about
Professor Emerita
Video, Film and Media Studies,
School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, Hampshire College
President, NO MORE NICE GIRLS, INC - NO MORE NICE GIRLS PRODUCTIONS
EDUCATION:
BA cum laude, Harvard University (Radcliffe College), 1970.
MA, Cinema Studies, New York University, 1973.
MPhil, Cinema Studies, New York University, 1976.
SELECTED PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
The Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
The Museum of Modern Art
New York City
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Institute of Contemporary Art
London, England
The Georges Pompidou Center
Paris, France
Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley, CA
Harvard University Cinematheque
Cambridge, MA
Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
Museo de Arte Contemporanea Reina Sofia
Madrid, Spain
Oviedo y Ayunta de Sevilla, Spain
Long Beach Museum
Long Beach, CA
Wexner Center for the Arts
Columbus,OH
Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
International House
Philadelphia, PA
The Donnell Library
New York City
Port Washington Public Library
Port Washington, NY
& Over a hundred other public libraries,
media centers and universities
– domestic and international
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS and AWARDS:
“HER TAKE,” 10 Women Filmmakers honored by Documentary Channel (2012
The National Endowment for for Arts
(1989, 1990-1991)
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Fellow (1979)
The Jerome Foundation
(1987-88)
The New England Fellowships Program
through the NEA & the American Film Institute (1989)
New York Foundation for the Arts
(1987-88)
The Massachusetts Council on the Arts CAT FUND (1991-92)
The Massachusetts Cultural Council
(1993)
New York State Council on the Arts
(1989, 1992, 1994, 1996)
Hewllett - Mellon Foundation
(1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001-2007)
Lemelson Foundation
(1994, 1998)
Wexner Center for the Arts, Visiting Artist (January & August 1993, Summer 1998)
Koopman Chair in the Visual Arts,
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
(1996-97)
MacArthur Foundation
for Digital Archive Creation
(1998 & 2004)
Fund for Women Artists
(1998-99)
Northampton Arts Council Grant
(2001)
Fulbright Foundation Chair in Electronic Arts, Porto, Portugal
(2002)
Berkeley Film Fund Grant
Bay Are Video Coalition, MediaMaker Award
(2009)
"JOAN DOES DYNASTY has become the classic feminist performance video of the era."