Halona Hilbertz’s 1998 “Pseudo Studio Walk” took place at the Manhattan loft of Pseudo.com, an early streaming content service. For 50 minutes, Hilbertz walked and ran back and forth between the camera and a far wall.
An in-person interactive workshop led by Pratt Institute Archivist Cristina Fontánez Rodríguez on finding meaning in the archive. Working with and around objects highlighted through the current Live at the Library exhibition Dragging the Archive, participants are invited to look beyond the content of an archive in order to focus on its structure, context, and significance.
Franklin Furnace Archive was excited to introduce the 2022-23 FF FUND recipients at the annual event Past, Present & Future. Each artist described their newly funded projects and explained the influences, thought-processes, and practices culminating in their eventual performances. Emcees Martha Wilson and Harley Spiller hosted this unique annual opportunity to listen to and engage with emerging performance artists of the highest caliber.
The Serious Business of Doll Play: Alva Rogers, Dr. Paulette Richards & the Legacy of Lenon Holder Hoyte was a free month-long program in three main stages: a) new and unlimited public online access to an excerpt from the script of artist Alva Rogers’ the doll plays with Alva’s videotaped introduction created for this project; b) one 90-minute interactive teleconference conversation with artist Alva Rogers, humanities expert Dr. Paulette Richards, and the general public, with closed captioning, on United Nations International Day for Tolerance, November 16, 2022, 6-7:30 pm est; and c) the launch of permanent archival documentation of the program at FranklinFurnace.org
What happens when three Queer Latina/x performance art luminaries gather for an evening of laughter, conversation and reflections. Considering humor as a strategy for survival in navigating race, gender, immigration through the generations and today, what does it mean to be Latina/x right now?
Art and war are mutually exclusive concepts: creation and destruction, while the concept of destruction is not a stranger in modern art. War deteriorates life, becoming part of it.
Cracked Eggs is the pilot collaboration between interdisciplinary artist, Linda Sibio, and San Bernardino County’s Department of Behavioral Health (SBC-DBH.) Linda’s lived experience with schizophrenia has led her to develop creative exercises that channel mental differences into creative expression. She first designed the Cracked Eggs as an arts workshop series in 2002.
Join Korea Art Forum on Saturday, March 26, 2022 from 7PM - 8PM to kick off the 2022 Shared Dialogue, Shared Space spring program. Share Dialogue, Shared Space (SDSS) is a series of one-day interactive art initiatives presented for free in NYC Parks connecting immigrant communities and underserved ethnic enclaves to visual arts and culture through language access and participatory art activities. Meet artists participating in the spring 2022 Shared Dialogue, Shared Space program, preview their works, and learn about the varied processes behind creating public art works.
February 28, 2022, 7-8pm EST - Learn what constitutes a well-prepared grant application and ask questions about Franklin Furnace Fund programs from our staff. The session will be followed by a Q&A.