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 | 01/06/2025
Contents for January 6th, 2025 CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Weekly Spotlight: Kal Spelletich, FF Alumn, in collaboration with Oakwood Arts, presents American Aria, January 6, 2025, 2:00-9:30 PM EST 1. Alvin Eng, FF Alumn, at Drama Book Shop,
2025-26 Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art Application Information Session
February 26, 2025, 7-8pm EST – Learn what constitutes a well-prepared grant application and ask questions about Franklin Furnace Fund programs from our staff. The session was followed by a Q&A.
Past LOFT events
Spontaneous Combustion: Linda Sibio and Cracked Eggs in Performance
February 14, 2024, 7:30 – 8:30pm ET: Cracked Eggs is truly a crazy ride for the audience from Amazing Grace
The Ballad of Reversals: Ephemeral Images of Ephemeral Art
January 16 through April 11, 2024. The new exhibition The Ballad of Reversals: Ephemeral Images of Ephemeral Art reflects on
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).