“To Open Eyes”, “ACI Presents”, Eastman Color, Red Fade,

“Josef Albers was a German-born American artist and educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States.”

“The genesis of To Open Eyes: A Film on Josef Albers developed from Arnold Bittleman’s appreciation for Albers while Bittleman was a student at Yale University in the 1960s. Wanting to preserve Albers’s teaching method—learning by doing—Bittleman set out with filmmaker and editor Carl Howard to make a visual record of Albers teaching students how to see and use color as a visual grammar. The film includes archival footage of Josef Albers at home in conversation with Bittleman, as well as footage from Black Mountain College and Yale University.”