Founded at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) in 1976 at the inception of the media arts movement, the Video Data Bank (VDB) is a leading resource in the United States for video by and about contemporary artists. The VDB Collection includes the work of more than 550 artists and 5,500 video art titles, 2,500+ in active distribution. Operating under SAIC’s not-for-profit status, the VDB is supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
