Anita Thacher received $11,750 in support of her film Loose Corner, a 16mm film/installation she created from 1980-86. It premiered at the 24th NY Film Festival opening night at Avery Fisher Hall, NYC. An excerpt is available at https://www.anitathacher.com/loose-corner/
Anita Thacher (d. September 8, 2017) was a New York-based artist known for her work in a variety of mediums–film, video, public art, multimedia, light, architectural and sculptural installation, as well as painting, photography and prints. Her art explores issues of perception both spatial and personal. Memory, childhood and domestic themes are fundamental elements in the work.
She was the recipient of numerous grants and awards from Jerome Foundation (two grants), The National Endowment for the Arts (four grants), The New York State Council on the Arts (five grants), The Ford Foundation, The American Film Institute, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The New York Women in Film and Television Preservation Fund. Public collections include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Guggenheim, New York, Arsenal, Internationales Forum des Jungen Films, Berlin among others. Her films are distributed by Arsenal, Berlin and Light Cone, Paris among others. Her prints are available through The Metropolitan Museum of Art store and VanDeb Editions.
Anita Thacher is represented by Microscope Gallery, New York. National and international exhibitions include The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The New York Film Festival, P.S.1, The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jeu de Paume, Paris and The Whitney Museum of American Art among others. Ms. Thacher was a MacDowell Colony Fellow, former member of its Board and a Civitella Ranieri Fellow.
