ABOUT US
Documenting unique contributors to the American arts since 1979.
Checkerboard Film Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit institution, established in 1979 to document, through the medium of film and video, artists who have made important contributions to the American arts. Checkerboard’s creative profiles fulfill educational and archival objectives for libraries, museums, universities, art historians, and collectors, in the US and abroad. They represent a visual time capsule of artistic achievements spanning the last 80 years.
RECENT PROJECTS
Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory
For more than six decades, Vija Celmins has been creating exquisitely detailed paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints depicting natural imagery, including...
Vladimir Kagan: A Life of Design
This portrait of Vladimir Kagan–noted furniture designer, sculptor, and writer, documents his creative process, from initial drawings and design ideas...
Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest
Julie Mehretu has been an internationally acclaimed artist for the past two decades. Her work is featured in museums around...
James Rosenquist: Up Close
James Rosenquist was one of the leading figures in the pivotal Pop Art movement. Together with such legendary artists as...
Frank Stella: Black Aluminum Copper
Frank Stella, one of the most important living artists, is still producing vital work after more than six decades of...