SSG presents Cheri Gaulke's screening and discussion of Gloria's Call

Surrealist Study Group presents Cheri Gaulke's short film about the friendships between feminist scholar Gloria Orenstein and the women of Surrealism, followed by an in-depth conversation with director and producers!

In 1971, graduate student Gloria Orenstein received a call from Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington that sparked a lifelong journey into art, ecofeminism and shamanism. The short film Gloria’s Call uses art, animation and storytelling to celebrate this wild adventure from the cafés of Paris to the mountaintops of Samiland. The film Gloria’s Call was born in October of 2016 during a presentation by renowned scholar Dr. Gloria Feman Orenstein at the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art (SCWCA) Surrealist Tea in celebration of their 40th Anniversary. The film was produced in 2019 by artists Cheri Gaulke (director), Cheryl Bookout, Anne Gauldin, Sue Maberry and Christine Papalexis. Gloria's Call has screened in 40+ film festivals internationally and won many awards including Best Documentary at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion between Surrealist Study Group (SSG) host and curator dama with filmmaker Cheri Gaulke and producers in attendance Cheryl Bookout, Anne Gauldin, Christine Papalexis.

Cheri Gaulke is a pioneer in the feminist art movement in Los Angeles and an award-winning filmmaker whose films have screened in national and international film festivals. Gaulke’s work has been presented at the Museum of Modern Art (NY), the Museum of Contemporary Art (LA), in a Smithsonian-touring exhibition, and in settings all over the world including buses, churches, and prehistoric temples. Gaulke has received artist fellowships from National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, City of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation, and California Humanities.

Recent films include about women and surrealism, Miss Alma Thomas: A Life in Color about an under-recognized African-American artist, and Inside the Beauty Bubble about a gay hair salon owner in Joshua Tree (co-directed with Cheryl Bookout). Gaulke is currently in post-production on her first feature documentary film, Acting Like Women, about feminist performance art in 1970s-80s Los Angeles. You can learn more about Gaulke’s work at https://cherigaulke.com/.

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