Education
Nova Scotia College of Art and DesignMaster of Fine Arts, Film and Media
Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2020 - present
Queen’s University, Bachelor of Arts Degree
Department of Film & Media
Kingston Ontario
September 2016 - June 2020
Professional Experience
2nd Assistant Director“Blue Sunday” independent film, dir. Steven Griffin
FILM451 Practicum Internship
Wolfe Island, Ontario
October 27th 2019
Location & Security Personnel
“Murdoch Mysteries”, Season 13, Episode 14 as a part of a FILM451 Practicum internship under the Kingston Film Office
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sept. 2019
Hair and Makeup Assistant/Production Assistant
“The Prize” proof of concept film production, dir. Suzanne Lacey
as a part of a FILM451 Practicum internship
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sept. 2019
Modern Fuel Board of Directors Member
Human Resources, Programming, New Media Workspace Committees
Modern Fuel Artists Run Centre
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
July 2019 - present
Videographer for Queen’s Dan School of Drama production of Goodbye, Paris
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston
Freelance Position
May 2019
Production Assistant for “On the Day the World Began” (dir. Clarke Mackey)
Intern Position
Skeleton Park Arts Festival, Kingston Ontario
May 2018
Stonecroft Foundation Student Assistant
“The Golden USB” Exhibition
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston ON
Summer 2017
Part-time Receptionist
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Queen’s University, Kingston
Part-time Receptionist
2017 - 2020
Awards, Grants & Scholarships
Royal Canadian Academy of Art Scholarship
Presented at the RCA Annual General Meeting at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston, Ontario October 26th 2019
Susan Near Prize in Film
Film and Media Department
Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario
Fall 2018
Bio
Ali Dixon is a Canadian-based multimedia artist and filmmaker. She is a graduate of Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Film and Media Studies Department.She is currently pursuing an MFA at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. In 2019, Ali was one of three students to recieve the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts Scholarship.
While the majority of her work is primarily still or moving image, Ali has recently embarked on experimenting with various medias and creative forms, from poetry and prose to soundscapes and digital collage. A recurring theme in Ali’s work is that of Haunting, particularily Haunting as a metaphor for how memories inhabit and navigate architectures of containment. She also draws from such themes as the surreal, the occult and the whimisical.
Exhibitions, Presentations & Public Speaking
“The Incorrigibles”Kingston Canadian Film Festival Local Shorts Debut
Kingston Ontario - March 2020
Short film shown at KCFF as a part of their local shorts program.
4th year undergrad Screening and Q&A for “The Incorrigibles”
Spring 2019
Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario
“But 6 Moments in All of Time…”
UNIT 115 Exhibition
Kingston Arts Council, Tett Centre
390 King Street West - April 2018
Collaborative photography and poetry exhibition with poet Bruce Kauffman.
Q&A Panelist for Spotlight On: Amanda Strong
Kingston Canadian Film Festival 2018
From Toronto to Paris: The filmmaking journey of Sofia Bohdanowicz in her award winning doc Maison du Bonheur
Interview with filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz for FILM 304 summative blog assignment
March 2018
Publications
The Inspired Heart for TeensPoetry Anthology, published 2019
Melinda Cochrane Publications Inc.
Research Projects
Penitent HauntingsFILM500 Honor’s Thesis
Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario
On-going project
Multimedia (photography, digital composite, sound installation) creative exploration of female incarceration in Ontario between 1830s-1940s.
“The Incorrigibles”
FILM460 Major Project
Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario
Short film on the experience of female incarceration in 1930s Ontario.