Our Interviewees
Carolee Schneemann
Interviewed on January 18th, 2019
Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019) was a groundbreaking painter, filmmaker, and performance artist who worked closely with Sally Dixon. In this interview, Carolee discusses her work in painting and film, talking at length about her experimental film Fuses, which Sally acquired for the Carnegie Museum. Carolee reminisces about her relationships and collaborations with Sally, fellow filmmaker Stan Brakhage, and composer James Tenney.
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Jane Wodening
Interviewed on May 25th, 2019
Jane Wodening is a writer and artist. Married to Stan Brakhage from 1957 until 1987, Jane provides detailed insights into her life and collaborations with Brakhage, as well as Brakhage’s complex relationship with Sally Dixon. As Jane explains here, Sally played a key role in the creation of Brakhage’s Pittsburgh Trilogy.
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Ken Jacobs
Interviewed on March 18th, 2019
Ken Jacobs is an American experimental filmmaker. In this interview, he discusses his early inspirations, his introduction to the avant-garde community of the 1950s and 1960s, and his encounters with Sally Dixon. Ken also reflects on the history and future of American avant-garde film. You can rent or purchase his films here.
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Jonas Mekas
Interviewed on March 13th, 2018
Jonas Mekas (1922-2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker known for developing the diaristic forms of cinema. You can rent or purchase his films from the following distributors: Canyon Cinema; Filmmakers’ Scoop; and his website.
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Bill Judson
Interviewed on September 15th, 2018
Bill Judson is a film scholar and film studies professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He took over as film curator of the CMoA Film Section in 1975. In this expansive interview, he discusses his friendship with Sally Dixon, the history of CMoA and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and the work of Stan Brakhage, Roger Jacoby, James Broughton, and others.
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Lindsay Mattock
Interviewed on February 16th, 2019
Lindsay Mattock is an Associate Professor of Library Science at East Carolina University.
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Benjamin Ogrodnik
Interviewed on February 16th, 2019
Benjamin Ogrodnik is Assistant Professor of Art at Del Mar College.
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Robert Haller
Interviewed on March 14th, 2018
Robert Haller (1942-2021) was a photographer and Director Emeritus of Special Collections at Anthology Film Archives.
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sharon r. green
Sharon R. Green is a Seattle-based psychoanalyst.
jean tarbox
Jean Tarbox is a writing specialist with over twenty years’ experience in resolving writing problems for public and private school students in the Puget Sound region.
jim hubbard
Jim Hubbard makes experimental and documentary films exploring queer life and grassroots politics, AIDS activism, the chemical nature of film and the transformation of the video message.
ricardo bloch
Ricardo Bloch is a photographer. He has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Jerome Foundation the McKnight Foundations and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
melinda ward
Melinda Ward recently retired after 26 years as Chief Content Officer for PRI. Before radio, she programmed video and performance art for PBS and Walker Art Center, and served on the board of Film in the Cities.
JoAnn Verburg
JoAnn Verburg is a photographer based in Minneapolis, Minn. and Spoleto, Italy.
emily davis
Emily Davis is the senior research associate for the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Time-Based Media Project. She holds a MLIS with an emphasis in Archives, Preservation and Records Management from the University of Pittsburgh.
liz dixon
Liz Dixon is Sally’s daughter-in-law. She is a realtor working in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She lives with her husband, John Dixon, in Maryland.
alexander “zander” dixon
Alexander "Zander" Dixon is the youngest son of Sally Dixon. He has owned restaurants and worked for 35 years as an executive chef.
fred foy
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Cash (MELISSA) RAGONA
Cash (Melissa) Ragona is Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Critical Theory at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Art.
stephen silha
Stephen Silha is a freelance writer, communications consultant, facilitator and futurist. He completed his first feature length documentary, Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton in 2013.
steve dixon
Steven Dixon is Sally Dixon's middle son. He worked with his brother, Zander, as a sommelier and continued to work in the field of wine thereafter. He now lives in Lee, Massachusetts with his wife, Terri Jo.
Sheryl Mousley
Sheryl Mousley is senior curator of Film/Video at the Walker Art Center.
emmy vadnais
Emmy Vadnais is Sally’s daughter-in-law. She is an occupational therapist who specializes in complementary and integrative health, wellness, and prevention. She lives with her husband, Zander Dixon, in Saint Paul, Minn.
john dixon
John is Sally Dixon's oldest son. After receiving degrees in math and computer science from the University of Denver, he worked at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and worked for government and international programs in Washington, DC from 1988 until his retirement. He and his wife, Liz Dixon, are the proud parents of two sons and three grandchildren.
