Sally Dixon
| Sally Dixon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sally Foy Dixon February 25, 1932 Seattle, Washington US |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Sally Foy Sally Dixon Block |
| Occupation | Film curator |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
| Known for | 1960s–1970s Avant-garde film |
Sally Foy Dixon (born February 25, 1932) is an arts administrator, curator, and advocate of American experimental film and filmmakers. She was Film Curator at Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 1975 and interim director of Film in the Cities in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from 1979 to 1981. She also served as Director of the Bush Foundation for Artist Fellowships from 1980 to 1996 and was a consultant for the Pew Charitable Trusts, The MacArthur Foundation, the Herb Foundation, and the Leeway Foundation.
Dixon was born in Seattle, Washington, to Fred C. Foy and Elizabeth Hamilton Foy. She was one of three children. Her father, Fred C. Foy, was Chief of Koppers Company in Pittsburgh, as well as chairman of the board of Trustees at Carnegie Mellon University and a Trustee of Carnegie Institute. Elizabeth Hamilton Foy was a member of the Women's Committee at Carnegie Institute.
Dixon studied art at Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), Bennington College, and Chatham College (now Chatham University).
In the 1960s, Dixon received a small hand-held movie camera from her father-in-law and began making films, which she later called "film poems." She became interesting in learning about film. Influenced by Jonas Mekas' writing in The Village Voice, she became fascinated by avant-garde film. She was working at the Carnegie Museum of Art and after much discussion and research, started the museum's film department.
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