Visual Studies Workshop

Collection Type: Institution

Phone Number: 5852040077

Contact Email: marylewandowski@vsw.org

Collection Policy: VSW was founded in 1969 in Rochester, New York by photographer, educator and curator Nathan Lyons (1930–2016). Rooted in Lyons’ progressive vision of the “workshop idea,” VSW became one of the earliest independent, not-for-profit, artist-run spaces in the country. Since its inception, VSW has provided residencies to over 500 artists, produced more than 500 exhibitions, screened over 1,000 films and videos, and published more than 500 artists’ books through VSW Press. Additionally, we have educated over 1,000 students through workshops and our MA and MFA programs (1969–2022), and founded and published the periodical Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism (1972-2018). Our media collections include over a million photography and film-related objects, making our small organization unique in the field.

4,579 films in this collection.

Title ▼	Year	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
Race Track Murders			90 min.	16mm
Race for Space, The	1960	NBC	55 min.	16mm	B&W
Race for Gold	1979	TLF	58 min.	16mm	Color
Race Against Time	1987	Modtalk	28 min.	16mm	Color
Rabbit Hill ▶	1968	Natl Broadcasting Company Inc	53 min.	16mm	Color	sound
R. D. Laing's Glasgow				16mm
Quilts in Women's Lives	1980	Ferrero Films	28	16mm	Color
Quetzalcoatl ▶	1951	UNICADAL	20 min.	16mm	Color
Quest for Freedom		Churchill Films	0:22:00	16mm	Color	sound
Queen of Autumn: The Chrysanthemum in Japan	1969	iFB	22 min.	16mm	Color
Quebec: A Whole Different World Next Door	1978	CANTRFIL	14 min.	16mm	Color
Quasi At The Quackadero	1976	Cruikshank Sally	10 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Quartet	1948	LCA	120 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
Quadratic Equations				16mm
Pysanka - The Ukrainian Easter Egg	1976	FILMPR	16 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Pursuit of the Graf Spree	1957	LCA	106 min	16mm	Color
Puritan Experience		Learning Corporation of America		16mm		sound
Puppy Who Wanted a Boy, The	1979	CORNET	23 min.	16mm	Color	sound
Punkin			15 min.	16mm
Punk, The	1991		9:30 min	16mm	Color
Pulcinella and the Magic Fish	1984	DIST16	10 min.	16mm	Color
Puerto Rico: The Peaceful Revolution	1962	MCGH	27 min.	16mm	B&W
Puerto Rico, The Complete Island	1975	HOFF	14 min.	16mm	Color
Puerto Rico es Asi				16mm
Puerto Rico - Our Right to Decide		United Methodist Communications		16mm		sound
Public Enemy	1931	UA	84 min.	16mm	B&W
Psychological Methodology				16mm
Psycho (teaser)	1960	PARAMOU		16mm	B&W
Psychics, Saints, and Scientists	1972	HARTLY	33 min.	16mm	Color
Psst! Hammerman's After You	1977	WDISNEY	28 min.	16mm	Color
Pruning Practices at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden	1966	CEN	22 min.	16mm	Color
Protestant Spirit USA ▶	1977	Thorn	52 min.	16mm	Color
Protective Coloration	1976	SCREEN	12 min.	16mm	Color
Proprioceptive and Sensory Systems				16mm
Prophets + Promise of Classical Capitalism, The	1977	Church	60 min.	16mm	Color
Promise of Heaven				16mm
Programmed Instruction: First Grade Reading				16mm
Programmed Instruction: Fifth Grade Geography				16mm
Program # 17: Guide Dogs				16mm
Profile of a President: Nixon				16mm
Professor Erik Erikson		CCMFI	100 min	16mm	B&W
Productivity And The Self Fulfilling Prophecy - The Pygmalion Effect		McGraw-Hill Films	30 0:30:00	16mm	Color	sound
Production Manager	1969	GARY	18 min.	16mm	Color
Process of Communication, The	1966	NAVC	46 min	16mm	B&W	Optical sound
Problems in Transporting the Handicapped	1979	Visucom	27 min.	16mm	Color
Problem solving strategies: the synectics approach	1980	CRM/McGraw-Hill	28	16mm	Color	sound
Probing Mind, A				16mm
Probability and Uncertainty: The Quantum Mechanical View of Nature: Feynman Lecture #6	1965	EDS	59 min.	16mm	B&W
Privilege Against Self-Incrimination				16mm
Private Life, A	1980	MOMA	31 min.	16mm	Color	sound