Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS). Annual Report 1978-79
Abstract
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.
1978-79
Awards for Video
Artists’ Bios:
Dena Crane (Windham). Screenings and Installations: Who's What in the Catskills, Green County Council on the Arts (Athens, NY-1979, Leeds, NY-1979 and Greenville, NY-1979); It's a Blood Sport, The Gallery in Athens (NY-1979) and League of Theatre Artists (Lexington, NY-1978); Love Couch, Gatehill Coop (1976) and Leesburg Cultural Center (VA-1976). Grants and Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1978.
Louis Grenier (New York City). Screenings and Installations: Videotape No. 2, Global Village (NYC-1978); Feasting, Lincoln Center (NYC-1977), Art Institute of Chicago (IL-1975) and Photographic Society of America--Motion Picture Division (Washington, D.C.-1972); Divorce Photographer (conceptual piece), Chicago Sun-Times (IL- 1976). Grants and Awards: United States Information Agency, 1972; NEWSWEEK Magazine Prize, 1970.
Gary Hill (Barrytown). Screenings and Installations: Sums and Differences, Media Study, Inc. (Buffalo-1979) and Experimental TV Center (Binghamton-1979); Mesh, Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse-1979); Windows, The Kitchen (NYC-1979) and High Museum of Art (Atlanta-1978). Grants and Awards: WNET-TV Lab Artist-In-Residence, 1979.
Ralph I. Hocking (Newark Valley). Screenings and Installations: Switch Tapes, Williams College Museum of Art (MA-1977), Swedish Film Institute (Stockholm-1977) and Dundas Valley School of Art (Toronto- 1977); The Hat, Experimental TV Center (Binghamton-1977), Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse-1976) and Media Study, Inc. (Buffalo-1976). Grants and Awards: SUNY Research Foundation Award, 1979.
Steven C. Kolpan (High Falls). Screenings and Installations: Changes Changing, Museum of Modern Art (NYC-1979) and State University Art Gallery (New Paltz, NY-1978); Mother Condominium, Anthology Film Archives (NYC-1977) and Williams College Art Gallery (Williamstown, MA-1976); The Physical Tape, Wollraf-Reichartz Museum of Modern Art (Cologne-1974) and Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse-1974). Grants and Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1978; CAPS Fellowship, 1972-73.
Mitchell Kreigman (New York City). Screenings and Installations: Always Late, Donnell Library (NYC-1978) and Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1978); The Reckless Sleepwalker, Donnell Library (NYC-1978) and Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC-1978); The Dancing Belly Button, Nathan Strauss Library (NYC-1978) and Anthology Film Archives (NYC-1977). Grants and Awards: WNET-TV Lab Artist-In-Residence, 1978, '77; Corporation for Public Broadcasting/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship/WNET-TV Lab Filmmakers-In-Residence, 1976.
Mary Lucier (New York City). Screenings and Installations: Paris Dawn Bum, The Kitchen (NYC-1978) and 10th Paris Biennale (France-1977); Lasering/Laser Burning Video, The Kitchen (NYC-1978) and Hudson River Museum (Yonkers-1977); Untitled Display System, American Cultural Center (Paris-1977) and, And/Or Gallery (Seattle, WA-1977). Grants and Awards: National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1978-79; Gallery Association of New York, 1977-78.
Michael Marton (Shushan). Screenings and Installations: Winter Lillies, WMHT-TV (Schenectady-1978); Arvilla, Public Broadcasting Service (national-1977); Stonewall Joe, Public Broadcasting Service (national- 1976). Grants and Awards: New York Council for the Humanities Grant, 1978; CAPS Fellowship, 1975-76.
William Wegman (New York City). Screenings and Installations: Reel 4, WNET (1976) and Sonnabend Gallery (NYC-1975); Reel 2 & Reel 3, Anthology Film Archives (NYC-1975) and Leo Castelli Gallery (NYC-1972); Reel 1, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (CA-1973) and Leo Castelli Gallery (NYC- 1972). Grants and Awards: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1975; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1975.
Elizabeth Wiener (New York City). Screenings and Installations: Document of a Painting, CUNY York College (1978) and Kean College (NJ-1977); Graffiti People, WNYC-Channel 31 (1978), University of Chicago (1978) and Ithaca Video Festival (NY-1977).
Panelists:
Kathie Bodily
Frank Gillette
Fran McGee
Edin Velez
Consultant: Ann Volkes
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Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS). Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS). Annual Report 1978-79. Creative Artists Public Service Program. 1979.
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