Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story
Filmmaker Brigid Maher In Person
Following a passionate engagement with the heady milieu of the 1960s New York underground film scene, Sally Dixon (1932-2019) dedicated her life to cultivating avant-garde film community through friendship, advocacy and visionary curatorial work. As founder, curator and administrator (1970-1975) of the Carnegie Museum of Art's Film Section series, Dixon presented, commissioned and supported ground-breaking works by a huge array of filmmakers--including Carolee Schneemann, Gunvor Nelson, Stan Brakhage, Roger Jacoby, George & Mike Kuchar, Hollis Frampton, Storm De Hirsch and many others--while setting an exemplary model for the presentation of artist films in a fine arts context and for providing financial compensation to artists. Her establishment of the famed Pittsburgh Travel Sheet (in 1973) and role in founding the Filmmakers Preview Network and of Pittsburgh Filmmakers helped solidify a national touring network of alternative exhibition spaces and film artists. In her later career, Dixon programmed films at the Walker Art Center--where she published the famed Filmmakers Filming series of artist monographs--and worked for various philanthropic foundations, providing thousands of dollars in support of filmmaker projects.
Long under-recognized as a figure in the field, Dixon's tale is told in Brigid Maher's Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story, a loving portrait featuring extensive archival footage, interviews and photographs documenting Dixon's life and work and interviews with members of Dixon's extensive circle including Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage Wodening, Carolee Schneemann, Ken Jacobs and more. The screening of Experimental Curator is preceded by three works featured in the film--James Broughton's Erogeny (1976), filmed on Dixon's dining room table; Roger Jacoby's Dream Sphinx (1974), "starring" Dixon and Warhol superstar Ondine; and Storm De Hirsh's double-projected Third Eye Butterfly (1968), all screened in vibrant 16mm. (Steve Polta)
SCREENING: Dream Sphinx (1974) by Roger Jacoby; 16mm, color, sound, 8 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Erogeny (1976) by James Broughton; 16mm, color, sound, 6 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Third Eye Butterfly (1968) by Storm De Hirsch; double-projected 16mm, color, sound, 10 minutes, print from the Film-Maker's Cooperative. Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story (2022) by Brigid Maher; digital video, color, sound, 57 minutes, exhibition file from the maker. TRT: 81 minutes
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Filmmaker Brigid Maher In Person
Following a passionate engagement with the heady milieu of the 1960s New York underground film scene, Sally Dixon (1932-2019) dedicated her life to cultivating avant-garde film community through friendship, advocacy and visionary curatorial work. As founder, curator and administrator (1970-1975) of the Carnegie Museum of Art's Film Section series, Dixon presented, commissioned and supported ground-breaking works by a huge array of filmmakers--including Carolee Schneemann, Gunvor Nelson, Stan Brakhage, Roger Jacoby, George & Mike Kuchar, Hollis Frampton, Storm De Hirsch and many others--while setting an exemplary model for the presentation of artist films in a fine arts context and for providing financial compensation to artists. Her establishment of the famed Pittsburgh Travel Sheet (in 1973) and role in founding the Filmmakers Preview Network and of Pittsburgh Filmmakers helped solidify a national touring network of alternative exhibition spaces and film artists. In her later career, Dixon programmed films at the Walker Art Center--where she published the famed Filmmakers Filming series of artist monographs--and worked for various philanthropic foundations, providing thousands of dollars in support of filmmaker projects.
Long under-recognized as a figure in the field, Dixon's tale is told in Brigid Maher's Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story, a loving portrait featuring extensive archival footage, interviews and photographs documenting Dixon's life and work and interviews with members of Dixon's extensive circle including Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage Wodening, Carolee Schneemann, Ken Jacobs and more. The screening of Experimental Curator is preceded by three works featured in the film--James Broughton's Erogeny (1976), filmed on Dixon's dining room table; Roger Jacoby's Dream Sphinx (1974), "starring" Dixon and Warhol superstar Ondine; and Storm De Hirsh's double-projected Third Eye Butterfly (1968), all screened in vibrant 16mm. (Steve Polta)
SCREENING: Dream Sphinx (1974) by Roger Jacoby; 16mm, color, sound, 8 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Erogeny (1976) by James Broughton; 16mm, color, sound, 6 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Third Eye Butterfly (1968) by Storm De Hirsch; double-projected 16mm, color, sound, 10 minutes, print from the Film-Maker's Cooperative. Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story (2022) by Brigid Maher; digital video, color, sound, 57 minutes, exhibition file from the maker. TRT: 81 minutes
Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story
Filmmaker Brigid Maher In Person
Following a passionate engagement with the heady milieu of the 1960s New York underground film scene, Sally Dixon (1932-2019) dedicated her life to cultivating avant-garde film community through friendship, advocacy and visionary curatorial work. As founder, curator and administrator (1970-1975) of the Carnegie Museum of Art's Film Section series, Dixon presented, commissioned and supported ground-breaking works by a huge array of filmmakers--including Carolee Schneemann, Gunvor Nelson, Stan Brakhage, Roger Jacoby, George & Mike Kuchar, Hollis Frampton, Storm De Hirsch and many others--while setting an exemplary model for the presentation of artist films in a fine arts context and for providing financial compensation to artists. Her establishment of the famed Pittsburgh Travel Sheet (in 1973) and role in founding the Filmmakers Preview Network and of Pittsburgh Filmmakers helped solidify a national touring network of alternative exhibition spaces and film artists. In her later career, Dixon programmed films at the Walker Art Center--where she published the famed Filmmakers Filming series of artist monographs--and worked for various philanthropic foundations, providing thousands of dollars in support of filmmaker projects.
Long under-recognized as a figure in the field, Dixon's tale is told in Brigid Maher's Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story, a loving portrait featuring extensive archival footage, interviews and photographs documenting Dixon's life and work and interviews with members of Dixon's extensive circle including Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage Wodening, Carolee Schneemann, Ken Jacobs and more. The screening of Experimental Curator is preceded by three works featured in the film--James Broughton's Erogeny (1976), filmed on Dixon's dining room table; Roger Jacoby's Dream Sphinx (1974), "starring" Dixon and Warhol superstar Ondine; and Storm De Hirsh's double-projected Third Eye Butterfly (1968), all screened in vibrant 16mm. (Steve Polta)
SCREENING: Dream Sphinx (1974) by Roger Jacoby; 16mm, color, sound, 8 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Erogeny (1976) by James Broughton; 16mm, color, sound, 6 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Third Eye Butterfly (1968) by Storm De Hirsch; double-projected 16mm, color, sound, 10 minutes, print from the Film-Maker's Cooperative. Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story (2022) by Brigid Maher; digital video, color, sound, 57 minutes, exhibition file from the maker. TRT: 81 minutes
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Filmmaker Brigid Maher In Person
Following a passionate engagement with the heady milieu of the 1960s New York underground film scene, Sally Dixon (1932-2019) dedicated her life to cultivating avant-garde film community through friendship, advocacy and visionary curatorial work. As founder, curator and administrator (1970-1975) of the Carnegie Museum of Art's Film Section series, Dixon presented, commissioned and supported ground-breaking works by a huge array of filmmakers--including Carolee Schneemann, Gunvor Nelson, Stan Brakhage, Roger Jacoby, George & Mike Kuchar, Hollis Frampton, Storm De Hirsch and many others--while setting an exemplary model for the presentation of artist films in a fine arts context and for providing financial compensation to artists. Her establishment of the famed Pittsburgh Travel Sheet (in 1973) and role in founding the Filmmakers Preview Network and of Pittsburgh Filmmakers helped solidify a national touring network of alternative exhibition spaces and film artists. In her later career, Dixon programmed films at the Walker Art Center--where she published the famed Filmmakers Filming series of artist monographs--and worked for various philanthropic foundations, providing thousands of dollars in support of filmmaker projects.
Long under-recognized as a figure in the field, Dixon's tale is told in Brigid Maher's Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story, a loving portrait featuring extensive archival footage, interviews and photographs documenting Dixon's life and work and interviews with members of Dixon's extensive circle including Jonas Mekas, Jane Brakhage Wodening, Carolee Schneemann, Ken Jacobs and more. The screening of Experimental Curator is preceded by three works featured in the film--James Broughton's Erogeny (1976), filmed on Dixon's dining room table; Roger Jacoby's Dream Sphinx (1974), "starring" Dixon and Warhol superstar Ondine; and Storm De Hirsh's double-projected Third Eye Butterfly (1968), all screened in vibrant 16mm. (Steve Polta)
SCREENING: Dream Sphinx (1974) by Roger Jacoby; 16mm, color, sound, 8 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Erogeny (1976) by James Broughton; 16mm, color, sound, 6 minutes, print from Canyon Cinema. Third Eye Butterfly (1968) by Storm De Hirsch; double-projected 16mm, color, sound, 10 minutes, print from the Film-Maker's Cooperative. Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story (2022) by Brigid Maher; digital video, color, sound, 57 minutes, exhibition file from the maker. TRT: 81 minutes
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