August 8, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information contact:
Catherine K. Brown, (215) 581-0717
INGLIS FOUNDATION RECEIVES $5,000 GRANT FROM
DOLFINGER-MCMAHON FOUNDATION TO PRODUCE
DOCUMENTARY ON SCULPTOR ROBINSON FREDENTHAL
(Philadelphia, PA) – Inglis Foundation, a non-profit provider of programs and services for adults with physical disabilities, has received a $5,000 grant from the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation to produce a film about acclaimed sculptor and Inglis House resident Robinson Fredenthal (pictured, left).
The documentary will be written, produced and directed by Inglis House residents. In addition to the funding from Dolfinger McMahon, the film is supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Inglis House residents have produced four films over the last three years in cooperation with The Dream Alliance, a Philadelphia-based visual arts program that works to empower underserved populations through filmmaking. The residents’ most recent project, The Secret Campaign ― which chronicles a highly contested, fictitious race for the presidency of the Inglis House Residents’ Council ― was named Best Emerging Narrative Film at the 2007 Bucks County Film Festival.
An Inglis House resident since 2003, Robinson Fredenthal is known for his sculptural explorations of geometric forms. He has several major public sculptures in Philadelphia, including those at One Franklin Plaza, PNC Bank at 5th and Market Streets, 1234 Market Street East, 8th and Spring Garden streets and the Mantua Community Center Branch Library. Recently, 157 of his models were displayed at the Philadelphia International Airport. All his models are in the permanent collection of the University of Pennsylvania’s Architectural Archives.
An alumnus of Penn's Graduate School of Fine Arts, Mr. Fredenthal turned from architecture to sculpture after developing Parkinson’s disease, which hindered his ability to draw. For more information about Mr. Fredenthal and his work, visit www.robinfredenthal.com.
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