There’s a movie about Alabama artist Lonnie Holley, and you can watch it with him in St. Pete

The St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art invites museumgoers to go behind the art with a new film series that kicks off this week.

Art on Film presents art documentaries to take you behind the scenes of artists’ creative process, and starts with a peek into the life and work of Alabama artist and musician Lonnie Holley via George King’s 2020 documentary, “Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley.”

Holley and George King lead a conversation immediately after the screening.

Tickets to “Art On Film: ‘Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley'” at St. Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Art on Thursday, Sept. 7 are still available and start at $20.

This article appears in Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2023.