texas A&M University’s College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts.

Content notice: The exhibition contains artwork featuring nudity, violence and other potentially disturbing subject matter.

Exhibiting Artists

Beast Syndicate

Joshua Brinlee

Shawn Campbell 

Lauren Cardenas

Matthew Flores 

Alex Garza

Lauren O’Connor-Korb

Cameron Savage

Jamie M. Speck

John A. Speck

Kaleena Staziak

Joel Zika and Jeff Morris

F. C. Zuke

Venues

The Kimbell Cultural Event Center — 607 N. Main St., Bryan
The Queen Theatre — 110 S. Main St., Bryan
The 101 — 101 S. Texas Ave., Bryan

For information about the gallery exhibition, contact Kris Belden-Adams at kbelden-adams@tamu.edu. For information about the film series, contact Dan Humphrey at danhumphrey@tamu.edu.

Presented by the Program in Performance and Visual Studies at Texas A&M University and The Queen’s Film Society.