Butch Anthony (Working Title)

Created By: Les Blank
When: 11 am Thursday April 6 2006
Where: HCC Ybor Room
When: Noon Sunday April 9 2006
Where: HCC Ybor Room

In Butch Anthony (working title) Les Blank brings us the life and work of Butch Anthony, a self-taught artist from the small southeastern Alabama town of Seale.

Butch is a rare individual with a unique ability to see the potential in objects that others take for granted. He is now considered one of the top naïve artists in Alabama, and, with his works shown in museums around the country, is becoming a national treasure.

Blank's camera follows Butch to various folk art festivals around the South, and visits the friends and artists who inspired him to create art. Blank also observes Butch's life in Alabama's rural landscape.

From 'coon hunting to calling up alligators and digging up fossils, Butch Anthony shows us a South not known to many.