Ardele Lister

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Ardele Lister founded and edited the journal CRITERIA, a Quarterly Review of the Arts, in 1975 in Vancouver. It was initiallly published under the auspices of the Vancouver Art Gallery, but by 1977 had dis-affiliated. Volumes 1-4 were published until Fall 1978, Volume 4, Number 2. Archived issues are below to view or download.

Ardele Lister founded The Independent, the first magazine devoted to the needs of independent video and film makers, published by the Foundation for Independent Video and Film, in New York in 1978. She edited the first several issues.

The Independent is still published by the Foundation for Independent Video and Film, and available online here.

Criteria Volume 3 Number 1

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CONTENTS (click to read individual articles)

Avis Lang Rosenberg:
Definitely New Work in
"A Different Kind of Romance," p. 3

Bill Jones:
Critical Conditions, Bill Jones Talks to the Critics, p. 6

Dennis Wheeler:
"Some People Will Do Anything to Avoid Criticism"
A Conversation with Dennis Wheeler, p. 13

Joe Bodolai:
Confessions of a Reformed Art Critic, p. 18

Toby Maclennan:
The Fifth Game
The Cave of the Mother of the Moon, p. 21

Vicki Goldberg:
White Women: Esprit de Corpse, p.23