Artists' Television Access
Weekly Newsletter
Coming Up This Month
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 8:00 pm, classic-editor
OC: XPANDED ANIMATION
ROURKE’s BEEN IN THE WIND + PICKARD/MONTERO + TRAINOR +
This season’s celebration of single-frame cinema boasts none Other than local hero Jeremy Rourke, with four new and enhanced works, most of which presented in his “live-music mode”–adjacent, almost ’embedded’ stand-up strumming (with occasional added screens). Opening the program is an eye-popping line-up of pixilated premieres, with three more animator/performers in person! Leo Pickard proffers his live-tracked birds nest, then brings on Camila Montero to introduce their collaboration El Raton Perez. East Bay-based Anna Firth is also here with her delightful Air. AND the evening’s repertoire is enriched by the inclusion of somewhat earlier works–Kingdom of Not‘s Why Do Doggie Eat the Tinsel, Jim Trainor‘s The Moschops, James Head‘s Fangula, Kelly Gallagher‘s Dance, and the crafty creations of Chileans Cristobal Leon & Joaquin Cocina. PLUS Philip Stapp‘s epic Picture in your Mind, and our beloved custom of toast-n-jam! $12
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 8:00 pm, classic-editor
OC: CACOPHONY CLAUS
LAW/SCHMIDT: SANTACON + BETTER WATCH OUT +
Come wallow in the holiday spirit as Kooky Kringles, Satanic Santas, and myriad mischievous elves wash up on the shores of consciousness in a Crimson Tide that will change how you view Christmas forever! John Law (Santa Melmoth), Rob Schmidt (Santa Rob), and The One True Santa are all here in the house with a sleighful of SantaCon howlers, including a sneak-peak at a spankin’ new network-bound knockout. Scott (Laughing Squid) Beale‘s You Better Watch Out teases out the trainwreck of the Portland ’96 SantaCon, Chuck Cirino‘s Santa Clone Rampage brings to light some–tsk tsk!–misbehavin’ at the second SF romp, and a preview of Seth Porges‘ feature extravaganza digs up additional documentation of LA and NYC donnybrooks. Plus a privileged peek at the Danish pranksters Solvogron who planted the seed in 1976. Spiked eggnog! $12
Saturday, December 20, 2025, 8:00 pm, classic-editor
OC: PSYCHO-GEO3; NORCAL
FINLEY: A RADICAL THREAD + GREEN/BLACK +
Headlining our survey of regional subculture, here’s the SF debut of Jeanne Finley‘s A Radical Thread, with the esteemed educator/video-artist in person. She introduces her inspiring hour-plus group-portrait of a 50-year-strong Sierra Foothills sustainable community that saved the Yuba River, and managed to narrate their struggle–and others–in an expansive hand-woven tapestry. The evening’s opening half-hour is made up of a rather curious compilation of short docs that focus more particularly on San Francisco itself, including Ellie Vanderlip‘s (also in person) Muni study the one, Craig Baldwin‘s (here too) mid-Market memoir Stolen Movie, James Hong‘s refreshingly frank Folsom Street Fair, and Sam Green/Andy Black‘s much-loved Cinematic Study of Fog. PLUS precious glimpses of the Emeryville Mudflat sculptures, William Wiley and Michael McClure installing city-wide billboard art, and a super-rare early-60s 16mm clip of Mission Street‘s Original Gangstas. $12
About Artists' Television Access
Artists' Television Access is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) artist-run
screening venue and gallery located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission
District. ATA is supported in part by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel
Tax Fund, The Christensen Fund, individuals members, donors and volunteers.
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA: Join ATA as a member and receive exciting gifts, including the 2008 DVD compilation, T-shirts, and free admission to screenings and more! Artists on the 2008 DVD compilation include: Yin-Ju Chen, Mike Rollo, Marthaxiv, Sam Manera, Wago Kreider, Federico Campanale, Paul Clipson and Carl Diehl. http://www.atasite.org/membership/
How to Reach Us:
Artists' Television Access
992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 824-3890
ata@atasite.org
Gallery is open before and after screenings for viewing.
Screenings start at 8pm unless otherwise noted.
Directions: Take Bart to 24th Street Mission. Walk 1 block east to Valencia and 3 blocks north. ATA is located between 21st and 20th Streets.