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These film acetates or “cels” are single drawings from the animated films Ray made in the 1960s and 70s. These 87 cels are all that are left of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings used to produce over 40 experimental art films. The films use this traditional hand-drawn technique, as well as time lapse and stop […]
Ray Rice produced the 7-minute experimental film, “Lead, Kindly Light,” in 1968. More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.
Ray Rice produced the 11-minute experimental film, “7 for a Magician,” in 1976. More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.
Ray Rice produced the 11-minute experimental film, “After the Mill at Caspar,” in 1973. More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.
Ray Rice produced the 6-minute experimental film, “Hello,” in 1969. More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.
Ray Rice produced the 6-minute experimental film, “Ribs,” in 1968. More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.
Ray Rice produced the 13-minute experimental film, “Song of the Woman and the Butterfly Man,” in 1975. The poem is read by the author, William Pitt Root. The hands in the film are by Mira Porter, Ray’s daughter. More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete […]
Ray Rice produced the 8-minute experimental film, “War and Tigers,” in 1965. More on the films here. The complete collection of over 48 films and film fragments is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.
From 1965-1979 Ray Rice produced over 40 independent experimental art films. He wrote: “I have been a working artist all of my adult life, interrupted only by service as an officer of black troops during World War II. After the war I worked with architects on a large scale making mosaic murals and sculpture. During […]
Raymond C. Rice was a painter, sculptor, mosaicist, printmaker, filmmaker, musician, writer, poet, and teacher. His work was exhibited all over the world, including the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco and the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is held in both public and private collections. Ray was […]