National arts emergency [videorecording] / produced by Branda Miller and Joy Silverman. [1990]

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National arts emergency [videorecording] / produced by Branda Miller and Joy Silverman. [1990]

When Congress challenged the grantmaking procedures of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in 1989, the arts community responded with immediate and direct opposition. Using lively footage of these actions in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., this video documents the collaborative efforts of artists, arts organizations and individuals throughout the country.

1 videocassette of 1 (U-Matic) (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. original (2 copies)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7428897

Getty Research Institute

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Miller, Branda

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Silverman, Joy, 1947-

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Long Beach museum of art

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The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA) was among the first to focus on video as an artistic medium, spurring similar efforts throughout the United States. Beginning in 1974 the museum began collecting and exhibiting video art, later also actively encouraging the development of video art by co-producing projects and offering editing facilities to artists in its Video Annex. The museum's innovative approaches to the display of video art included several experiments with broadcast and cable television...

National Endowment for the Arts

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