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 | 11/04/2024
Contents for November 4th, 2024 CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert C. Morgan, FF Alumn, In Memoriam 1. Franklin Furnace, now online, at Its In Queens podcast 2. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, Nov.
Past LOFT events
2022-23 FF Fund Application Information Session
February 28, 2022, 7-8pm EST – Learn what constitutes a well-prepared grant application and ask questions about Franklin Furnace Fund
Marja Samsom’s Motion Picture
Join us for a special movie screening of new and early works by Marja Samsom, followed by an interview between
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the government agencies, foundations, corporations and individuals whose support makes our programs possible:
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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).