Joanna Priestley
Joanna Priestley: Fighting Gravity
Joanna Priestley: Fighting Gravity
"The exquisite animated world of Joanna Priestley has been one of the best-kept secrets of the toon community... Undeniably original and hard to forget." Animation Magazine
Dubbed "the queen of independent animation" by Bill Plympton, Joanna Priestley unveils her new short Missed Aches (2009, 4 min.), a humorous rant about the need for proofreading. This can't-miss program for animation buffs also includes a series of animated gems representing the range of the artist's techniques: Voices (1985, 4 min.), Grown Up (1993, 7 min.), All My Relations (1990, 5 min.), Streetcar Named Perspire (2007, 6:30 min.), Utopia Parkway (1997, 5 min.), Candyjam (1988, 7 min.), She-Bop (1988, 8 min.), Pro and Con (1993, 9 min.), and Dew Line (2005, 4:30 min.). Mentored by Jules Engel at CalArts, Priestley had previously made 19 award-winning films about subjects as varied as relationships, plants, magic, menopause, abstraction and prison. Retrospectives of her work have been presented at The Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, and American Cinematheque, among other venues.
In person: Joanna Priestley
Curated by Maureen Selwood and Bérénice Reynaud.
Funded in part with generous support from Wendy Keys and Donald Pels.
Date/Time | G | ST | CA |
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MON 4/20 8:30 pm | $9 | $7 | $5 |
G - General Audience
M - REDCAT Members
ST - Students
CA - CalArts Students/Faculty/Staff