Key Video Art Organization’s Future Is Uncertain After Downsizing by School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago dismissed more than half of the staff last week at the Video Data Bank, a video art–focused organization whose services are used widely by museums across the globe.Three of the organization’s five staff members saw their positions eliminated by the school on November 12, according to Tom Colley, the Video Data Bank’s former director. He said that Elise Schierbeck and Nicky Ni, respectively the organization’s digital collection an