WGXC November Top 10
As of Nov. 17, 2023.
1. The Rolling Stones, "Hackney Diamonds" album
2. Laura Zarougian, "Cairo" from "Nayri" album
3. Matmos, "Return to Archive" album from Folkways Records archives
4. P.G. Six, "Murmurs & Whispers" album from Copake on Drag City
5. Negativland "Speech Free" album
6. Matana Roberts, "Coin Coin Chapter 5" album
7. The Replacements, "Let It Bleed" re-engineered reissue album
8. boygenius, "The Rest" EP
9. Bobby Previte and Ray Anderson "Double Trouble" album from Columbia County-based drummer
10. Arone Dyer and stargaze, "It's Over," "Define" new singles
11. Feist, "Multitudes" album
12. The Serfs, "Order Imposing Sentence"
13. Caroline Polachek, "Dang" single
14. d4vd, "You and I"
15. Meshell Ndegeocello, "The Omnichord Real Book" album

Acra, NY—Wave Farm announced today seven grantees for the Fall 2023 round of the MAAF Forward Fund for Organizations, a regrant program with the New York State Council on the Arts. MAAF Forward Fund grantees: Center for the Holographic Arts, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), Film Forum, Flux Factory, KAJE, Maysles Documentary Center, and Participant Inc.

The Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF) supports electronic media and film organizations, as well as individual artists, in all regions of New York State. For organizations, MAAF Forward Fund provides funds to support technical strategies for online development as well as to hire outside consultants to support organizational and professional development. MAAF Forward Fund prioritizes organizations that have missions specific to the media arts, dedicate the majority of their programming to technology as an art form. Multi-disciplinary organizations are considered on a case-by-case basis. All applicants must be current NYSCA grantees. Organizations are eligible to receive a maximum of $2,500. The biannual application deadlines are May 1 and October 1.

Information about the seven 2023 Fall MAAF for Organizations funded projects is available below.

GRANTEES AND PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

Center for the Holographic Arts (HoloCenter) (Ulster County) - Strategic Planning Assistance

HoloCenter will use MAAF funding to work with two consultants who will support the organization’s research and planning efforts following their recent move to Kingston, New York. The consultants will research and address development opportunities for the organization.

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) (New York County) - MARC Records Consultancy

EAI will use MAAF funding to hire a consultant in support of a long-term project to generate Machine Readable Cataloguing (MARC) records for titles in their Educational Streaming Service. This project aims to improve the searchability and visibility of EAI’s artists and titles in the library databases of schools.

Film Forum (New York County) - Capacity Interactive Boot Camp 2023

Film Forum will use MAAF funding to support the attendance of two staff members at the annual boot camp hosted by digital marketing and consulting firm Capacity Initiative. Film Forum aims to support their staff’s knowledge of digital marketing tools and resources.

Flux Factory (Queens County) - Consolidation of administrative subscriptions to Airtable

Flux Factory will use MAAF funding to work with a consultant to consolidate a variety of their organization’s online administrative tools into Airtable. Flux Factory aims to create higher-quality databases, a mother administrative workflow for staff, and a sustainably lower subscription rate overall.

KAJE (Kings County) - Board Development Consultancy

Having recently obtained independent 501(c)3 status, KAJE will use MAAF funding to support a session with a development consultant. KAJE aims to map a sustainability plan for the organization and to support their board of directors.

Maysles Documentary Center (New York County) - Support for Communications Consultant

Maysles Documentary Center will use MAAF funding to hire a marketing and communications consultant to aid the organization in strategy pertaining to web development, social media, promotion, and public relations. Maysles Documentary Center aims to establish a more direct line between their communications and fundraising arms, and support audience development.

Participant Inc. (New York County) - Participant After Dark Technology Improvements

MAAF funding will support the acquisition of supplies for the documentation and recording of Participant After Dark, a virtual performance, screening, and event space. Participant Inc. aims to increase the sophistication of this online space by securing new technology that will support higher-quality imagery.

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About the New York State Council on the Arts

The mission of the New York State Council on the Arts is to foster and advance the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all. To support the ongoing recovery of the arts across New York State, the Council on the Arts will award $127 million in FY 2024.

The Council on the Arts further advances New York's creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit www.arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA's Facebook page, Twitter @NYSCArts and Instagram @NYSCouncilontheArts.

Wave Farm is an international transmission arts organization driven by experimentation with the electromagnetic spectrum. We cultivate creative practices in radio and support artists and nonprofits in their cultural endeavors.

Based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, Wave Farm is a media arts center, media platform, and arts service organization. Wave Farm offers interdisciplinary outdoor installations, residencies and fellowships, and a research library. We operate FM radio station WGXC and host many online radio channels. Wave Farm provides fiscal sponsorship, consultation, and grants to artists and organizations. https://wavefarm.org

For more information about the The New York State Council on the Arts Regrant Programs with Wave Farm visit https://wavefarm.org/grants-services/nysca-regrants.

The New York Times reports that on Oct. 9 Canadian Broadcasting stopped airing the daily so-called "long dash." Since 1939 CBC Radio in Canada had broadcast a message familiar to generations of Canadians. “The beginning of the long dash indicates exactly 1 o’clock Eastern Standard Time” is how it went in its most recent iteration. People literally synchronized their watches to the daily tone from the CBC. But no more. The CBC, Canada’s national public broadcaster, said that accuracy issues were a key reason for dropping the message. People still listen to the radio over the air — but also on satellite and online, and those broadcasts can be delayed for several seconds or more. For many listeners, the moment they hear the long dash time might not be “exactly 1 o’clock Eastern Standard Time,” but 1:00:04 or so.

Wave Farm artist-in-residence Viola He discussed their work with media theorist and arts writer Natasha Chuk. Read Chuk's text here.

New York State Council on the Arts and New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Partner to Launch Innovative Arts in Corrections NYS Program

Wave Farm, a New York Based Non-Profit, Will Facilitate 12-Week Workshops Across 10 Facilities

Program to Serve Nearly 1000 Individuals Over 2 Years

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (NYS DOCCS) are pleased to announce the grantees and workshops for the 2023 summer sessions of Arts in Corrections NYS, a program to facilitate and support arts programming inside nine NYS DOCCS facilities and one Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) facility located across New York State. A regrant program of NYSCA, Arts in Corrections is facilitated by Wave Farm, a nonprofit New York State arts organization, working closely with DOCCS.

Arts in Corrections NYS supports non-profit arts organizations, in partnership with visiting artists, to design and facilitate a series of 12-week, in-person workshops, providing system-impacted individuals with once-a-week programming in a variety of disciplines including the visual arts, electronic media/film, music, and literature.

Following each session, selected workshops repeat to serve a new group of individuals, continuing through 2024. Successfully piloted between 2019 and 2021 as CreativityWorksNYS, the initial program provided positive data and feedback about the value of arts in changing the participants’ attitudes, emotional management, and intellectual flexibility.

“On behalf of NYSCA, I am delighted that this innovative program has been expanded to 10 facilities across New York State. Through engagement with the arts, participants develop individualized skills and resources that directly benefit themselves and their communities,” said Mara Manus, Executive Director of NYSCA. “We are immensely grateful for the work of Wave Farm and DOCCS on this strategic initiative.”

NYS DOCCS Acting Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III said, “The Department is committed to expanding meaningful programming that offers rehabilitative and therapeutic benefits to the incarcerated population. For years we have seen the effects of the Arts in Corrections NYS workshops firsthand, both allowing incarcerated individuals to explore new creative disciplines, as well as express themselves artistically. We are grateful to continue this partnership with NYSCA and to expand the reach of Arts in Corrections NYS through 2024.”

“We are honored to facilitate this important program, and couldn’t be more excited about the quality of the workshops. It has been a pleasure to work closely with NYS DOCCS on this initiative. Arts in Corrections NYS wouldn’t be possible without the remarkable support of NYS DOCCS staff, the organizational grantees, and the talented visiting artists involved, and we are grateful.” Said Galen Joseph-Hunter, Wave Farm Executive Director.

Over the course of these artist-taught workshops, participants will have the opportunity to deepen artistic exploration and engage in a variety of creative disciplines. The workshops will provide education, training, and positive constructive criticism for each participant’s artistic endeavors.

Additional support for Arts in Corrections NYS has been provided by Dorothy Lichtenstein in honor of Agnes Gund.

Arts in Corrections NYS Summer 2023 Grantees and Workshops:

The Art Effect of the Hudson Valley (Dutchess County) — Music and Video Production, with Adam and Zach Reid (Otisville Correctional Facility)
In this workshop, participants will write original songs and lyrics, record and produce the songs, and then create music videos for their songs. Participants will gain experience in songwriting, audio recording, lyrics writing, music selection, audio mixing, wordplay, and creativity, and conveying ideas through music. Participants will additionally gain introductory skills in video production and video editing.

Bardavon 1869 Opera House (Dutchess County) — Mixed-Level Poetry Writing, with Gretchen Primack (Ulster Correctional Facility)
In this workshop, participants will explore their creativity through poetry. Each class will include a warm-up exercise and close reading of various published poems to see how they work. Participants will write, critique, and revise their own poems.

CREATE Council on the Arts (Greene County) — Personal Storytelling: What’s Your Story?, with Caitlin Langstaff and Christina Thyssen (Green Haven Correctional Facility)
In this workshop, participants will discover the craft of writing and sharing a compelling story. Storytelling will be celebrated and practiced as a way to build community and help make sense of the world we live in. Participants will learn public speaking techniques, acquire skills to craft compelling narratives, and perform stories with ease and authenticity.

The Flow Chart Foundation (Columbia County) — Moving Potential / Body Stories, with Sondra Loring (Greene Correctional Facility)
In this workshop, participants will engage in a range of movement based practices including performance, dance, and choreographic disciplines that utilize strength, mobility, and flexibility training for empowerment. Participants will tap into their own body stories with dance and theater and writing exercises to gain an understanding of improvisational and collective performance techniques.

Great Lakes Guitar Society (Onondaga County) — One Mic Project, with Chris Cresswell (Mohawk Correctional Facility)
In this workshop, participants will learn and practice the basics of songwriting and music production, gaining the foundation to create their own lyrics and music. Introductions to songwriting and musical composition will provide participants with the skills to experiment with both group and individual creative musical production.

Justice Juvenile Arts and Media Network (Dutchess County) — Art Practices on the Edge of Possibilities, with Maggie Hazen and Eliza Doyle (Shawangunk Correctional Facility)
This sculpture workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of constructing 2- dimensional and 3-dimensional works of art using unconventional resources and mediums. Participants will work with an assortment of materials using unique techniques, traditions, and methods. Participants will produce creative artworks, build an artistic portfolio, develop their personal artistic practice, and learn new creative strategies and concepts.

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (Monroe County) — Framing Freedom, with Ya’qub Shabazz (OCFS MacCormick Secure Center)
Framing Freedom will introduce participants to elements of art history, color theory, painting and drawing techniques, interpreting fine art, and mindfulness. Participants will learn how to create visual art and discuss their work with their peers. The workshop will introduce materials including watercolors, pastels, and acrylic paint for themed weekly sessions.

Shandaken Projects (New York County) — Art and Autobiography, with Nicholas Weist (Sullivan Correctional Facility)
In this course, participants will learn creative communication skills including drawing, painting, printmaking, personal writing, and bookmaking. During class time and in short homework assignments, participants will use these skills to tell their own stories in narrative, figurative, and abstract ways. The workshop will conclude with a final project by each participant that demonstrates his new skills and tells his own story in a unique way.

The Thrive Project (Franklin County) — Circle Drumming, with Chris Bohl (Franklin Correctional Facility)
In this workshop, Participants will explore a range of circle drumming techniques and a variety of drums. The workshop will introduce circle drumming structures, histories, and improvisational exercises. A drum circle is an instant rhythm experience for all ages and abilities – no musical experience required.

The Thrive Project (Franklin County) — The Self-Portrait and Identity, with Geoff Cobb (Bare Hill Correctional Facility)
Over the course of this workshop, participants will acquire introductory skills and experience with drawing self-portraits. Participants will discuss and analyze contemporary and historical selfportraits and will consider the style, emotional impact, and technique of these portraits. Participants will create their own self-portraits using introductory and intermediate art techniques and principles, creating a final artwork that will be presented in the last session.

About the New York State Council on the Arts
The Council on the Arts preserves and advances the arts and culture that make New York State an exceptional place to live, work and visit. The Council upholds the right of all New Yorkers to experience the vital contributions the arts make to our communities, education, economic development, and quality of life. To support the ongoing recovery of the arts across New York State, the Council on the Arts will award record funding in FY 2023, providing support across the full breadth of the arts, including dedicated support for arts education and underrepresented communities.

The Council on the Arts further advances New York's creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit http:// www.arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA's Facebook page, Twitter @NYSCArts and Instagram @NYSCouncilontheArts.

About NYS DOCCS
DOCCS’ mission is to improve public safety by providing a continuity of appropriate treatment services in safe and secure facilities where the needs of the incarcerated population are addressed and where individuals under its' custody are successfully prepared for release and parolees under community supervision receive supportive services that facilitate the successful completion of their sentence. DOCCS recognizes the therapeutic value of offering arts-based programming to individuals in enhancing communication skills, supporting healthy forms of expression and increasing self-awareness. DOCCS’ vision is to enhance public safety by having incarcerated persons return home under supportive supervision less likely to revert to criminal behavior. By affording individuals the opportunity to participate in creative and expressive programming, DOCCS is seeking to enrich the incarceration experience and bolster the success rates of those returning to the community.

About Wave Farm
Wave Farm is an international transmission arts organization driven by experimentation with the electromagnetic spectrum. We cultivate creative practices in radio and support artists and nonprofits in their cultural endeavors.

Based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, Wave Farm is a media arts center, media platform, and arts service organization. Wave Farm offers interdisciplinary outdoor installations, residencies and fellowships, and a research library. We operate FM radio station WGXC and host many online radio channels. Wave Farm provides fiscal sponsorship, consultation, and grants to artists and organizations. For more information, please visit wavefarm.org For more information about Arts in Corrections NYS, visit https://wavefarm.org/grants-services/nysca-regrants/arts-in-corrections-nys

Jesse McKinley reports in The New York Times that next month British endurance athlete Lewis Pugh plans to swim the entire 315-mile length of the Hudson River from the Adirondacks to New York City. Pugh said, “I’ve been looking for a river for many, many years which could tell the story about all rivers.... And always, every single time, it comes back to the Hudson.” Pugh has previously swam the 325-mile English Channel. He could catch possible infections from everything from “human sewage and rat infestation” to poisoning from mercury left over from the Hudson’s industrial past. Pugh says he thinks the Hudson River is much less polluted now than in the past. “It shows how a river can be misused and then cared for and turn around its fate.... And so it gives hope to people who live on the Ganges, the people who live on the Yangtze, the Nile, the Seine or here in England on the River Thames. That your river can be saved.” Read the full story in The New York Times.

Acra, NY—Wave Farm announced today thirteen grantees for the Spring 2023 round of the MAAF Forward Fund for Organizations, a regrant program with the New York State Council on the Arts. MAAF Forward Fund grantees: American Documentary, Anthology Film Archives, Buffalo International Film Festival, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Educational Video Center, Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), Franklin Furnace Archive, Jacob Burns Film Center, Maysles Documentary Center, MONO NO AWARE, Roulette Intermedium, Third World Newsreel, and Visual AIDS for the Arts.

The Media Arts Assistance Fund (MAAF) supports electronic media and film organizations, as well as individual artists, in all regions of New York State. For organizations, MAAF Forward Fund provides funds to support technical strategies for online development as well as to hire outside consultants to support organizational and professional development. Eligible organizations have missions specific to the media arts, dedicate the majority of their programming to technology as an art form, and are current NYSCA grantees. Organizations are eligible to receive a maximum of $2,500. The biannual application deadlines are May 1 and October 1.

Information about the thirteen 2023 Spring MAAF for Organizations funded projects is available below.

GRANTEES AND PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS

American Documentary (Kings County) - Strategic Development Planning

American Documentary will use MAAF funding to engage a consultant to support the organization’s strategic development planning process and the organization’s Development department. This work is aligned with the organization’s overall strategic planning goals.

Anthology Film Archives (New York County) - New CRM for AFA’s Membership Programs

Anthology Film Archives will use MAAF funding to support the migration of the organization’s membership and donations data to a new open-source CRM. This is the first in a series of major IT infrastructure improvements for the organization.

Buffalo International Film Festival (Erie County) - Creating a Roadmap to Improve Website Design, Information Architecture, and User Experience

Funding will support the engagement of a UX consultant who will analyze Buffalo International Film Festival’s website infrastructure, architecture, and design. The consultant will create a two-year plan for the implementation of site updates and improvements.

Chicken & Egg Pictures (Kings County) - Salesforce Enhancement Project Funding will support the streamlining and enhancement of the organization’s CRM systems in conjunction with an expansion of fundraising efforts. The organization will hire a consultant that specializes in CRM optimization.

Educational Video Center (New York County) - Youth Participatory Action Research Training

Educational Video Center will use MAAF funding to send two key members of their leadership team to the 2023 Critical Participatory Action Research Summer Intensive at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) (New York County) - Information Management

Funding will support EAI’s engagement of an IT consultant to improve the organization’s information management and remote work protocols, with a focus on streamlining staff workflows. The consultant would improve the functionality of the organization’s hybrid work model specific to remote access and digital file management, as well as provide better public access to videos and archival materials.

Franklin Furnace Archive (Kings County) - Web Accessibility

MAAF funding will support the continuation of their "Alt Text" initiative to address the accessibility of their website. Franklin Furnace aims to refine its accessibility strategies by establishing protocol for Alt Text use, ultimately increasing accessibility to their website and accompanying digital platform for media performances, the FF Loft.

Jacob Burns Film Center (Westchester County) - Strategic Planning and Board Planning MAAF funding will support Jacob Burns Film Center’s comprehensive strategic planning process with the DeVos Institute of Arts Management. This process includes the formation of a Board Planning Working Group that will develop recommendations for a Strategic Plan.

Maysles Documentary Center (New York County) - Syncing Outdoor/Online Content

MAAF funding will support the purchase of updated streaming software. Maysles Documentary Center will use this software to stream events, organizational information, and archival materials on a screen set up at sidewalk level and accessible to the public.

MONO NO AWARE (New York County) - Organizational Development

MONO NO AWARE will use MAAF funding to support organizational development through the engagement of two consultants who specialize in building strategic partnerships with other nonprofits, private donors, and foundations.

Roulette Intermedium (Kings County) - Migration to Google Shared Drives MAAF funding will support the engagement of an IT firm to migrate the organization’s administrative files into intentional and organized shared drives in Google. MAAF funding will help improve functionality, accessibility, and security of their data.

Third World Newsreel (New York County) - Support for Outreach Consultant

Third World Newsreel will use MAAF funding to support the engagement of a marketing consultant to research, plan, and implement an in-person audience development campaign. The consultant will research and evaluate the organization’s online presence, develop an improved outreach plan, and train staff and freelancers in this new strategy.

Visual AIDS for the Arts (New York County) - Supporting Web-Based Initiatives

MAAF Funding will support the acquisition of equipment supplies that will enable more effective approaches to online public engagement, allowing for more updated transcription software to be used for video-based projects.

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About the New York State Council on the Arts

The mission of the New York State Council on the Arts is to foster and advance the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all. To support the ongoing recovery of the arts across New York State, the Council on the Arts will award $127 million in FY 2024.

The Council on the Arts further advances New York's creative culture by convening leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources. Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960 and continued with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Council is an agency that is part of the Executive Branch. For more information on NYSCA, please visit www.arts.ny.gov, and follow NYSCA's Facebook page, Twitter @NYSCArts and Instagram @NYSCouncilontheArts.

Wave Farm is a non-profit arts organization driven by experimentation with broadcast media and the airwaves. A pioneer of the Transmission Arts genre, Wave Farm programs provide access to transmission technologies and support artists and organizations that engage with media as an art form. Major activities include Artist Residencies and Fellowships; a Public Transmission Art Park; Wave Farm Radio, including WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears, a creative community radio station based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley; a Fiscal Sponsorship program; and Regrant Partnerships with the New York Council on the Arts. https://wavefarm.org

For more information about the The New York State Council on the Arts Regrant Programs with Wave Farm visit https://wavefarm.org/grants-services/nysca-regrants.