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New York State Council on the Arts

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  1. Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS): New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report Groups

    The record documents the Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS) Program funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered with involvement from the Cultural Council Foundation. For 1970-71 the Council provided $325,000 supporting 123 awards of $1,000–$5,000; for 1971-72 it provided $400,000 for 89 awards averaging $2,700; for 1972-73 it provided $600,000, selecting 142 fellows from 2,874 applicants with awards of $1,500–$5,000 (average $2,700). The entries list supported artists across multiple disciplines and name video panelists and a consultant.

  2. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1969-70 Groups

    The report documents NYSCA-supported film and media activities including a Young Filmmakers Albany South End workshop sponsored by Upper Hudson Library Federation, Aldo Tambellini working with elementary students at a television studio, and high school students screening films in Yorktown. It records Elaine Summers’ Electric Kinetic Gymnasium at C.W. Post College on Long Island planned to use twenty-four projectors. The Young Filmmakers Foundation and the Film Club on Rivington Street were chosen for pilot financial assistance; the report includes quotations from Howard Taubman and W. McNeil Lowry.

  3. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1969-70: A summary of Council activities 1960-69 Groups

    Excerpt from the New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1969–1970 summarizing Council activities 1960–69; documents the Council's creation in 1960–61 with an initial $50,000 study grant and lists annual state appropriations and National Council on the Arts grants through 1968–69. Describes statewide surveys and local meetings, the initiation and expansion of Touring, Traveling Exhibitions, Technical Assistance, Special Projects, Film, Museum Aid, Ghetto Arts and Festival programs, and the establishment of American Dance Theatre and the Young Artists Program; notes collaborations with SUNY, museums, schools, and other cultural institutions and specific grants, publications, exhibitions, tours, and residencies.

  4. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1969-70: Staff, Programs and Financial Report Groups

    The New York State Council on the Arts annual report 1969–70 lists programs in performing arts, film and visual arts and documents the agency's creation in 1960 with a $50,000 study grant and its establishment as a permanent State agency the following year with a $450,000 operating budget. The report names Council and past members and staff, including Executive Director John B. Hightower and program directors. It records that State funds and a National Endowment for the Arts grant raised the budget to $1,554,477 in 1966–67 and provides a financial statement of receipts and disbursements for the three-year period ended March 31, 1970, with tabulated funds received and program expenditures for 1967–70.

  5. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1970-71 Groups

    Annual report of the New York State Council on the Arts for 1970–71 includes Seymour H. Knox's chairman's statement and Eric Larrabee's administrator's report; it records a $20.2 million legislative appropriation with $18 million allocated to Aid to Cultural Organizations (nearly 600 applicants) and $2.2 million for Council administration, with $2.3 of the $18 million designated for the New York Public Library research facilities. The report documents more than 2,000 free or low-priced performances, 384 new productions, 3,057 weeks of arts workshops and about 100 exhibitions; it notes initiatives in educational television, multimedia, literature, community visual-arts projects and regional equipment pools and lists Council members, staff and a financial statement.

  6. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1970-71 Groups

    Derived from the New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1970-71; includes a link to the full report. Photographs by Peter Moore, Tobe J. Carey, Bernard Gotfryd and Carole Crawford accompany descriptive captions and quotations; Eric Salzman’s Feedback was produced at Syracuse University and taped by the Educational Television Council of Central New York and is described by Harwood Simmons in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Albert Maysles is shown with his brother in New York City and noted as a participant in the Film Bureau’s speaker program with a quotation from Production Notes for Salesman.

  7. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1971-72 Groups

    From the New York State Council on the Arts annual report 1971-72: a much enlarged 1970-71 legislative appropriation enabled initial Council support for television, video and media projects and increased assistance for film showings, filmmaking, poetry and literature; support broadened and diversified in 1971-72. The report notes productive filmmaking at the MediaEquipmentResourceCenter and independent video reaching audiences by coaxial cable; writers' public appearances and workshops more than doubled with Council support for the Teachers and Writers Collaborative and St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery Poetry Project, and a 1971-72 grant aided small circulation magazines via the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines; entry signed Peter Bradley.

  8. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1971-72: Executive Statements and Financial Report Groups

    Omar K. Lerman reports that the New York State Council on the Arts found 1971-72 (Year 2) equal to Year 1: applications rose from 850 to 1,216 while the appropriation for Council distribution fell by $5 million ($2.7 million excluding a $2.3 million NYPL special appropriation), and 805 organizations were supported versus 600 the prior year. The Council administered over $14 million; Special Programs made 116 grants across disciplines; separate programs served 573 organizations and the Information Center handled about 3,500 inquiries. A National Research Center survey of 543 nonprofit cultural organizations showed $184 million in expenditures; State funding for those organizations was $8.8 million and yielded $15 from other sources for each State dollar, returning the subsidy three times over.

  9. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1972-73 Groups

    New York State Council on the Arts annual report 1972-73 lists Film/TV/Media/Literature Program staff and names Peter Bradley Program Director; it highlights Frank Gillette’s Track/Trace at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse using three cameras and fifteen monitors. Financial tables give totals for 1970-71 through 1972-3 and allocations across major program areas; the director’s statement records 1972-73 grants including 25 filmmaking workshops, film festivals, TV support and a Planning Corporation for the Arts grant for a thirteen-week two-hour video arts series aired on a New York City municipal channel, and literature grants with over 52 applicants in 1973-74.

  10. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1972-73 Groups

    The New York State Council on the Arts 1972-73 film program supported independent cinema infrastructure, stabilizing centers such as the Millennium Film Workshop, Circle Film Forum and Media Study, Inc. in Buffalo; funded exhibition, repertory and museum programs including the New American Filmmakers Series at the Whitney and expanded study centers at Anthology Film Archives and The Museum of Modern Art. The Council backed equipment lending through the Media Equipment Resource Center administered by the Young Filmaker's Foundation, which evaluated nearly $500,000 in equipment and services after $125,000 in Council support. The Film and Video Bureau provided matching funds for rentals and speaker appearances; total film support exceeded $500,000 and affected 60 groups and institutions.

  11. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1973-74 Groups

    Section of the New York State Council on the Arts 1973-74 annual report lists Film/TV/Media/Literature staff with Program Director Peter Bradley and associates Barbara Haspiel, Maralin Bennici, Gilbert Konishi and Lydia Silman; three-year budget tables show total funds and a breakdown of grants, aids and subsidies. Council support for Film/TV/Media/Literature totaled $1,419,525; the Literature program distributed $330,525 to 24 organizations; the Film program supported 55 organizations with $479,000; the TV/Media program made $610,000 in grants to 39 organizations, with named beneficiaries, workshops, equipment purchases, archives and conferences described.

  12. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1973-74: Funding for Film and Media Groups

    1973-74 New York State Council on the Arts Film and TV/Media programs list recipients and grants for film and media activities across New York State; entries specify organizations, locations, grant amounts, and purposes such as salaries, production and operating expenses, equipment purchases, film and videotape rentals, and festival and workshop support. The Film and Video Bureau (administered by New York Foundation for the Arts) provided matching funds for lectures and rentals; the Media Equipment Resource Center (MERC), run by the Young Filmakers Foundation, loaned Super-8mm and 16mm equipment and post-production facilities and reported service valuations and recipient totals for 1973-74.

  13. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1974-75 Groups

    The New York State Council on the Arts 1974–75 report for Film, TV/Media and Literature records total NYSCA receipts of 35,957,900 and program expenditures for Film, TV/Media, Lit of 2,871,133. The TV/Media program awarded $1,233,770 to 42 organizations to establish video resource centers, support artist-in-residence programs (including ZBS Foundation, Innervision Media Systems and the Educational Broadcasting Corporation/TV Lab) and to purchase time-base correctors for public television; it funded a New York Performance broadcast series. Film funding rose to $1,077,172 supporting 80 organizations and expanded film exhibitions and productions; MERC (Young Filmakers Foundation) loaned equipment to 184 organizations and 284 artists in 32 counties; the Film and Video Bureau (New York Foundation for the Arts) assisted 77 organizations in 34 communities.

  14. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1975-76 and 1976-77 Groups

    The 1975–76 and 1976–77 NYSCA reports cover TV/Media and Film programs under Program Director Peter Bradley, listing staff, advisory panels, and itemized statewide grants. Total funds received were $35,947,000 (1975–76) and $29,015,900 (1976–77); the Film program made 62 grants totaling $1,078,549 in 1976–77 and joined an NEA matching project with the Council providing $137,000. The Media Equipment Resource Center (MERC) provided free equipment loans and post-production facilities, serving 428 artists/187 organizations in 1975–76 (saving $677,152) and 493 artists/129 organizations in 1976–77 (saving over $668,202).

  15. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1977-80. Reports by Film and Media Programs Groups

    New York State Council on the Arts Media Program, directed by John Giancola, reports Total Local Assistance Awards with Media allocations of $992,000, $1,075,000 and $1,127,000 alongside total award figures. The report traces the Program from its development in 1970, describes Council support for production and post-production facilities (including the TV Lab at Channel 13 and ZBS Sound Studios), media resource centers and exhibition programs, and notes a new Arts Programming for Television category beginning 1980-81. It lists year-by-year grants to dozens of New York organizations and names advisory panelists with affiliations and service years.

  16. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1977-80. Reports by Film and Media Programs Bibliography

    Listing of all organizations receiving funding from the Film and Media Programs at the New York State Council on the Arts.

  17. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1980-81. Reports by Film and Media Programs Groups

    New York State Council on the Arts Media Program annual report 1980–81 records total local assistance awards of $30,820,133 with $1,170,000 allocated to media; program staff include Director John Giancola and Program Analyst Arthur Tsuchiya. The report itemizes grants by category—Media Centers, Video and Audio Production, Artists-in-Residence, Regranting Facility, Exhibition, Arts Programming for Television, Service Projects, Facility operating expenses and Workshops—and lists funded organizations and award amounts (examples: Educational Broadcasting Corporation $75,000; Syracuse University Synapse Video Center $41,640; Haleakala $31,740). Advisory panelists are listed with affiliations and appointment years (1980–82 and 1980–81).

  18. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1980-81. Reports by Film and Media Programs Bibliography

    Listing of all organizations receiving funding from the Film and Media Programs at the New York State Council on the Arts.

  19. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1981-82. Reports by Film and Media Programs Groups

    New York State Council on the Arts Media Program (Director John Giancola; Program Analyst Arthur Tsuchiya) is reported in the 1981-82 annual report; Total Local Assistance Awards are listed as $32,457,400 and Media as $1,176,500. The program states a 1981-82 allocation of $1,306,300 (including $130,000 NEA funds) awarded to 63 organizations; over 20% ($256,723) supported production/post-production and about 20% ($246,895) funded artist-in-residence and regranting facilities to provide access to specialized technical equipment. Funded works included Portraits by Joan Logue, Vacuums by Gary Hill and Gold Mountain Dream by Peter Chow; the first retrospective of Nam June Paik was presented at a leading New York City museum, and the program supported exhibitions, broadcasts, cablecasts, cable television programming and media center workshops.

  20. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1981-82. Reports by Film and Media Programs Bibliography

    Listing of all organizations receiving funding from the Film and Media Programs at the New York State Council on the Arts.

  21. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1982-83. Reports by Film and Media Programs Groups

    Total Local Assistance Awards: $32,499,000 Media: $1,200,000 MEDIA PROGRAM Director: John Giancola Program Analyst: Arthur Tsuchiya Media Program The Media Program was 11 years old in 1982-83. Its constituents have been uniquely concerned with the production and exhibition of the electronic arts. Be…

  22. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1982-83. Reports by Film and Media Programs Bibliography

    Listing of all organizations receiving funding from the Film and Media Programs at the New York State Council on the Arts.

  23. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1983-84. Reports by Film and Media Programs Groups

    New York State Council on the Arts Media Program annual report for 1983-84 lists John Giancola as Director and Arthur Tsuchiya as Program Analyst; the program made awards to 80 organizations for 145 projects. The report records a Media line item of $1,173,000 and cites a program allocation of $1,200,000 with $300,000 directed to production and post-production; it notes substantial support for exhibition, distribution, services, equipment purchases and three state-wide regrant programs. Funded organizations named include Asian Cine-Vision, Experimental Television Center, Visual Studies Workshop and Women's Interart Center across Manhattan, Buffalo, Rochester and Owego.

  24. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1983-84. Reports by Film and Media Programs Bibliography

    Listing of all organizations receiving funding from the Film and Media Programs at the New York State Council on the Arts.

  25. New York State Council on the Arts Annual Report 1984-85. Reports by Film and Media Programs Groups

    New York State Council on the Arts Media Program annual report 1984–85; Total Local Assistance Awards $35,300,000 with Media allocation $1,275,000. Directors were John Giancola (to July 1984) and Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, with Program Analysts Eugene Matta and Arthur Tsuchiya. In 1984–85 the Program awarded funds to 78 organizations for 150 projects (including 32 production awards), allocating 25% ($321,952) to production, 23% ($289,415) to exhibitions and 28.5% ($363,394) to services; production awards ranged from $2,412 to WSLU for the Blue Mountain Folk Festival to $20,000 for Vito Acconci's Discipline.