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Independent Media Arts Preservation

Date
1999
Independent Media Arts Preservation begins a technical assistance program for NYS media arts groups.
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"Independent Media Arts Preservation." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/independent-media-arts-preservation-1.

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