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A documentary that delves into the life of experimental film curator Sally Dixon. More. This one-hour biographic documentary reflects on Sally’s life as a woman in a man’s art world.
90 supporters | 114 followers. Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story will bring to life the world of a woman in a man’s art world in the realm of 1970's Experimental Film. We will weave in contemporary footage of Sally as we reflect on her enormous impact on avant-garde film, reminding the world of this powerful role model.
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 ...
Nov 8, 2019 · A charismatic go-getter with a discerning eye, Dixon, 87, died Tuesday in the car of her son, Alexander, as he was fulfilling her last wish by taking her out of hospice and driving her home. Dixon ...
Sally Foy Dixon (February 25, 1932 – November 5, 2019) was an American arts administrator, curator, and advocate of American experimental film and filmmakers. She was a Film Curator at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1975 and interim director of Film in the Cities in Minneapolis , Minnesota, from 1978 to 1979. [3]
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A Tiny Leaps Production. Experimental Curator: The Sally Dixon Story is a documentary that delves into the life of experimental film curator Sally Dixon. Her story began in the 1960's when she received a small hand-held movie camera from her father-in-law and started making films, that she later called "Film Poems." Sally is known as a ...
Aug 20, 2023 · Sally Dixon, founding curator of film at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, was a champion of experimental film and video throughout her career. Her support of avant-garde filmmakers and media artists helped to develop and sustain a robust exhibition circuit of noncommercial cinema by artists outside of the mainstream film industry.
