It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss Gets its West Coast Premiere at the 12th Annual Fine Arts Film Festival
- Stuart Ginsberg
- Mar 17
- 2 min read
Documentary about Influential Underground Artist Arleen Schloss to Premiere on Saturday, April 26 at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, California and online on Vimeo
Monday, March 17, 2025, New York, NY –The highly anticipated documentary film It's A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss will have its West Coast premiere at the 12th Annual Fine Arts Film Festival on Saturday, April 26, 2025 (Time: TBD). The festival, known for celebrating personal stories and original ideas, will be held at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center located at 681 Venice Boulevard, Venice, Los Angeles and online on Vimeo.
Directed by Stuart Ginsberg, It's A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss delves into the life and work of Arleen Schloss, a pioneering multimedia and performance artist who heavily influenced the Downtown New York art scene. Known for her highly inventive and innovative works, Schloss has been a vital part of the avant-garde movement since the 1970s. The documentary features interviews with notable musicians, artists, and curators such as Alan Vega of Suicide, Eric Bogosian, and Gracie Mansion, as well as archival interviews with John Cage and Glenn Branca.
Schloss was one of the first performance artists to perform at the Museum of Modern Art, and made experimental sound and video work throughout her career. Known in the New York Art Loft Scene for A's, Schloss's iconic loft space became a hub for the New York City underground and avant-garde scenes. A's was a breeding ground for creativity and experimentation, where artists from various disciplines came together to push the boundaries of art, music, and performance.
“I became intrigued by Arleen Schloss’ story and about how hundreds, if not thousands, of artists in various disciplines, owed their success, in part, to Arleen. I came to understand Arleen’s total output as an artist and how she is an art pioneer in so many different and overlapping disciplines. She typically embraced emerging forms and processes before they fully broke through, including performance art, spoken word art, video art, mail art, cyber art, lasers , and virtually any kind of technology that generated new possibilities,” said Stuart Ginsberg, director and producer of It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss.
For more information about the documentary, visit https://www.artofarleenschloss.com/ or on social media at https://www.instagram.com/artofarleenschloss/ or https://www.facebook.com/TheArtofArleenSchloss
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