{"id":4741,"title":"New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1984-85. Reports by Film and Media Programs","kind":"biblio","url":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/new-york-state-council-arts-annual-report-1984-85-report-media-program","version":"a8aca2878f6a1c3e7c42ad11b46f3ee133a7f055638b240c6256230c678a4a65","modified":"2026-09-13T21:52:08.1972802+00:00","credits":[{"role":"Author","name":"New York State Council on the Arts"}],"authorKeys":["New York State Council on the Arts"],"subjects":["Groups"],"metadata":[{"label":"Publisher","value":"New York State Council on the Arts","url":null},{"label":"Place","value":"New York, NY","url":null},{"label":"Type","value":"Annual Report","url":null},{"label":"ETC archive","value":"ETC1765","url":null},{"label":"Group dates","value":"1960 -","url":null},{"label":"Group location","value":"New York City","url":null},{"label":"Group","value":"New York State Council on the Arts","url":null}],"citations":{"page":"\u0022New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1984-85. Report by Media Program.\u0022 Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2026. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/new-york-state-council-arts-annual-report-1984-85-report-media-program.","publication":"New York State Council on the Arts. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1984-85. Reports by Film and Media Programs. New York State Council on the Arts. 1985.","risUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/citation/4741.ris"},"links":[{"label":"Scanned document","url":"https://archive.org/details/ETC1765","relationship":"linked document; contents not retrieved","contentType":"application/pdf"}],"sections":[{"name":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"characters":11456},{"name":"summary","source":"existing VHP generated summary","generated":true,"characters":607},{"name":"archive_summary","source":"existing ETC archive summaries: ETC1765","generated":false,"characters":122}],"content":{"section":"body","source":"VHP record body","generated":false,"text":"Total Local Assistance Awards: $35,300,000, Media: $1,275,000 (1984-5) MEDIA PROGRAM Director: John Giancola (to July 1984), Dai Sil Kim-Gibson Program Analysts: Eugene Matta, Arthur Tsuchiya The Media Program, since its birth in 1970, has played a paramount role in the field of video and audio arts by helping artists and institutions create programs and make them accessible to the citizens of the State. As the first state media program in the country, it has shaped and been shaped by the field and has firmly established its position of leadership. Through its support, in the past year, the Program has continued to help this relatively young field of video and audio to obtain stronger footing with wider recognition as important new art forms. The Program participated in the excitement of the expanding field as the range of video became increasingly vast, especially when it was accompanied by the growing capacities of computers. The technical advances raised a number of complex questions and issues. As artists gained better control of the equipment and a greater control of their technical options, the development of technology accelerated. The question of who can afford to pay for access to technology became serious; the question of balancing technical innovation with artistic vision and integrity attracted the attention of artists and funders. Mindful of the complex questions, the Program supported those individuals and institutions which had a strong impact on the field while constantly searching for and supporting emerging institutions and artists throughout the State. In 1984-85, the Media Program awarded funds to 78 organizations for 150 projects (including 32 production awards). Expressing its fundamental conviction that production is still vital for this new and growing field, the Program expended 25% ($321,952) of its total allocation ($1,275,000) for production of individual artists\u0027 works through sponsoring organizations, supporting various genres--video art, video documentary/narrative, audio art, audio documentary/narrative and cable TV series. The awards ranged from $2,412 to record and broadcast the Blue Mountain Folk Festival by the North Country Public Radio (WSLU) in St. Lawrence County to $20,000 for Vito Acconci\u0027s Discipline, a video art work sponsored by Haleakala (the Kitchen). A complete list of production awards including media artists, sponsoring organizations and titles of projects appears on pages 146-147. Recognizing the importance of making artists\u0027 works available to the public, the Program supported a number of exhibition projects, which accounted for 23% of its budget, totaling $289,415. The grant in the Exhibition category made possible year-round exhibition programs, single exhibitions and touring exhibitions, curated and presented by both small and major institutions throughout the State. Through these exhibitions, numerous new and experimental works were presented to young and adult audiences. The Program awarded a grant to the Staten Island Children\u0027s Museum for installation of audio art in the museum\u0027s Soundtrack exhibition which explores sounds in the environment, simple and complex musical instruments, felt vibrations and visible electronic signals, combining informational and experimental units. The Media Alliance received a grant in this category to assist the New York State Museum in Albany in preparing its first exhibition of video art, and eventually co-sponsor a tour of this exhibition to high schools and art centers around the State. The Services to the Field category occupied a high percentage (28.5% or $363,394) of the Program\u0027s budget, reflecting the growth of service organizations and their expanding activities, including acquisition and distribution, information sharing, study centers for artists and institutions, and equipment services. The Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System received a grant to add to its collection of video art tapes by independent artists. The works in the collection are shown at its headquarters, loaned with the necessary equipment to member libraries and to galleries for special video exhibits. The Program awarded a grant to Locus Communications to complete a video equipment pool which will be made available at low cost to arts organizations proposing to present exhibitions of multi-channel video installations. The Program increased support in the Artists-in-Residence category, expanding programs in this area to upstate New York. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy received an award for the initiation of a video artist-in-residence program. This program provides access to the Institute\u0027s outstanding computer graphics facilities. Support continued for general operating expenses of those institutions which render important services to, and play a crucial role in the growth of the field. Due to the difficulties some organizations experience when trying to raise the required \u0022matching\u0022 money, the Program experienced a slight decrease in the Regrant category. The Program continued to provide funds for regrant programs, recognizing the importance of broadening production resources for independent artists by encouraging eligible organizations to match Council funds. ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Bronx Museum of the Arts $6,000 Downtown Community Television Center; Manhattan $6,000 Global Village Resource Center; Manhattan $7,000 Harvestworks; Manhattan $5,000 Holographic Film Foundation; Manhattan $5,000 Museum of Holography; Manhattan $5,000 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy $4,350 Visual Studies Workshop; Rochester $6,500 Women\u0027s Interart Center; Manhattan $24,000 AUDIO ART Fashion Moda; Bronx $8,000 Harvestworks; Manhattan $17,040 Rio Grande Union; Manhattan $7,000 Roulette Extramedia Resources; Manhattan $8,000 WSLU-FM; Canton $2,412 ZBS Foundation; Fort Edward $18,000 AUDIO DOCUMENTARY NARRATIVE New Radio and Performing Arts; Manhattan $4,000 New York Foundation for the Arts; Manhattan $12,000 Performing Artservices; Manhattan $8,000 Radio Foundation; Manhattan $10,000 CABLE TV SERIES Experimental Intermedia Foundation; Manhattan $9,000 Locus Communications; Manhattan $3,000 North Bronx Neighborhood Restoration Association $10,000 Queens Council on the Arts $3,000 Raindance Foundation; Manhattan $8,500 EQUIPMENT PURCHASE Akwesasne Cultural Center; Hogansburg $1,050 Museum of the American Indian; Manhattan $3,002 Tonawandas Council on the Arts; North Tonawanda $3,894 EXHIBITION Alternative Center for International Arts; Manhattan $5,000 Artmusic; Brooklyn $3,500 Asian Cine-Vision; Manhattan $5,000 Astoria Motion Picture and Television Foundation; Queens $7,500 Black Filmmaker Foundation; Manhattan $5,000 Bronx Museum of the Arts $6,000 Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association $7,550 Center for New Art Activities; Manhattan $5,000 Collaborative Projects; Manhattan $3,500 Educational Broadcasting Corporation; Manhattan $11,000 Experimental Intermedia Foundation; Manhattan $7,000 Film Art Fund; Manhattan $13,500 Franklin Furnace Archive; Manhattan $2,000 Friends of the Davis Center; Manhattan $4,500 Global Village Resource Center; Manhattan $15,000 Haleakala; Manhattan $39,000 Hallwalls; Buffalo $10,000 Institute for Art and Urban Resources; Queens $7,000 International Center for Photography; Manhattan $9,000 Locus Communications; Manhattan $5,000 Media Study; Buffalo $38,000 Mid-Hudson Library System; Poughkeepsie $4,600 Museum of Broadcasting; Manhattan $1,000 Museum of Modern Art; Manhattan $18,500 Museum of the American Indian; Manhattan $4,085 New Radio and Performing Arts; Manhattan $2,000 New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; Manhattan $1,920 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy $2,500 Soho Baroque Opera Company; Manhattan $4,000 Staten Island Children\u0027s Museum $3,800 Tonawandas Council on the Arts; North Tonawanda $3,000 Visual Studies Workshop; Rochester $11,050 White Columns; Manhattan $6,860 Whitney Museum of American Art; Manhattan $15,000 Women\u0027s Studio Workshop; Rosendale $2,050 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT Asian Cine-Vision; Manhattan $5,000 Downtown Community Television Center; Manhattan $46,000 Experimental Intermedia Foundation; Manhattan $6,000 Experimental Television Center; Owego $31,000 Inter-Media Art Center; Huntington $30,000 Locus Communications; Manhattan $20,325 Media Alliance; Manhattan $16,128 Media Bus; Woodstock $15,000 Portable Channel; Rochester $12,500 WSLU-FM; Canton $2,000 MEDIA COLLABORATIONS People\u0027s Communication Network; Manhattan $12,000 REGRANT PROGRAM Film Fund; Manhattan $12,000 SERVICES TO THE FIELD 185 Nassau Street Corporation; Brooklyn $17,960 Alternative Media Information Center; Manhattan $17,767 American Federation of the Arts; Manhattan $10,000 Asian Cine-Vision; Manhattan $2,000 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library; Jamestown $5,000 Electronic Arts Intermix; Manhattan $35,500 En Foco; Bronx $4,000 Film News Now Foundation; Manhattan $1,500 Foundation for Independent Video and Film; Manhattan $29,500 Free Media; Manhattan $4,000 Haleakala; Manhattan $45,000 Harvestworks; Manhattan $12,000 Locus Communications; Manhattan $13,840 Media Alliance; Manhattan $5,400 Media Study; Buffalo $15,000 Mid-Hudson Library System; Poughkeepsie $817 Museum of the American Indian; Manhattan $1,050 New Wilderness Foundation; Manhattan $9,000 New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations; Manhattan $12,900 Pacifica Foundation; Manhattan $8,000 Parabola Arts Foundation; Manhattan $6,000 Port Washington Public Library $20,650 Staten Island Children\u0027s Museum $5,000 Visual Studies Workshop; Rochester $5,500 WSLU-FM; Canton $2,000 Women Make Movies; Manhattan $5,000 Young Filmakers Foundation; Manhattan $69,000 VIDEO ART Collaborative Projects; Manhattan $8,000 Electronic Arts Intermix; Manhattan $8,000 Experimental Television Center; Owego $41,000 Haleakala; Manhattan $28,000 Media Study; Buffalo $21,000 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy $4,000 VIDEO DOCUMENTARY 185 Nassau Street Corporation; Brooklyn $15,000 Akwesasne Cultural Center; Hogansburg $12,000 Alternative Media Information Center; Manhattan $8,000 Basement Workshop; Manhattan $10,000 Film News Now Foundation; Manhattan $10,000 New York Foundation for the Arts; Manhattan $10,000 Video Repetorie; Manhattan $19,000 WRITING ON MEDIA ART 185 Nassau Street Corporation; Brooklyn $2,000 Educational Film Library Association; Manhattan $1,500 Foundation for Independent Video and Film; Manhattan $2,500 Future Press; Manhattan $2,000 Harvestworks; Manhattan $2,000 Visual Studies Workshop; Rochester $5,500 Advisory Panelists: Mr. Jay Allison, Radio Producer; Accord Mr. Peer D. Bode, Program Coordinator, Experimental Television Center; Owego Mr. Ed Bowes, Independent Video Producer; Manhattan Mr. Luis Cancel, Director, Bronx Museum of Art; Bronx Mr. Collis Davis, Jr., Video Artist; Brooklyn Mr. John Driscoll, Audio Artist; Brooklyn Ms. Ronnie Geist, Administrator/Producer, Women\u0027s Interart Center; Manhattan Ms. Julie M. Gustafson, Video Artist, Global Village Video Research Center; Manhattan Mr. Robert Kanter, Independent Producer, Robert Kanter Productions; Manhattan Ms. Shigeko Kubota, Video Artist, Curator, Anthology Film Archive; Manhattan Ms. Barbara London, Video Curator, The Museum of Modern Art; Manhattan Mr. Nathan Lyons, Director, Visual Studies Workshop; Rochester Ms. Karen Ranucci, Assistant Director, Downtown Community Television Center; Manhattan","offset":0,"nextOffset":null,"totalCharacters":11456,"complete":true},"rightsUrl":"https://www.videohistoryproject.org/terms-service"}