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Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.

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THE EXPERIENCE

Thomas Kinkade’s pastoral landscapes made him the most collected and despised painter of all time. After his shocking death, his family discovers a vault of unseen paintings that reveal a complex artist whose life and work embody our divided America.

“With access to the Kinkade family’s voluminous archives, Yousef makes extraordinary use of personal recordings and home videos as well as the early paintings that have been locked away in “the vault” to suggest the person Kinkade dreamed of becoming while presenting who he actually was.” — Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest

ON SCREEN: Art for Everybody

2023. Directed by Miranda Yousef. Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes. 

You’ve seen his cozy cottages, idyllic gardens, and welcoming village streets on everything from canvas to commemorative plates. Both celebrated and disparaged for his kitschy signature settings, the “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade rocketed to popularity in the ‘90s by marketing himself to American evangelicals and pitting himself against the elite art establishment.

Yet beneath the pristine public persona were demons that would drive him to alcoholism, scandal, and death from an overdose in 2012. After his passing, Kinkade’s daughters uncovered a trove of unseen, unexpectedly dark paintings, a discovery that launched an investigation into their father’s true personality.

Through the voices of skeptical critics, adoring fans, and Kinkade’s closest friends and family, Art for Everybody digs deep into Kinkade’s life and work to elucidate the real man behind the persona. Accomplished editor Miranda Yousef’s directorial debut is an insightful documentary that peels back the layers of Kinkade’s facade, delivering a portrait of a complex man divided by the same forces that continue to pull us apart as a nation.