About Checkerboard Films
"You take a canvas, divide it up like a checkerboard... and go from there."
- Man Ray
The Foundation’s educational mission is comprised of a three-pronged structure:
We distribute to public libraries, universities, museums, and other media outlets and individuals across the U.S. and abroad. Our films may be purchased by these institutions and individuals directly via our website or through third party distributors, and made available to students both in the classroom as a teaching component and as an independent resource.
We work directly with museums worldwide to set up screenings in conjunction with exhibitions of work by artists we have profiled. These screenings are either installed as part of the exhibition or scheduled as a separate, but concurrent, activity via the museum’s education department.
Lastly, we distribute our titles directly to interested individuals and patrons of the arts. They are screened at film festivals, and broadcast on public and cable television.
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