Welcome to Franklin Furnace
Franklin Furnace’s mission is to present, preserve, interpret, educate, and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, ephemerality, or politically unpopular content.
The organization provides physical and virtual venues for the presentation of time-based art, including artists’ books and periodicals, performance art, installation art, and unforeseen contemporary avant-garde artforms; and undertakes other activities related to these purposes.
Franklin Furnace is dedicated to serving early-career artists; to cultivating appreciation of avant-garde art for all, and to fostering artists’ zeal to circulate ideas.
Ongoing Events
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Goings On | 03/18/2024
Contents for March 18, 2024 CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yong Soon Min, FF Alumn, In Memoriam 1. Alvin Eng, Stefani Mar, FF Alumns, now online at YouTube.com2. Alison O’Daniel, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com and more3. Raquel
The Ballad of Reversals: Ephemeral Images of Ephemeral Art | LIVE AT THE LIBRARY IX
January 16 through April 11, 2024. The new exhibition The Ballad of Reversals: Ephemeral Images of Ephemeral Art reflects on the medium of reversal film through the image archives at Franklin Furnace.
2024-25 Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art Application Information Session
February 28, 2024, 7-8pm EST – Learn what constitutes a well-prepared grant application and ask questions about Franklin Furnace Fund programs from our staff. The session was followed by a Q&A.
Past LOFT events
Spontaneous Combustion: Linda Sibio and Cracked Eggs in Performance
February 14, 2024, 7:30 – 8:30pm ET: Cracked Eggs is truly a crazy ride for the audience from Amazing Grace
RIFF 170 & J.SON: The Name Game: a live conversation about the origins of Bronx graffiti
EVENT CANCELLED: join this live discussion between J.SON, a journeyman graffiti writer, historian and author of Graffiti 365 (Abrams 2011)
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the government agencies, foundations, corporations and individuals whose support makes our programs possible:
Franklin Furnace receives support from the Arison Arts Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, the Marian Goodman Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, and Teiger Foundation through the Coalition of Small Arts NYC.