Grants

The FUND

A color photo of a performance in which a person wearing cream colored pants and shirt is caught mid-back-bend.

Barbara Duyfjes, Sleep Tight, performance view, December 8, 1983.

Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance art works in New York City.

Find out more about the Fund application, eligibility, deadlines and how to apply!

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Recipients

A black and white photograph of someone's hands holding a small, open book. The right page of the book has a partial image of a hand-gun and some text.

Kevin Osborn, Food For Thought, February 9, 1989.

In 2008, Franklin Furnace combined the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, started in 1985, and The Future of the Present programs, started in 1998, into one entitled the Franklin Furnace Fund.

Check out past recipients of the Fund.

 

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Resources

A photograph of an installation of metal rods at the top of which rectangular objects, about the size of a mobile phone, are attached. The image is bathed in dark blue light.

Jane Mulfinger, Regrets, installation view, March 3, 1995.

FF offers resources to assist artists in the creative process, including links to like-minded organizations, performance venues and FF logos and credit lines.

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