{"id":4705,"title":"Hallwalls: Programs and Activities (1997, 1998)","kind":"biblio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/programs-and-activities-1997-1998","version":"0e2d7f2176ed2c1c061e517a3b9146ecd100aa12b69aa51d1f862ea3e25f9b07","modified":"2026-09-13T21:52:08.1950647+00:00","credits":[],"authorKeys":[],"subjects":["Groups"],"metadata":[{"label":"Group dates","value":"1974 - present","url":null},{"label":"Group location","value":"Buffalo, New York","url":null},{"label":"Group","value":"Hallwalls","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022Programs and Activities (1997, 1998).\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2026. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/programs-and-activities-1997-1998.","publication":"Programs and Activities (1997, 1998). .","risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/4705.ris"},"links":[{"label":"Brief History","url":"#Brief","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"Excerpts from Hallwalls Prospectus","url":"#Excerpts from Hallwalls","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"Overview of History","url":"#Overview of","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"Hallwalls","url":"https://www.hallwalls.org","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null},{"label":"http://www.pce.net/hallwall/7.briefhist.html","url":"http://www.pce.net/hallwall/7.briefhist.html","relationship":"record body link","contentType":null}],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":19426},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":741}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"Founded by Charles Clough and Robert Longo. 1977 funding from NYSCA for video exhibition and documentation of arts events. Installation: Video works by Dara Birnbaum, Patrick Clancy, Wendy Clarke, Brian Eno, Ken Feingold, Dan Graham, Gary Hill, Sara Hornbacher, Shigeko Kubota. Kathryn High technical director, 1979-82. Brief History Excerpts from Hallwalls Prospectus Sara Kellner, Visual Arts Director c. 1997 Overview of History, Pamela Susan Hawkins 1998 To visit the Hallwalls website Brief History Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center is a multi-disciplinary arts center in Buffalo, NY which for over 20 years has presented contemporary art to audiences in the Western New York region. Hallwalls\u0027 mission is to support the creation and presentation of new work in the visual, media, performing, and literary arts. Hallwalls is dedicated in particular to work by artists which challenges and extends the boundaries of the various art forms, and which is critically engaged with current issues in the arts and, through the arts, in society. In the past 20 years, Hallwalls has presented the work of over 7,000 artists from around the world. In 1974, two undergraduate art students at Buffalo State College, Charles Clough and Robert Longo, hung their work and the work of their colleagues on the walls of the hall between their studio spaces in an old ice house on the West Side and opened it to the public. In the first few years Hallwalls presented the work of artists such as Vito Acconci, Cindy Sherman, and Michael Snow; all of whom would go on to make a dramatic impact on the history of contemporary art. In the 1980s, Hallwalls expanded its paid staff and develop distinctive programs in Exhibitions, Video, Film, Performance, Music and Literature. In this period, Hallwalls sponsored projects by artists such as Barbara Bloom, Michael Glier, and Fred Wilson. In January of 1993, Hallwalls moved to the Tri-Main Center, a former windshield wiper factory on Buffalo\u0027s East Side, and constructed a new 11,000 square foot facility with three galleries, a cinema, performance theater, video library, editing suite, and a video viewing room designed by Vito Acconci. In 1995 Hallwalls celebrated its 20th anniversary with an exhibition series and major publication that surveys the many artists who have presented their work at Hallwalls throughout 20 years of remarkable shifts in society and culture. This marked a crucial point in Hallwalls\u0027 history and development, and sets the stage for the next 20 years of presenting contemporary art in Western New York. Excerpts from Hallwalls Prospectus Sara Kellner, Visual Arts Director c. 1997 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center was founded in a West Side ice house in 1974 by artists as a place where artists could develop new work and where they could present the work of contemporary artists working in all media. Over the past 24 years, Hallwalls has evolved into the region\u0027s largest multi-arts center, one of the most active and programmatically diverse members of the national network of artists\u0027 organizations. Hallwalls Exhibitions, Video, Film, Performance, Music, and literature programs have presented the work of over 7,000 artists from around the world. In 1996, Hallwalls published Consider the Alternatives, a 280 page book that explores Hallwalls history through the eyes of artists, staff, and audience members. From the beginning, Hallwalls has presented the work of emerging and under-represented artists in Western New York and throughout the United States and Canada, with an emphasis on supporting experimentation and new projects. Hallwalls is equally committed to presenting the work of nationally recognized artists who have not had the opportunity to present their work to Buffalo-area audiences. While the scope of Hallwalls visual arts programming is international, many of its services are tailored to meet the particular needs of artists in Western New York. Hallwalls is located in an 11,000 square foot space in the Tri-Main Center, a former windshield wiper factory on Buffalo\u0027s East Side. Hallwalls has three galleries, and an 85 seat cinema, a 95 seat theater, video editing facilities, video viewing room, and video library. Hallwalls gallery is divided into three sections. The main gallery is 25 x 66, and two side galleries measure 21 x 25 and 31 x 18. The ceilings are 13 high. Floors and ceilings are made of concrete. Hallwalls provides on-site insurance through the Gallery Association (Hamilton, NY). All artists who are invited to present their work are paid a professional fee for their services. Transportation of artwork is arranged by mutual agreement between the artist and Hallwalls Visual Arts Director. Hallwalls reviews proposals on an ongoing basis. Proposals that are not returned within a few weeks are kept on file for up to a year. Hallwalls\u0027 artists\u0027 files are open to all curators, and many artists on file at Hallwalls have been invited to participate in exhibitions at spaces such as Anderson Gallery, Castellani Art Museum, and the Olean Public Library. Hallwalls maintains a separate file of regional artists, the Western New York Slide File. Proposals by artists, independent curators and spaces organizing touring exhibitions are encouraged. All submissions will be reviewed for possible inclusion in solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and residencies. Hallwalls is a member of the National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO). Overview of Facilities The Theater and Cinema are available for private bookings. Both are equipped with TELEX Listening assist systems for the hearing impaired. The Video editing suite is available to all artists-in-residence as well as patrons. Paul Sharits Cinema - seat Cinema with separate projection booth. Booth includes (2) 16mm Ekie Slim Line Auto Feed projectors, 1 Emlo GS 1200 Super 8 Auto Feed Stereo Projector, Sony 3 Beam CRT Video Projector, Heath and Allen GL 1400 (14) Channel Mixer, 300 watt amp and 2x15 EAW Speakers. Decks include 3/4\u0022, Hi-8, VHS, and S-VHS with in booth monitoring. and switching. Black and Blue Theater - Person Black Box theater. Presidium thrust stage with Access automated lighting and 14 Channel Audio mixing board amp. CD player and tape decks. Back Stage dressing room. VIDEO EDITING SUITE. Available by appointment. Rates Vary. Edmund Cardoni, Executive Director Chris Borkowski, Technical Director Sara Kellner, Visual Arts Director Polly Little, Administrative Director Overview of History, Pamela Susan Hawkins 1998 \u0022Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center is a multi-disciplinary arts center in Buffalo, NY which for over 20 years has presented contemporary art to audiences in the Western New York region. Hallwalls\u0027 mission is to support the creation and presentation of new work in the visual, media, performing, and literary arts. Hallwalls is dedicated in particular to work by artists which challenges and extends the boundaries of the various art forms, and which is critically engaged with current issues in the arts and, through the arts, in society. In the past 20 years, Hallwalls has presented the work of over 7,000 artists from around the world. In 1974, two undergraduate art students at Buffalo State College, Charles Clough and Robert Longo, hung their work and the work of their colleagues on the walls of the hall between their studio spaces in an old ice house on the West Side and opened it to the public. In the first few years Hallwalls presented the work of artists such as Vito Acconci, Cindy Sherman, and Michael Snow; all of whom would go on to make a dramatic impact on the history of contemporary art.\u0022 (1) \u0022The art discourse of the founding group was centered on the Post Modern idiom developing at the time, and the thrust of this collaboration of artists continues to this day to be the exploration of the personal expression of the emergent independent artists as they reflect their community, activate social issues, and network with independent artists in the U.S., Canadian and international media centers.... Hallwalls often brings these artists to Western New York in collaboration with other local media and art centers such as Squeaky Wheel, CEPA Gallery, Langston Hughes Center, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, The Burchfield-Penney Center and the Department of Media Study at UB.... When Media Study/Buffalo closed its doors in 1985, Hallwalls evolved into the premier venue for local independent screenings and for a wide range of international exhibitions and screenings of the moving image. Hallwalls offers the community in addition to regular film and video screenings, a video post-production facility with internships available to artists, weekly public access show, series of performances, installations, publications, traveling exhibits, an alternative art space, and a digital facility. They are known for specialized programs dealing with issues such as feminism, sexual orientation, AIDS, abortion, and first amendment rights.... In addition to Clough and Longo, other artists who have curated programming for this remarkable institution are Kathryn High, Keith Sanborn, Tony Billoni, Steve Gallagher, Chris Hill, Catherine Howe, Barbara Lattanzi, Rene Bouissard, Jurgen Bruning, Ron Ehmke, Laura McGough, Armin Heurich, Julia Dzwonkowski, Gail Mentlik, (Andrew Deutsch) and executive director Ed Cardoni.\u0022 (5) A 1976/77 Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art programs brochure notes, \u0022Hallwalls occupies 6500 square feet of the Ashford Hollow Foundation\u0027s Essex Street facility. The space housed three exhibition rooms, performance area, projection booth, darkroom, library, and offices. Funds (were) generously granted by the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Ashford Hollow Foundation and Jack Griffis\u0022 The \u0022Visits by Artists and Critics\u0022 made possible the realization of important works at Hallwalls by (artists such as) Vito Acconci, Bill Beirne, Harley Gaber, Marcia Hafif, Rita Myer and Judy Pfaff. Other visiting artists included: Lynda Benglis, Bruce Boice, James Collins, Ron Gorchov, Dan Graham, Robert Irwin, Joan Jonas, Marylin Lenkowsky, Les Levine, Lucy Lippard, Robert Mangold, Bruce Nauman, Barbara Rose, Barbara Schwartz, Richard Serra and Michael Snow.\u0022 The Film and Video program was \u0022an outgrowth of last year\u0027s (1975 or 1976) video show and the Buffalo Film Festival, organized by Larry Lundy. (The) monthly series (was) aimed at complementing Media Studies Inc. programs by presenting less known artists, film co-ops and their work. A special showing...devoted to documentary films arranged by Anthony Bannon (took place).\u0022 Staff was noted as: Co-directors, Charles Clough and Robert Longo; as well as Diane Bertolo, Roger Denson, Bob Dick, Lee Eiferman, Joe Hryniak, Gary Judkins, Pierce Kamke, Larry Lundy, Kevin Noble, Ann Rosen, Cindy Sherman, and Michael Zwack. (3) \u0022In the 1980s, Hallwalls expanded its paid staff and develop distinctive programs in Exhibitions, Video, Film, Performance, Music and Literature. In this period, Hallwalls sponsored projects by artists such as Barbara Bloom, Michael Glier, and Fred Wilson. In January of 1993, Hallwalls moved to the Tri-Main Center, a former windshield wiper factory on Buffalo\u0027s East Side, and constructed a new 11,000 square foot facility with three galleries, a cinema, performance theater, video library, editing suite, and a video viewing room designed by Vito Acconci. In 1995 Hallwalls celebrated its 20th anniversary with an exhibition series and major publication that surveys the many artists who have presented their work at Hallwalls throughout 20 years of remarkable shifts in society and culture. This marked a crucial point in Hallwalls\u0027 history and development, and sets the stage for the next 20 years of presenting contemporary art in Western New York.\u0022 (1) Neil Zusman, a University at Buffalo graduate comments, \u0022Buffalo was in some ways the birthplace of a postmodern movement, with the foundation of Hallwa","offset":0,"nextOffset":12000,"totalCharacters":19426,"complete":false},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}