Events
995 records
1970 Creative Artists Public Projects (CAPS) Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) established the Creative Artists Public Projects (CAPS) fellowship program, administered by the Cultural Foundation; the program provided funds to individual artists and required fellowship recipients to participate in a public service under the direction of Isabelle Fernandez. Other directors included Mary MacArthur; until 1984 CAPS was solely responsible for New York State's individual fellowship program.
1970 Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS) Chronology
Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS), New York, begins awarding fellowships in video. About 1974 a program of videotapes by recipients was toured to venues throughout the State. In 1981 the touring program was curated and toured nationally.
1970 Educational Film Library Association (EFLA) Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Film Program awards first grant to Educational Film Library Association (EFLA), under direction of Nadine Covert. Funding to libraries to purchase 16mm foreign, classic and independent films for lending collections.
1970 Electronic Arts Intermix Chronology
Electronic Arts Intermix founded by Howard Wise after he closes his gallery. Explores video as a medium of personal expression and communication
1970 Eric Siegel Chronology
Eric Siegel builds Electronic Video Synthesizer with financial assistance from Howard Wise, New York
1970 Expanded Cinema Chronology
First book publication to cover video art, Expanded Cinema by Gene Youngblood, E.P. Dutton, New York
1970 Experimental Television Center (ETC) Chronology
Experimental Television Center (ETC), founded in Binghamton, New York, functioned as a production and post-production center originally established as the Community Center for Television Production; Ralph Hocking was director and Ken Dominick served as coordinator. The Center emphasized synthesized and computer-generated imagery through an Artist in Residency Program, provided equipment access to portable technology, ran a cable series and workshops, presented the exhibition series Video by Videomakers, and was associated with Sherry Miller Hocking, Robert Diamond, David Jones, Brian Byrnes, Paul Davis, Don McArthur, Peer Bode and Hank Rudolph.
1970 Film Art Fund (Anthology Film Archives) Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Film Art Fund (Anthology Film Archives), under the direction of Jonas Mekas, for public screenings at Public Theatre, New York City. First New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) support for Public Theatre screenings.
1970 Global Village Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Global Village, New York City, under direction of John Reilly and Julie Gustafson.
1970 "Information" Chronology
"Information," The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City. Curator, Kynaston McShine. Exhibition includes videotapes and installations from U.S., Europe and Latin America
1970 Leo Castelli Gallery Chronology
"Warehouse Show," Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, exhibition . Includes video installation by Keith Sonnier
1970 Les Levine Chronology
"A.I.R." by Les Levine in "Software," the Jewish Museum, New York. Curated by Jack Burnham. Eighteen-monitor video installation
1970 Lincoln Center Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Lincoln Center to organize film programs in 39 upstate communities
1970 "Media Access Center" Chronology
"Media Access Center," Portola Institute, Menlo Park, California founded. Alternative television resource emphasizing community and high school video programs. Original members: Pat Crowley, Richard Kletter, Allen Rucker and Shelley Surpin.
1970 Media Equipment Resource Center (MERC) Chronology
Equipment access funded by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Media Equipment Resource Center (MERC) established, administered by Young Filmakers' Foundation. Provides short-term loan pool for Super-8 and 16mm film equipment.
1970 Millenium Film Workshop Chronology
Equipment access funded by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Millenium Film Workshop, New York City
1970 Museum of Art Chronology
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh produces Film and Video Makers Travel Sheet. Monthly listings of artists' appearances, new works and events
1970 Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA) Chronology
Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA), San Francisco, founded by Tom Marioni. An alternative museum created for performance and multimedia art
1970 New York Foundation for the Arts Chronology
New York Foundation for the Arts was created to provide low-interest loans to arts organizations to sustain them between the time the NYSCA contract was awarded and the money arrived; by 1984 NYFA had expanded programs to include a consultation service to artists, oversight of an artist in residence program, and administration of a fellowship program. Ted Berger was Director in 1984.
1970 Paik/Abe synthesizer Chronology
Nam June Paik and Shuya Abe develop Paik/Abe synthesizer while artists-in-residence at WGBH-TV, Boston
1970 People's Video Theater Chronology
People's Video Theater is a New York City alternative video journalism collective founded by Elliot Glass and Ken Marsh; it emphasized community video and political issues and conducted weekend screenings in which audience discussions were taped and replayed. Members included Judy Fiedler, Howard Gudstadt, Molly Hughes, Ben Levine, Richard Malone, Elaine Milosh and Richard Nusser.
1970 People's Video Theatre Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds People's Video Theatre, New York City, co-founded by Howard Gutstadt and Ken Marsh. First New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding to several groups exploring the creative use of video.
1970 Port Washington Library Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Port Washington Library, under direction of Lillian Katz.
1970 Public television stations Chronology
First New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding to public television stations in Binghamton, Rochester, Garden City, Schenectady, Buffalo and Syracuse. Funding for cultural programming.
1970 Raindance Corporation Chronology
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Raindance Corporation, New York City, under direction of Frank Gillette, Beryl Korot and Ira Schneider.