WVAB at COTA in New Paltz
COTA, Celebration of the Arts, is in their fifth year and going strong. This year, they wanted to include video works for the first time, and we were asked to participate. They have arranged for a truck with a ramp to serve as a small video room. We thought this was a very cool idea ...
Introducing Our Fiscal Sponsor
We have a fiscal sponsor! In applying for the Dutchess County Arts Council Project Grant, individual artists or non-incorporated groups must apply through a conduit not-for-profit organization based in Ulster County (DCAC administers Ulster also). The grant money goes first into the conduit organization’s account, then disbursed to the sponsored group. Because there is paperwork ...
DCAC Orientation Meeting
I attended the orientation meeting, mandatory if you are applying for the Dutchess County Arts Council Project Grant—a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and designed to promote local community-based arts and culture in Dutchess & Ulster Counties. It was held at Arts Upstairs in Phoenicia, one of the ...
Art at the Edge of Culture
This festival is a celebration of the peculiar, undefinable yet irresistible domain occupied by video art, within the vast realm of art and culture. In the age of Youtube, what defines video art? Can video artists sustain themselves? Is video art relevant outside of the art establishment? 46 years after Nam June Paik placed a ...
