Interview with Cheri Gaulke about Susan Rennie – Old Girl in a Tutu (2025)
Video (19:50): Interview with filmmaker Cheri Gaulke about her short film ‘Old Girl in a Tutu – Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History’ (2025).
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About the Short Film
Feminist scholar, Susan Rennie, seizes her iPhone and sneaks her queer, octogenarian body into master works of art, disrupting the narrative of the male gaze. This 8-minute film focuses on a gallery showcase of Susan Rennie’s delightful art with unfiltered commentary from the artist, as well as words from exhibition curator Kirsten Grimstad.
Screenings
‘Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History’ (2025) will be screened at the following film festivals:
The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival, Morgan Hill, CA 2026, April 8-15, 2026
21st IMMAGINARIA International Film Festival, Rome, Italy, May 8-10, 2026
About Cheri Gaulke
Cheri Gaulke has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a Master of Arts degree (in Feminist Art/Education) from Goddard College. In 1975, she moved to Los Angeles to be involved with the Feminist Studio Workshop at the Woman’s Building. There she embraced the notion that feminist art could raise consciousness, invite dialogue, and transform culture. She worked primarily in performance art from 1974-1992, addressing themes such as religion, sexual identity, and the environment. In addition to her solo work, she cofounded collaborative performance groups Feminist Art Workers (1976-81), which merged feminist art and education techniques into interactive performances; and Sisters Of Survival (1981-85), who wore nun’s habits in the spectrum of the rainbow and presented their anti-nuclear performances in Europe and the U.S. With her partner, Sue Maberry, Cheri Gaulke explored their relationship through the documentation series “Thicker than Blood: Our Lesbian Family” (1992). – Today, she works in a variety of media, but mostly video, installation, artist’s books, and public art.