Cable Arts Consortium Video Collection preserved by Minnesota Media Arts

Tom Arndt, photographing at the MN State Fair

 Minnesota Media Arts recently completed an extensive video archive project digitally converting the “Cable Arts Consortium Video Collection” comprising sixty (60) 3/4” U-matic video cassette programs. The process involved media asset cataloging, metadata collecting, converting to digital files and finally creating a Finding Aid to share online.

Flamenco performance

The collection, initially assembled for Cable TV distribution, featured arts and cultural programming from the late 1970s & 1980’s.  Programs included works from visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, photographers, poets, dance, theater performances and sculpture installations. 

The digitized videos will be made available for reference and research through the Minnesota Media Arts repository. This project was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. 

Artist Wucius Wong - Chinese Ink Painting

For more information on this project visit http://mnmediaarts.org