Patricia Zimmermann Memorial Fellowship Fund

We are thrilled to announce that The Flaherty and Visible Evidence are partnering to co-create a new Fellowship Fund in honor of the late Patty Zimmermann (1956-2023). 

Together, our two organizations are fundraising for a Patricia Zimmermann Professional Development Fellowship, with the proceeds to be divided equally between The Flaherty Seminar and the Visible Evidence Conference.

As a connector and builder, Patty was an indomitable force in both our communities. She inspired and nurtured the intellectual and generative processes of so many scholars and artists while remaining herself curious and open to reinvention. Her legacy as an author, presenter, and visionary thought leader in the film world cannot be underestimated.

You can learn more about Patty and her work here:

• The Flaherty’s Memorial to Patty Zimmermann 

• Visible Evidence Forum: Co-Creation Documentary During Pandemic and Protest

Our funding goal of $20,000 will award fellowships to emerging curators, scholars, artists, and historians of alternative and new media to attend either The Flaherty Seminar or Visible Evidence XXX, and engage in other affiliated mentoring activities. 

We hope to carry this Fellowship forward into the future as a tribute to Patty’s work in the film world as a scholar, community builder, creator, historian, and adventurous explorer and chronicler of new media. 

“The drone video over the city [of Wuhan during lockdown for COVID-19 pandemic] evokes an unknown world to come… one that is unclear, still forming, liminal. This new undetermined world will be built from memory, science, information, public health, community. And it will forever dispose of that politically corrupted word: “normal.”  --- Patricia Zimmermann, 2023

Please join us now in making any donation - large or small - to make the 2024 Patricia Zimmermann Fellowship Fund a reality!

** If you wish to donate but are unable to do so via this form, please reach out to info at theflaherty dot org with the subject line: Patty Zimmermann Memorial Fellowship.

Cheques can be sent to: The Flaherty, 80 Hanson Place, #603, Brooklyn, NY 11217