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Welcome to the Checkerboard Film Foundation website! Please use the tabs above to navigate to the major sections of the site or click on one of the links to the right to view a description of one of our films.

Mission Statement
Checkerboard was founded in 1979 to document living artists who have made important contributions to the American arts.

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Subjects
Our films cover such subjects as architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, museums, music and literature.

Audience
Our audience includes:

  • Schools, Universities, Museums, and Libraries
  • Public and Cable Television
  • Film and Video Festivals
  • Collectors

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Broadcasts / Screenings / Festivals

CURRENT BROADCASTS:

LANDMARKS: PETER EISENMAN
KAET :: check local listings
LANDMARKS: STEVEN HOLL
KCPT :: check local listings
LANDMARKS: JEAN NOUVEL
TPT :: check local listings

CURRENT SCREENINGS:

KIKI SMITH: SQUATTING THE PALACE
Brooklyn Museum of Art :: Feb 12 - Sept 12
RICK JOY: INTERLUDES
Center for Architecture, New York City :: September 16
RAY KAPPE: CALIFORNIA MODERN MASTER
Center for Architecture, New York City :: September 30
STUDIO GANG: AQUA TOWER
Center for Architecture, New York City :: October 14
KIERANTIMBERLAKE: LOBLOLLY HOUSE & CELLOPHANE HOUSE
Center for Architecture, New York City :: October 28

CURRENT FESTIVALS:

RICK JOY: INTERLUDES
Modesto International Architecture Festival
State Theater, Modesto, CA October 22, 2010 - 6pm
STUDIO GANG: AQUA TOWER
Modesto International Architecture Festival
State Theater, Modesto, CA October 22, 2010 - 6pm
 



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  Index of Films
 
  A R C H I T E C T U R E
• Studio Gang Architects: Aqua Tower
•  In Search of Clarity: The Architecture of Gwathmey Siegel
• Rick Joy: Interludes
• Philip Johnson: Diary of an Eccentric Architect
• Ray Kappe: California Modern Master
• KieranTimberlake: Loblolly House (2007), Cellophane House (2008)
• Landmarks: Peter Eisenman
• Landmarks: Steven Holl
• Landmarks: Daniel Libeskind
• Landmarks: Thom Mayne
• Landmarks: Jean Nouvel
• Landmarks: Yoshio Taniguchi
• Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy
• Vincent Scully: An Art Historian Among Architects
 
  P A I N T I N G   &   S C U L P T U R E
• Yvonne Jacquette: Autumn Expansion
• Alex Katz: Five Hours
• Ellsworth Kelly: Fragments
• Roy Lichtenstein: Tokyo Brushstrokes
• Roy Lichtenstein: Reflections
• The Drawings of Roy Lichtenstein
• Brice Marden
• Kiki Smith: Squatting The Palace
 
  P H O T O G R A P H Y
• Rudy Burckhardt: Man In the Woods
• Rudy Burckhardt & Edwin Denby: The Climate of New York
• Harry Callahan: Eleanor and Barbara
• Ralph Gibson: Photographer/Book Artist
• Jan Groover: Tilting at Space
• Horst
• Duane Michals (1939 - 1997)
• Barbara Morgan: Everything is Dancing
• Aaron Siskind
• John Szarkowski: A Life in Photography
 
  M U S E U M S
• The Phillips Collection
• Sir John Soane: An English Architect, An American Legacy
 
  M U S I C  &  L I T E R A T U R E 
• Billy Collins: On the Road with the Poet Laureate
• Barry Harris: The Spirit of Bebop
• The Paris Review ...Early Chapters
 
  S P E A K I N G   O F   A R T
• William S. Rubin on Picasso and Braque
• John Szarkowski on Ansel Adams
• John Szarkowski on Eugene Atget
• John Szarkowski on Szarkowski
 
  D I S T R I B U T E D   T I T L E S
• Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle
• Ross Bleckner: Remember Me
 
 
  Checkerboard TV
 
  B I L L Y   C O L L I N S
On the Road with the Poet Laureate
 
 
  S T E V E N   H O L L
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Bloch Building
 
 
  P H I L I P   J O H N S O N
Diary of an Eccentric Architect
 
 
  E L L S W O R T H   K E L L Y
Fragments
 
 
  R O Y   L I C H T E N S T E I N
Reflections
 
 
  B R I C E   M A R D E N
 
 
  K I K I   S M I T H
Squatting the Palace
 
 
  J O H N   S Z A R K O W S K I
A Life in Photography