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Media Alliance

Date
1983

General Membership meeting of Media Alliance, May 6-7, 1983, Rochester. Panels "Public Access Cable TV" Jaime Davidovich (Artists Television Network), Alexis Greene, Chuck Sherwood (Channel L Working Group), David Shapiro (independent producer); "Evolution of Media Centers" Margot Lewitin (Women's Interart Center), Walter Borton (Ithaca Video Projects), Robert Shea (Portable Channel), Nathan Lyons (Visual Studies Workshop); "Media Centers and Independent Artists/Producers" with Carol Brandenberg (TV Lab), Skip Blumberg (independent producer), Ralph Hocking (Experimental Television Center), Tony Conrad (independent producer), Emily Armstrong (Production Facilities Project), Kit Fitzgerald (independent producer).

Screening at Pyramid Art Center.

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Media Alliance held a General Membership meeting in Rochester on May 6-7, 1983; panels addressed Public Access Cable TV, the Evolution of Media Centers, and Media Centers and Independent Artists/Producers. Participants included Jaime Davidovich (Artists Television Network), Alexis Greene, Chuck Sherwood (Channel L Working Group), David Shapiro (independent producer), Margot Lewitin (Womens Interart Center), Walter Borton (Ithaca Video Projects), Robert Shea (Portable Channel), Nathan Lyons (Visual Studies Workshop), Carol Brandenberg (TV Lab), Skip Blumberg (independent producer), Ralph Hocking (Experimental Television Center), Tony Conrad (independent producer), Emily Armstrong (Production Facilities Project) and Kit Fitzgerald (independent producer); a screening was held at Pyramid Art Center.

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