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, cultivating appreciation of avant-garde art for all, and fostering artists’ zeal to circulate ideas.
Ongoing Events
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Goings On | 09/16/2024
Contents for September 16th, 2024 CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post): CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: Vern Fisher, FF Alumn, online at the FF LOFT, Sept. 18 1.
Past, Present & Future X: 2024-25 FF FUND Recipients Celebration
December 10, 2024, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ET at the Pratt Institute Library, Alumni Reading Room. We celebrate this year’s 15 grant recipients from three categories: FUND, XENO Prize, and Jacki Apple Award.
Breaking the Code – Vernon Fisher Film Premiere
September 18th, 6pm ET. “Breaking the Code” explores the life and career of Vernon Fisher, featuring interviews with Dave Hickey and Frances Colpitt, the film, winner of “Best Historical Film” at the 2023 Dallas International Film Festival.
Past LOFT events
Suzanne Harris – An Anarchitectural Body of Work: A Conversation
June 12, 2024, 6:00-8:00pm ET: Hosted in person by Printed Matter (231 11th Ave, NYC) and streamed online via the
Presentation of the book Museum Beauty Contest by Paco Cao in conversation with Pablo Helguera
May 20, 2024, 6-7pm ET: This live presentation with Paco Cao in conversation with Pablo Helguera and the public focused
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.