David Wolkowsky – short film production examines Mario Sanchez artworks
During a short-film production shoot at the Custom House Museum on Tuesday, Florida Keys philanthropist David Wolkowsky describes the experience of acquiring a collection of Mario Sanchez sketches from a woman who had them hidden under her bed.
Sanchez, a self-taught artist born in 1908 in Key West’s Gatoville cigar-making neighborhood, used the sketches, rendered on brown paper bags, to guide the layout of his famed bas-relief woodcarvings. In 1985, the late artist was presented with the Florida Folk Heritage Award by the Florida Secretary of State and the Florida Folklife Council, and today is considered one of the nation’s greatest folk artists. Conceived and underwritten by Wolkowsky, the film examines more than 70 of the remarkable sketches currently featured in an exhibit titled “Pencil Me In” at the Custom House Museum, and will provide a medium with which to share it with the larger public.
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I am the owner of The Original Key West Cigar Factory. I have what I believe is a pen/ink by Mr Sanchez. I would like to send an photo of it to Mr Wolkowski if he is interested in seeing it. If so please provide him my email address below to contact me.