- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Chronology
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation awards first video fellowship
- New York Foundation for the Arts Chronology
New York Foundation for the Arts announced video fellowships to Richard Bloes, Maxi Cohen, Dee Dee Halleck, Kathy High, Warrington Hudlin, Jull Kroesen, Shigeko Kubota, Michael Marton, Tony Oursler, Alex Roshuk, Martha Rosler, Tomiyo Sasaki and Matt Schlanger. Panelists were Dena Crane, Davidson Gigliotti, Ralph Hocking, Ardele Lister and Lynn Blumenthal.
- Rockefeller Foundation Chronology
Rockefeller Foundation awarded Film/Video Multimedia Fellowships to Larry Andrews, Carlos Aparicio, Gregg Araki, Sadie Benning, James Benning, Alan Berliner, Black Planet Productions, Arlene Bowman, Kathy High, Leandro Katz, Elia Suleiman, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Ela Troyano, Martha Wallner
- Rockefeller Foundation Chronology
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded Film/Video Multimedia Fellowships to Camille Billops, Gregg Bordowitz, Simin Farkhondeh, Arthur Jafa Fielder, Indu Krishnan, James Luna, Judith MacDougall, David MacDougal, Poli Marichal, Jan Oxenberg, Michelle Parkerson, Valerie Soe, Chris Spotted Eagle, Rea Tajiri and Iverson White; the entry lists these individuals as fellowship recipients.
- Jerome Foundation Chronology
Jerome Foundation begins awarding fellowships for film- and videomakers in New York State
- Rockefeller Foundation Chronology
Rockefeller Foundation awarded Film/Video Multimedia Fellowships to Ralph Arlyck, Zeinabu irene Davis, Joel DeMott and Jeff Kreines, Su Friedrich, Vanalyne Green, Louis Hock, Peter Hutton, Bill Jersey, Zydnia Nazario, Warren Sonbert, Janice Tanaka, Keiko Tsuno, Bill Viola, Marco Williams