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Women's Interart Center

Date
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.

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"Women's Interart Center." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2011. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/womens-interart-center-0.

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Women's Interart Center, New York, was founded; Margot Lewitin served as director and video directors included Carolyn Kresky, Jenny Goldberg, Susan Milano, Ann Volkes, Wendy Clarke and Veronica Geist. The organization aimed to create interdisciplinary collaboration among writers, visual artists, performance artists and video artists.

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