Name: Film Screening: Experimental Animation in the Era of Women’s Liberation
Start: 2026-03-29T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Des Moines Art Center

$Film Screening: Experimental Animation in the Era of Women\u2019s Liberation$

In tandem with our current exhibition “Honey, You’re a Wonderful Model: Maria Lassnig’s Animated Films,” the Art Center will present a screening of nine short films made between 1970 and 1980. Curated and introduced by Associate Curator Ashton Cooper, the artists presented in these films worked in a range of contexts — from New York to Los Angeles and many places in between — and they all used the medium of animation to expand the forms and subjects of experimental film. Many of the films are incisive yet humorous self-portraits that investigate what it means to live, work, and love in a body labeled female.
FILM SCREENING:
• Mary Beams, “Tub Film,” 1972, 2 mins, and “Seed Reel,” 3 mins
• Doris Chase, “Circles II,” 1972, 8 mins
• Betty Chen, “Portraits of a Young Girl,” 1970s, 2 mins
• Suzan Pitt, “Crocus,” 1971, 6 mins
• Rosalind Schneider, “Abstraction,” 1971, 8 mins
• Maureen Selwood, “Odalisque,” 1980, 11.5 mins
• Cindy Sherman, “Doll Clothes,” 1975, 2.5 mins
• Olga Spiegel, “Alchemy Blues,” 1974, 7 mins
Free; registration required.
https://desmoinesartcenter.org/event/film-screening-experimental-animation-in-the-era-of-womens-liberation/