A video documentarian and local history buff, Hank Linhart is the chair of the Media Arts department at Pratt Institute, a former Brooklyn waterfront activist, and the producer of several short video documentaries and video art pieces. B.A., Roanoke College; B.F.A., SUNY, Fredonia; M.A.H. SUNY, Buffalo; NYSCA Grants, 1985, 1990; New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, 1983, 1989; exhibitions: Whitney Museum of American Art, The Kitchen, The American Center in Paris, and PBS; artist in residence at the Experimental Television Center; artist, director, producer.