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.

ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR AVANT-GARDE ART
ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR AVANT-GARDE ART
ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR AVANT-GARDE ART

Ongoing Events

Subscribe to our Goings On e-newsletter for the latest information on the local, national, and international activities of Franklin Furnace artists/alumni and members.

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

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Past LOFT events

Franklin Furnace partners with PerformVu on our mutual 2023-24 membership campaign, making performance art accessible to all.

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.