Art Show Down is a frontier-themed art game show shot in front of a live studio audience in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I co-produced & directed the show along with a collaborative group of a dozen talented artists. The wacky pilot DVD, now available on DVD through Microcinema, includes all seven zany episodes that exploit the best (and the worst!) of the game show genre through the lens of the arts. The DVD culminates in the Ultimate Artist Challenge, in which one contestant remains standing after defeating the herd of talented challengers!

Contests include The Auction Price is Right, in which contestants must guess the final selling price of a famous artwork at action, the Hang ‘em High rock climbing gallery wall challenge, a paintball contest in The Action Art Shooting Gallery. Schmooze & Booze in which contestants must eat, drink, and schmooze to curry the favor of a guest curator, and A Brush with Danger, in which contestants must brand each other with paint through an action painting, head-thrusting, paintbrush helmeted, and hands-hog-tied challenge!

See the official ART SHOW DOWN website for more information and to view teasers.