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Media Alliance Annual Conference

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1985

Media Alliance Annual Conference, The Kitchen, New York City, September 12-14, 1985. Robin White, Director of Media Alliance. Keynote address by Deirdre Boyle; Arts Advocacy in New York by Demi McGuire (Arts Coalition of the Empire State), Diane Martuscello (Alliance of NYS Arts Councils), Richard Gottfried (NYS Assembly), Paul Twardy (NYS Senate), Rochelle Slovin (American Museum of the Moving Image);

Video Preservation in 1985 - Mary Lea Bandy (MOMA), Bob Harris (Anthology Film Archives); Alan Lewis (CBS News Archive); Barbara London (MOMA).

Experimental Television Center Presents New Equipment: a demonstration of newly designed artists' tools by David Jones and a videotape screening organized by Shalom Gorewitz.

Minority Producers Move in Video - Shu Lea Cheang, Victor Masayesva, Michelle Parkerson, Victor Sanchez, Rene Tajimi.

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Media Alliance Annual Conference took place at The Kitchen, New York City, September 12-14, 1985; Robin White was Director of Media Alliance and Deirdre Boyle delivered the keynote. Programs included Arts Advocacy in New York with Arts Coalition of the Empire State and Alliance of NYS Arts Councils; Video Preservation in 1985 featured MOMA, Anthology Film Archives and CBS News Archive. The Experimental Television Center demonstrated newly designed artists' tools by David Jones and screened videotapes organized by Shalom Gorewitz; a Minority Producers Move in Video program included Shu Lea Cheang and Michelle Parkerson.

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