New Artist Member

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   New Artist Member: Kelly Gallagher

   Posted October 8th, 2025 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Kelly Gallagher and her work to the collection! Kelly Gallagher is a filmmaker, animator, and Associate Professor of Film at Syracuse University. She is the recipient of a 2024 Creative Capital award for her feature experimental documentary, By All Your Memories. Her handcrafted films and commissioned animations have screened at […]

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   New Artist Member: Alexandra Cuesta

   Posted January 22nd, 2025 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Alexandra Cuesta to the collection! Alexandra Cuesta is a filmmaker and visual artist who combines experimental film traditions with documentary practices. Her 16mm films and videos are portraits of public places, urban landscapes, and the people in them. Reminiscent of documentary practices such as street photography, Cuesta’s work is […]

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   New Artist Member: Tommy Becker

   Posted February 15th, 2024 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome San Francisco-based artist Tommy Becker to the collection! Tommy Becker attended the San Francisco Art Institute before receiving an MFA in Film/Video/Performance from the California College of Arts. In 2001, he began his work on “Tape Number One,” a never-ending mix tape that acts as a depository for his […]

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   New Artist Member: Jenni Olson

   Posted February 6th, 2024 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is thrilled to welcome Jenni Olson to the collection! Jenni Olson is a queer film historian and archivist, writer, and non-fiction filmmaker based in Berkeley, California. Her two feature-length essay films — The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015) — premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and, like her many short films, have screened internationally […]

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   New Artist Member: Azian Nurudin

   Posted December 19th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome the San Francisco-based artist Azian Nurudin to the collection! Azian Nurudin was born on Penang Island in Malaysia. She received a BA from Mills College in Oakland, California and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Her works have been screened at film/video festivals, galleries, and museums throughout […]

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   New Artist Member: Harry Smith

   Posted December 4th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome the films of Harry Smith to the collection! “Harry Smith (1923-1991) was an artist whose activities and interests put him at the center of the mid 20th-century American avant-garde. Although best known as a filmmaker and musicologist, he frequently described himself as a painter, and his varied projects called on his […]

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   New Artist Member: TT Takemoto

   Posted June 9th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is delighted to welcome the San Francisco-based artist TT Takemoto to the collection! TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American filmmaker exploring Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their experimental films delve into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma that exist within Asian and Asian American archives. Takemoto interacts with found footage […]

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   New Artist Member: Margaret Rorison

   Posted March 17th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome the Baltimore-based filmmaker, projectionist, educator, and curator Margaret Rorison to the collection! Rorison’s work aims to support and preserve contemporary filmmakers and film culture. Her current work focuses on portraiture, memory, and the precarity and beauty of nature. Her work has been exhibited at Anthology Film Archives, Miami PULSE […]

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   New Artist Members: John and James Whitney

   Posted March 14th, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is thrilled to welcome the films of John and James Whitney to the collection! John Whitney (1917-1995) is considered one of the fathers of computer animation. His works include the opening title sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo (1958), which is a collaboration work with Saul Bass; Catalogue (1961), assembled record of visual […]

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    New Artist Member: Malic Amalya

    Posted March 1st, 2023 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Digital Files, New Films, News / Events
    

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome the Boston-based filmmaker Malic Amalya to the collection! Malic Amalya (b. 1980 – Burlington, VT) is a white, transgender filmmaker working across 16mm, video, and performance. His films are situated between formal avant-garde traditions, the anti-assimilation subculture of queercore, and intersectional feminism. His creative framework is informed by prison […]

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