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 | 08/19/2024
Contents for August 19th, 2024 CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Alice Wu, FF Alumn, at MAG Galleries, San Francisco, CA, opening Sept. 6, and more 2. Frank Moore, FF Alumn, at Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La
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.
Past LOFT events
21 (3X7=21) HOURS OF LINDA MARY MONTANO’S 80TH BIRTHDAYARAMA
Join us for part or the full length of this 21-hour ZOOM endurance broadcast to celebrate Linda Mary Montano’s amazing
Past, Present, Future VII
Join us in welcoming the 2021-22 Franklin Furnace Fund Recipients! Franklin Furnace will be hosting a virtual event through The
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the government agencies, foundations, corporations and individuals whose support makes our programs possible:
Franklin Furnace has received support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Arison Arts Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Marian Goodman Foundation, Teiger Foundation, and the Willem de Kooning Foundation through Coalition of Small Arts New York City (CoSA NYC).