Query: *
Archival Materials
First Art Film Festival in America sound recordings
Creators:
First Art Film Festival in America (1951 : Woodstock, N.Y.)
Dates:
1951 Sept
Size:
0.6 Linear feet
Collection ID:
AAA.firsart
Repository:
Archives of American Art
The First Art Film Festival in America sound recordings measure 0.6 linear feet and date to 1951. The recordings on seven sound tape reels are of a symposium sponsored by the Woodstock Artists Association, American Federation of the Arts and Film Advisory Center. Participants are Alfred Frankfurter, Bartlett Harding Hayes, Jr., Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Herbert Matter, Curt Oertel, Nathan Resnick, Aline Saarinen, and Ralph Wickiser. The panel for the first day of the symposium concerned the subject "Art Film: Aesthetic and Production" and day two concerned " Art Films: Use and Distribution."