A Beautiful Friend and a Moral Force: JoAnn Verburg Remembers Sally Dixon
While many remember Sally Dixon, who passed away November 5, as a tireless champion for artists, Minneapolis-based photographer JoAnn Verburg recalls her deep creativity, passion, and conviction. "Many of us, myself included," she writes, "know Sally is part of what made us who we are and are grateful to her for being a dear devoted friend and a moral force."
Remembering Sally Dixon, a Champion of Avant-Garde Film (1932–2019)
Sally Dixon—founding curator at the Carnegie Museum of Art's film program; interim director of Film in the Cities; and a champion of avant-garde filmmakers including Stan Brakhage, Bruce Baillie, and Carolee Schneemann—has passed away at age 87. Walker Moving Image Senior Curator Sheryl Mousley remembers her friend and colleague.
Film in the Cities (1970–1993) was one of many diverse grassroots media arts centers developing around the country. Together these centers formed an informal movement to support non-commercial media-making, peer education, and leveraging funding to further their development. Karon Sherarts discusses the evolution of FITC as the national arts funding landscape changed from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Close Ties: Melinda Ward and Emily Galusha on Film in the Cities and the Walker
Former Film in the Cities board members Melinda Ward and Emily Galusha discuss the programming connections between the Walker Art Center and Film in the Cities and the importance of media education for youth.
"Oh transparent hallucination, superimposition of image, mirage of movement, heroine of a thousand and one nights..." So begins "The Camera Eye," a chapter from experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage's hugely influential (and long out of print) Metaphors on Vision. To celebrate the republication of the 1963 book—and in advance of a special January 25 screening of Brakhage's work—we share this excerpt from Metaphors on Vision.
