Directed, Written & Produced by Stuart Ginsberg
64 min | English | USA
Friday, September 19th, 2025 | 6:00PM Screening
Neighborhood House at Christ Church
20 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
IT’S A to Z: The ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS is a feature-length documentary about Arleen Schloss, an underground artist, director, and curator who became an influential figure in the downtown New York art scene from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Through exclusive never-before-seen archival footage shot by Schloss herself and mixed with commentary from people from the scene, we trace Schloss’s story and see, from her point of view, we see the texture of New York City’s downtown art scene from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Known as an “artist’s artist,” Schloss became influential through A’s, her loft space that was a hub for genre-defying music, gallery shows, performance art, film, and other happenings. A hotbed of experimentation, A’s featured the work ofJean-Michel Basquiat, Eric Bogosian, Glenn Branca, Kim Gordon, Shirin Neshat, Thurston Moore, Alan Suiclde, Ai Wei Wei, and John Zorn, among others. Always challenging herself to create no matter the prevailing conditions ,Schloss remains a transformative figure and an inspiring force in the lives of many artists and creatives. She continued to mentor and support up-and-coming artists from all over the world through the 2010s.
Director’s Bio
Stuart Ginsberg
Director/Writer/Producer
Stuart makes his directorial debut with It’s A to Z: The Art of Arleen Schloss. He previously served as associate producer for two independent feature films: Followers (2000), the first of the two, received national distribution by Castle Hill Productions. Stuart later served as the associate producer for Shockwave, Darkside (2014), an independent science fiction film. An adjunct professor at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. and a career coach, Stuart also enjoys writing for and performing in storytelling and improv shows. He began his career in public relations promoting independent films, TV specials, and Broadway shows. He holds a B.A. from American University and an M.A. from The New School.
“If you obey all the rules,
you miss all the fun.”
Katherine Hepburn
Actor
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