Metro Cinema Society: !Women in Art Film Series

!Women in Art Film Series

This new film series explores the lives and careers of significant female artists though the lens of recent notable documentaries. It coincides with the exhibition Alberta Mistresses of the Modern: 1935-1975, and will screen on the second Tuesday of every month for eight consecutive months. Presented in partnership between the Art Gallery of Alberta and Metro Cinema.

Series Pass: Adults $50, Metro & AGA Members, Students/Seniors: $40.

(Available at Metro Cinema & AGA)

Women in Art: !Women Art Revolution

Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson

USA 2010, 83 min, Digital

Mar 13 (2012) @ 7pm

An entertaining and revelatory “secret history” of Feminist Art, _ deftly illuminates this underexplored movement through conversations, observations, archival footage and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics. Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests,... view more

Women in Art: The Woodmans

Director: Scott Willis

USA 2010, 88 min, Digital

Apr 10 (2012) @ 7pm

A fascinating, unflinching portrait of the late photographer Francesca Woodman, told through the young artist’s work (including experimental videos and journal entries) and remarkably candid interviews with her artist parents Betty and George (a ceramic sculptor and painter/photographer), who have... view more

Women in Art: The Heretics

Director: Joan Braderman

USA 2009, 95 min, Digital

May 8 (2012) @ 7pm

Tracing the influence of the Women’s Movement’s Second Wave on art and life, _The Heretics_ is the exhilarating inside story of the New York feminist art collective that produced “Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics” (1977-92). In this... view more

Women in Art: Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine with/ Anne Truitt, Working

Jun 12 (2012) @ 7pm

Women in Art: AGA: Marina Abramović The Artist is Present

Director: Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre

USA 2011, 105 min, Digital

Jul 10 (2012) @ 7pm

Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramović has been redefining what art is for nearly forty years. Using her own body as a vehicle, pushing herself beyond her physical and mental limits – and at times risking her life in the... view more

Women in Art: AGA: Wanda Koop w/ Ghost Noise

Director: Katherine Knight

Canada 2011, 52 min, Digital

Aug 14 (2012) @ 7pm

The film explores the importance of the Artist’s Studio, as a factory of the imagination. We meet Wanda in her newly renovated factory building where the multifaceted process of making, storing, archiving, marketing and selling her work occur. This is... view more

Women in Art: AGA: Guest of Cindy Sherman

Director: Paul H-O, Tom Donahue

USA 2008, 88 min, Digital

Sep 11 (2012) @ 7pm

_Guest of Cindy Sherman_ takes an eye-opening look at what happens when a skeptical outsider finds himself romantically involved with the ultimate insider. Paul H-O became a fixture of the New York art scene in the 1990s with his public... view more

Women in Art: AGA: Our City Dreams

Director: Chiara Clemente

USA 2008, 87 min, DigiBeta

Oct 9 (2012) @ 7pm

Filmed over the course of two years, _Our City Dreams_ is an invitation to visit the creative spaces of five women artists, each of whom possesses her own energy, drive and passion. These women, who span different decades and represent... view more