Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS). Annual Report 1977-78

The Creative Artists Public Service Program was funded by the New York State Council on the Arts to support individual artists’ work in a variety of disciplines.

1977-78

Awards for Video:

Artists’ Bios:  
BILL BEIRNE (NYC):  Screenings include: "On Being Observed", Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S.1 (Queens-1977).  "Cross Reference", The Kitchen (NYC-1976); Manhattan Cable T.V. (NYC-1976). "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", "A" Space (Toronto-1976).

NANCY CAIN (LANESVILLE):  Screenings include: "Sharon Briggs talks to Nancy Cain: One in a series of video portraits of women with the 'battered' experience", The Museum of Modern Art (NYC-1977).  "Image Union-The Five Day Bicycle Race", Manhattan Cable T.V. (NYC-1976); Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1976); WTTW- TV (Chicago-1976).  "Harriet", Women's Video Festival, WMET T.V. (NYC-1975).  Grants and Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1977; New York State Council on the Arts (in association with Media Bus, Inc.), 1977.

HERMINE FREED (NYC):  Screenings include: "New Reel", Donnell Library (NYC-1977); Museum of Fine Arf:s (Boston-1977); The University of South Carolina (Columbia-1977).  "Art Herstory", Israel Museum (Jerusalem-1977); Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1975); The Museum of Modern Art (NYC-1975); The Museum of Modern Art (NYC- 1975).  "360°", "Whitney Biennial", Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1975); Leo Castelli Gallery (NYC-1974).  Grants and Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1974; WNET-TV Lab Artist-in-Residence, 1974.

NANCY HOLT (NYC):  Screenings include: "Revolve,” Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1977) and The Kitchen (NYC-1977); "Underscan,” Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1977) and The Kitchen (NYC-1974); "Points of View", The Clocktower (NYC-1974).  Grants and Awards':  NET, 1977; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1977.

ANGELO JANNUZZI, THOM SUDANO (BRONXVILLE/BRONX): Screenings include: "Documentary in the Bronx", Anthology Film Archives (NYC-1977).  "Documentary of the Bronx", Westchester Community College (Valhalla, NY-1976); M.E.R.C. (NYC-1976).

THERESA MACK (NYC):  Screenings include: "In Those Days; Life in Hudson NY in the Early 1900's", Toronto Super-8 Film Festival (1977). "Folklife", 2nd Annual Documentary Festival (NYC-1976).  Grants and Awards:  WNET-TV Lab Artist-in-Residence, 1977.

RUTH ROTKO (NYC):  Screenings include: "Epicurism of Space Universe", Atlanta Film s Video Festival (award) (1977); Ithaca Video Festival (award) (NY-1976); Anthology Film Archives (NYC-1976). "Saucer Lands in Lanesville, M.L.D'Arc Gallery (NYC-1977); WNET-TV/VTR (1976). "Kathleen Spivack/Morning Is My Best Time,” Museum of Fine Arts (Boston-1976).

BILL STEPHENS (NYC): Screenings include: excerpts from "The Uganda Tapes", PBS (national-1977); CBS (national-1977); WABC, WNBC and WNEW (Tristate- 1977). Grants and Awards; National Endowment for the Arts, 1974, 73; New York State Council on the Arts, 1978, 76, (in association with the People's Communication Network, Inc.).

Panelists:

Consultant: Loraine Corfield