Mission Statement:

Established in 1978, Collaborative Projects, Inc. produced influential exhibitions which helped launch the careers of artists like Jenny Holzer, Tom Otterness, John Ahearn, Kiki Smith and many others. The group produced the seminal Times Square Show in 1980, and closely supported the artists’ spaces Fashion Moda and ABC No Rio. Colab also built a solid base of media production in NYSCA-funded feature film and cable television series. MWF Video began as a media distribution and exhibition project of Colab in 1986. The project developed a broad list of titles in the four broadly defined areas of narrative film and video, video art and art film, documentary, and artists’ television.

The current mission of both Colab and MWF Video Club is to gather and disseminate art and information past, present and future. At present this is done through maintenance of archives of art, electronic media and documents, and through the sale of VHS videotape editions. MWF also produces exhibitions, events, websites and videotapes of art and information. 2001

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The mission of Collaborative Projects is to enable creative production, and to disseminate art and information about artists to a broad audience. The MWF Video Club accomplishes this through the distribution and sale of VHS videotape editions. Colab also produces exhibitions, screenings, and performances.