Rental fee: $12
Discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8
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To mark the publication of the first book on the painter and experimental filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911–1998), Serene for the Moment: Sara Kathryn Arledge, we present a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. Curator Terry Cannon described them as “akin to viewing a shimmering stained-glass window.” As they were difficult to present in public venues, Arledge also documented them in several of her films, including Interior Garden II. Her first film, Introspection, an early dance film, was shown in San Francisco’s Art in Cinema series in 1947. The Armory exhibition from which the book arose described Arledge as “an under-recognized painter and innovator of mid-20th century experimental cinema” and “a prolific artist who emphasized the eerie in the mundane and the disorienting in the beautiful. Arledge worked at the margins of art history, shaping her practice with idiosyncratic personal myth.’” Presented in memory of Terry Cannon (1953–2020), who arranged for Arledge’s paper, glass transparency, and film collection to come to BAMPFA. The Film Library and Study Center recently received a grant from California Revealed to digitize the paper collection.
A selection of glass slide transparencies
US, 1947–50
c. 10 mins
Digital streaming
Source: BAMPFA
Recorded biographical presentation on Arledge by Terry Cannon
Recorded June 30, 2018 at BAMPFA
c. 10 mins
Digital streaming
Source: BAMPFA
Interior Garden II
US, 1978
8 mins
Color
16mm, Digital streaming
Introspection
US, 1941–47
7 mins
Color
16mm, Digital streaming
What Is a Man?
US, 1958
10 mins
Color
16mm, Digital streaming
Source: BAMPFA Collection
If you're interested in purchasing Serene for the Moment: Sara Kathryn Arledge, please click the image of the book to the right.
- Year1958
- Runtime10 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSara Kathryn Arledge
Rental fee: $12
Discounted fee for BAMPFA members: $8
Members: to receive your discount, you must log in to Eventive with the same email address you use to receive BAMPFA member communications.
To mark the publication of the first book on the painter and experimental filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911–1998), Serene for the Moment: Sara Kathryn Arledge, we present a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. Curator Terry Cannon described them as “akin to viewing a shimmering stained-glass window.” As they were difficult to present in public venues, Arledge also documented them in several of her films, including Interior Garden II. Her first film, Introspection, an early dance film, was shown in San Francisco’s Art in Cinema series in 1947. The Armory exhibition from which the book arose described Arledge as “an under-recognized painter and innovator of mid-20th century experimental cinema” and “a prolific artist who emphasized the eerie in the mundane and the disorienting in the beautiful. Arledge worked at the margins of art history, shaping her practice with idiosyncratic personal myth.’” Presented in memory of Terry Cannon (1953–2020), who arranged for Arledge’s paper, glass transparency, and film collection to come to BAMPFA. The Film Library and Study Center recently received a grant from California Revealed to digitize the paper collection.
A selection of glass slide transparencies
US, 1947–50
c. 10 mins
Digital streaming
Source: BAMPFA
Recorded biographical presentation on Arledge by Terry Cannon
Recorded June 30, 2018 at BAMPFA
c. 10 mins
Digital streaming
Source: BAMPFA
Interior Garden II
US, 1978
8 mins
Color
16mm, Digital streaming
Introspection
US, 1941–47
7 mins
Color
16mm, Digital streaming
What Is a Man?
US, 1958
10 mins
Color
16mm, Digital streaming
Source: BAMPFA Collection
If you're interested in purchasing Serene for the Moment: Sara Kathryn Arledge, please click the image of the book to the right.
- Year1958
- Runtime10 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorSara Kathryn Arledge