The Electronic Kitchen, New York City, founded by Steina and Woody Vasulka; screening and performance center for the electronic arts at Mercer Arts Center. 1971 established a first annual video festival. Original location at Broadway Central Hotel which housed the Mercer Arts Center. In 1973 moved to Broome Street. First funded through EAI. Subsequently known as The Kitchen Center for Video, Music and Dance; Video Directors include Shridhar Bapat, Dimitri Devyatkin, Carlota Schoolman, RoseLee Goldberg, Jackie Kain, Greg Miller, Tom Bowes and Amy Taubin
Events by Year
1971
The Media Equipment Pool was funded by the NYSCA to the Rochester Museum and Science Center to establish a pool of equipment to be used by local artists and community organizations. Bonnie Klein, Coordinator of Media Equipment Pool.
1971
First time New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding award to The Whitney Museum of American Art for The New American Filmmakers Series
1971
First time New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding award to The Whitney Museum of American Art for its first videotape exhibition, "A Special Videotape Show," curated by David Beinstock
1971
Equipment access funded by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester. For film.
1971
Installation works by Vito Acconci, Bill Beckley, Terry Fox and William Wegman at 93 Grand Street, New York City; organized by Willoughby Sharp
1971
First time New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funding award to Women's Interart Center, New York City, under direction of Margot Lewitin. Funds for a first festival of women's films (organized by Kristin Nordstrom) and to begin a film production workshop.
1971
Women's Interart Center, New York, founded; director, Margot Lewitin; Video directors include Carolyn Kresky, Jenny Goldberg, Susan Milano, Ann Volkes, Wendy Clarke and Veronica Geist. Organization to create interdisciplinary collaboration involving writers, visual artists, performance artists and video artists
1970
"Body Works," Museum of Conceptual Art, San Francisco, first video exhibition on the west coast. Organized by Willoughby Sharp. Videotapes by Vito Acconci, Terry Fox, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Keith Sonnier and William Wegman.
1970
"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
"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
"The First Gathering: Alternative Media Project," Godard College, Plainfield, Vermont, Media Conference
1970
"Violence Sonata" by Stan VanDerBeek, WGBH-TV, Boston does a live-broadcast performance with video-tape, film, and participation of studio and phone-in audience on the theme of violence
1970
"Vision and Television," Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. January 21 - February 22, 1970. Exhibition organized and with catalog forward by Russell Connor. Works by Frank Gillette (Amps, Volts and Watts), Ted Kraynik (Video Luminar #4) , Les Levine (The Dealer), Eugene Mattingly (Fred Helix), Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman,(TV Bra for Living Sculpture), Nam June Paik (The 9/23 Experiment, Still Life and Embryo for Wall to Wall TV), John Reilly and Rudi Stern (Innertube), Paul Ryan (Yes/No and Ego Me Absolvo), Ira Schneider (Random Interlace), Eric Siegel (Body, Mind and Video)., Aldo Tambellini (Some More Beginnings, Black Spiral and Black TV)), Jud Yalkut (Electronic Moon No. 2), USCO/Intermedia (Wave Forms and Tube Stills), Videofreex (Freex Out) and Joe Weintraub (AC/TV)
1970
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) commissions Jackie Cassen to develop Artists' Television Workshop at WNET (Channel 13), New York City
1970
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Collaborations in Art, Science and Technology (CAST), Syracuse, under direction of Joseph Scala to explore the creative use of video.
1970
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds Community Center for Television Production, Binghamton. Founded by Ralph Hocking. Precursor to Experimental Television Center.
1970
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) establishes the Creative Artists Public Projects (CAPS) fellowship program, administered by the Cultural Foudation. Program to provide funds to individual artists. Fellowship recipients required to participate in a public service under the direction of Isabelle Fernandez. Other Directors include Mary MacArthur. Until 1984 CAPS was solely responsible for New York State's individual fellowship program.