New York, 212 594 3685
The Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) is a secular, non-profit arts organization that promotes the production, exhibition, publication, and performance of Indian and cross-cultural arts forms in North America. The IAAC supports all exhibition, publication, and performance of Indian and cross-cultural art forms in North America. The IAAC supports all artistic disciplines influenced by the arts of India, and works cooperatively with artists and arts organizations in a network for shared information, resources, and funding. More »
New York, 212-966-4510
DCTV believes that expanding public access to the electronic media arts invigorates our nation's democracy. Founded in 1972 by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, DCTV has fostered a diverse and inclusive media arts community for over 36 years. DCTV pursues its educational mission by introducing members of the community to the basics of electronic media through hundreds of free or low-cost production courses and access to broadcast-quality production equipment. From humble beginnings (DCTV's first educational projects operated from the back of a mail truck), DCTV has established a community-based foothold in a field dominated by large corporations. From its headquarters in a landmark firehouse in downtown New York City, DCTV serves individuals who could not otherwise afford a media arts education. DCTV's broadcast studio allows artists to broadcast work live over cable television and the Internet to millions of households. DCTV's Cybercar, a mobile production vehicle with a giant video ... More »
New York, 212-423-3587
The mission of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is to promote the understanding and appreciation of art, architecture, and other manifestations of visual culture, primarily of the modern and contemporary periods, and to collect, conserve, and study the art of our time. The Foundation realizes this mission through exceptional exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications, and strives to engage and educate an increasingly diverse international audience through its unique network of museums and cultural partnerships. More »
New York, 212-715-1207
Japan Society is the leading U.S. organization committed to deepening mutual understanding between the United States and Japan in a global context. Now in its second century, the Society serves audiences across the United States and abroad through innovative programs in arts and culture, public policy, business, language and education. More »
Rome, 315-336-1040
Rome Art And Community Center is a nonprofit multi-arts facility committed to fostering creativity, cultural awareness, and a strong community connection through a broad range of programming and services. More »
New York, 212-742-8880
MIX NYC promotes, produces and preserves experimental media that is rooted in the lives, politics and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and otherwise queer-identified people. MIX's work challenges mainstream notions of gender and sexuality while also upending traditional categories of form and content. Through its annual Festival and an innovative series of events throughout the year, MIX celebrates experimentation in sexuality, media arts and political action and continually strives to broaden its scope to include audiences and artists from communities that have traditionally been excluded from or marginalized within the media field, especially communities of color, transgendered people, and lesbian & gay youth. More »
Peekskill, 914-739-2333
The Paramount Center for the Arts (PCA) is dedicated to the presentation and production of diverse high-quality artistic programming in live performance, film, arts-in-education, and visual arts, serving the varied needs and interests of Westchester County and the entire mid-Hudson Valley region. More »
Treadwell, 607-829-5055
To seek out, study, and collect the work of early and contemporary writers, storytellers, and artists, and to publish, disseminate, and present that work through publications and educational and public programs for the larger community. More »
New York, 212-267-5665
The New American Cinema Group/ The Film-Makers' Cooperative (FMC) was founded in 1961 as a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit organization for the purpose of distributing independent, non-commercial, avant-garde films and videos. It is the first organization of its kind devoted entirely to the artists' exploration of the moving image. Since its founding, FMC has become the largest distributor and "open" archive of avant-garde experimental film and video in the United States. It is a completely artist-run collective. True to its mission, FMC links the work of more than 900 media makers to 600 museums and exhibitors throughout the world, including hundreds of film studies programs in colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. FMC has proven itself as an invaluable resource for countless institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Louvre, the Whitney Museum, Cinematheque Francaise, and the prestigious festivals of Oberhausen, Sundance, Berlin and Rotterdam. More »
Troy, 518-272-2390
Media Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing independent media - video, film, audio, radio, and computer arts - in New York State by expanding resources, support, and audiences for the media arts. More »
Brooklyn, 718-855-7882
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn presents quality visual, performing and media arts programs reflective of Brooklyn’s diverse communities, and provides resources and platforms to support the creative process. More »
Pleasantville, 914-773-7663
The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural institution dedicated to presenting the best of independent, documentary, and world cinema; promoting visual literacy; and making film a vibrant part of the community. More »
New York, 646-230-6368
Arts Engine, Inc. supports, produces, and distributes independent media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates, educators and the general public. By fostering the production and use of independent film, video and new media, Arts Engine connects media makers and active audiences in order to spur critical consideration of pressing social issues. With nearly 20,000 members worldwide, over 7,000 documentary films in an online database, eight Media That Matters Film Festivals, and eight long-form documentaries, Arts Engine is a pioneering force in independent, social-issue media. To find out more, please go to: www.artsengine.net. More »
Spencer, 607-589-4709
The camera is a vehicle that allows an access to certain life experiences we wouldn't normally have access to. It opens people up and grants a unique intimacy with the subjects. Documentary films should share with the viewer this intimacy with the subjects, and should take the viewer somewhere he or she has never been before. My philosophy for making films is to submerge myself into the lives of my subjects - to develop a relationship with them based on trust and understanding. I believe that most of the conflicts results from lack of communication between people. I would like my camera to show and listen to both sides of the issues. It is my small way of changing the world and I think the documentary is an ideal tool to do so. I am interested in people’s lives and I believe that a camera is a good tool to ... More »
Brooklyn, 718-388-4306
Brooklyn International Film Festival is dedicated to discovering, exposing, and promoting independent filmmakers and to expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of Brooklyn citizens. BiFF believes in supporting the artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure and the rights of all people to access and experience the power of independent filmmaking. BiFF strives to achieve its mission through its annual competitive film festival, and monthly film showcases, and by convening field leaders, providing information and advisory support, and working with partners on special initiatives to achieve mutual goals. More »
New York, 212-712-7237
The screening of silent film comedy shorts, features and featurettes, with live music accompaniment, at New-York Historical Society. One or two film preservation projects will be accomplished each year. More »
Cold Spring Harbor, 631-367-3418 x
The Whaling Museum Society Revised Mission Statement Adopted by unanimous resolution of the Board of Trustees March 15, 2004 The mission of the Whaling Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret artifacts of whaling, whales, maritime heritage both at sea and ashore, and local history, focused principally on Cold Spring Harbor, New York. Collections include objects, images, documents, books and other materials which pertain to these subjects and illuminate how whales, ships and the sea have shaped our local heritage. More »
Sunnyside, 718 784-4066
EarSay is an artist driven non-profit arts organization dedicated to uncovering and portraying stories of the uncelebrated. Our projects bridge the divide between documentary and expressive forms in books, exhibitions, on stage, in sound & electronic media. We are committed to fostering understanding and dialogue across cultures, generations, gender, and class through artistic productions and education. We bring our work to theatres, museums, schools, libraries, prisons, festivals and universities. More »
New York, 212-294-8312
The Center for Jewish History is the campus to five partner organizations - American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. One of the most comprehensive collections for the documentation and exploration of the modern Jewish experience in the world, materials at the Center include millions of original, digital, and online resources such as old and rare books, periodical collections, photos, memoirs, official decrees, personal letters and contemporary publications about all aspects of Jewish identity. The museum collections include posters, paintings, sculptures, archeological artifacts, historical textiles and ceremonial objects. These rich and varied holdings define the Jewish people and their many cultures within the Diaspora. More »
NY, 718.682.2744
As the largest Hip-Hop film festival in the world, the H2O [Hip-Hop Odyssey] International Film Festival provides a platform for filmmakers to showcase and define the variety of images that depict Hip-Hop culture and its communities. More »
Acra, 518-622-2598
free103point9 is a non-profit arts organization, based in Greene County, NY focused on cultivating the genre Transmission Arts. This genre encompasses a diversity of practices and media working with the idea of transmission or the physical properties of the electromagnetic spectrum (the airwaves). Transmission art is generally a participatory live-art or time-based art, and often is made manifest as radio art, video art, installation, and performance. More »
New York, 212-531-3207
NYIHA MEDIA INC. is a New York based not-for-profit organization found globally at: http://www.nyiha.com. NYIHA translates to border in English. Motion within and beyond borders is a constant feature of our world. The border has come to signify a process of interaction and circulation of people and ideas across physical or non-physical spaces. NYIHA MEDIA’s mission is to develop programming and content to change minds and bridge national and cultural boundaries. We develop programming that is diverse in topic, locale, discipline, and audiences. More »
New York, 212-594-6464
To provide support and adminstrative structure to independent, emerging artists for the production of new ideas in theater, music, film, and visual art, helping to launch their careers while creating something of value for the community. More »
New York, 212-349-0330
NYICFF’s mission is to define a new, more intelligent, relevant and compelling media for kids. The curatorial focus is on exceptional independent and international animation, live action, documentary and experimental film for ages 3 to 18; films that inspire, educate, enlighten and emotionally nourish our young people. The cornerstone of the organization’s work is the annual three-week Festival held at theaters around New York City. More »
Rochester
The Little Theatre is the premier cultural center for the presentation of American independent and foreign films, visual arts and music for the greater Rochester community. Through educational events, the Little Theatre provides local artists a place to share and discuss their visions with a diverse audience. The Little Theatre engages the community in a warm and inviting atmosphere with programming that stimulates and expands thought, inspires the spirit, promotes friendly discussion and opens cultural horizons. More »
Poughkeepsie, 845-485-4480
Children's Media Project's (CMP) programs encourage people to engage creatively in using the media to express themselves, to critically view and understand the media, to use the media as a tool for education, and offer employment and growth opportunities for youth, emerging artists, and professionals. Our mission is to create a teaching/learning environment where teachers, artists, and especially children and youth learn to interact with the media arts both as creators and critical viewers. More »
Woodstock, (845) 679-9957
Founded in 1977, the Center for Photography at Woodstock is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 artist-centered organization dedicated to supporting artists working in photography and related media and engaging audiences through opportunities in which creation, discovery, and learning are made possible. More »
Corning, 607.962.1332
Buffalo
Buffalo International Film Festival encourages the creation, appreciation and exhibition of all forms of moving media (film, video, web-based) throughout the world. It endeavors to relate international activities to the current and historic accomplishments of individuals, organizations, and cultural groups in the Western New York community to the rest of the world through screenings, educational events, workshops, exhibits and other means. Buffalo International Film Festival will also act as a fiscal sponsor for selected projects. More »
New York, 212-431-1130x1
Founded as a not-for-profit organization by artists in 1977, Harvestworks has helped a generation of artists create new works using technology. Our mission is to support the creation and presentation of art works achieved through the use of new and evolving technologies. Our goals are to create an environment where artists can make work inspired and achieved by electronic media; to create a responsive public context for the appreciation of new work by presenting and disseminating the finished works; to advance the art community's and the public's "agenda" for the use of technology in art; and to bring together innovative practitioners from all branches of the arts collaborating in the use of electronic media. We assist with commissions and residencies, production services, education and information programs, and the presentation and distribution of their work. More »
Buffalo, (716) 833-4450
Buffalo Arts Studio (BAS) is a not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to provide affordable studio space and regular public exposure for regional, national, and international artists through exhibitions, and to enrich the community with art classes, mural programs, and public art. Exhibitions, public art projects, and classes help the studio serve as a cultural center. More »
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) strives to enrich the quality of life throughout Brooklyn by fostering, encouraging and promoting the arts through service and support to artists and arts organizations.
Founded in 1966, BAC is the umbrella for Brooklyn’s range of cultural groups and individual artists working in the visual, performing, media and literary arts. The Council helps Brooklyn’s artist population—from the experimental and cutting edge to those preserving and evolving traditions of cultural heritage—create and present their work, and ensures that over 250,000 people throughout Brooklyn have access to a variety of free arts programs each year.
In the firm belief that culture contributes to the health of the community, BAC takes a leadership role in creating an environment conducive to the arts by providing grants, resources, referrals, networking opportunities, seminars, performances, screenings, exhibitions and other activities that support and encourage the arts. Together, these efforts ensure that Brooklyn’s ever-expanding cultural community ... More »
Buffalo, 716-854-1694
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center's mission is two-fold: 1. To provide a center for contemporary art. 2. To recognize and serve a vital community artistic presence which is global in its outlook, challenging in its ideas, pluralistic in its concerns, and diverse in its expression. Hallwalls' twofold mission is to serve artists by supporting the creation and presentation of new work in the visual, media, performing, and literary arts, and to serve the public by making these works available to audiences. We are dedicated in particular to work by artists which challenges and extends the traditional boundaries of the various art forms, and which is critically engaged with current issues in the arts and--through the arts--in society. Finally, we believe that the right of freedom of expression for artists, and for free access to their works by interested individuals, must be protected as a fundamental and necessary condition of our mission. More »
New York, 212.828.0401
MediaNoche is the place where art, technology and community converge. We offer artists working in new media exhibition space and residencies in order to provoke a dialogue that blurs all lines of marginality and alternity. Unique among arts and technology groups in New York, MediaNoche is directly linked to the oldest Latino community of the city, Spanish Harlem, and has showcased a roster of local and international new media artists. MediaNoche is a project of PRdream.com. Director’s Statement: "Our media practice is rooted in community, utilizing technology as a tool for transgressing the dynamic, cultural space of Spanish Harlem in order to engage, incite, and transform the dialectics of alternity and marginalization." More »
New York, 212.366.6900
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) empowers artists at critical stages in their creative lives. More »
North Tonawanda, 716.694.4400
The purpose of the Carnegie Art Center, directed by the Tonawandas’ Council on the Arts, is to sponsor, promote and encourage the development of the fine arts. Through the presentation of exhibitions, classes, performances and professional development opportunities, it provides educational and cultural enrichment to the Western New York region. More »
New York
Art in General is a nonprofit organization that assists artists with the production and presentation of new work. It changes in response to the needs of artists and informs and engages the public about their work. More »
Brooklyn, 718-694-0831
DAC's mission is to engage a broad spectrum of society in the sensory and intellectual stimuli of emerging visual culture by providing visual artists and curators with the singular opportunity for both on and off-site experimentation, innovation, presentation and advancement. More »
Annandale-on-Hudson
The Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture at Bard College (CCS Bard) is an exhibition, education, and research center dedicated to the study of art and curatorial practices from the 1960s to the present day. In addition to the CCS Galleries and the Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard houses the Marieluise Hessel Collection of more than 2,000 contemporary works, as well as an extensive library and curatorial archive that are accessible to the public. The Center's two-year M.A. program in curatorial studies is specifically designed to deepen students' understanding of the intellectual and practical tasks of curating contemporary art. The Center for Curatorial Studies was cofounded in 1990 by the collectors Marieluise Hessel and Richard Black. More »
New York, 212-439-8700
The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation. We convey a comprehensive picture of Germany by providing information on Germany's cultural, social and political life. More »
New York, 212-742-8880
The purpose of ACT UP Oral History Project is to present comprehensive, complex, human, collective, and individual portraits of the people who have made up ACT UP/New York. These men and women of all races and classes transformed entrenched cultural ideas about homosexuality, sexuality, illness, health care, civil rights, art, media, and the rights of patients. They have achieved concrete changes in medical and scientific research, insurance, law, health care delivery, graphic design, and introduced new and effective methods for political organizing. These interviews reveal what has motivated them to action and how they have organized complex endeavors. We hope that this information will de-mystify the process of making social change, remind us that change can be made, and help us understand how to do it. More »
Ithaca, 607 274 3431
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) embraces and interrogates sustainability across all of its forms: economic, social, ecological, political, cultural, technological, and aesthetic. The festival is in the spirit of UNESCO’s initiative on sustainable development. This initiative has redefined and expanded environmental issues to explore the international interconnections between war, disease, health, genocide, the land, water, air, food, education, technology, cultural heritage, and diversity. Through film, video, new media, installation, musical concerts, performance, panels, and presentations, the festival engages interdisciplinary dialogue and vigorous debate. It links the local with the global. And it showcases Ithaca College as a regional and national center for thinking differently—in new ways, interfaces, and forms—about the environment and sustainability. The major presenting sponsor of the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies at Ithaca College. More »
Roxbury
Andes Sprouts Society engages the Catskill Region’s cultural heritage of the working landscape and cultivates collaboration between the local farmers and naturalists and the global new media community. About Andes Sprouts Society: Andes Sprouts Society (ASsociety) is a non-profit hybrid art and farming organization that supports artists, technologists and farmers engaged in addressing emergent technologies and expressive arts that tie in to isssues such as organic farming and the food supply. ASsociety establishes a rural platform for global collaboration, common production and interdisciplinary research. More »
New York
IMAGINE: You enter into a large cinema and settle into your seat. After a few minutes, the lights dim and the screen goes black. It is dark and everyone is silent, waiting for the film to begin. Then there is thunder; the speakers roar. The screen remains black, yet your body is immersed in sound. You are listening to cinema for the ear. More »
New York, 212-673-0090
The Millennium is one of the oldest media arts centers in the United States, dedicated to the exhibition, study and production of independent and avant-garde film, video and new media, including all technologies of the moving image. A world-renowned gathering place for film/video artists and their audiences, the organization presents a variety of programs and services including the PERSONAL CINEMA SERIES, EQUIPMENT ACCESS SERVICES, FILM/VIDEO WORKSHOPS, MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL, and the MILLENNIUM GALLERY. More »