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,
Past LOFT events
Full Moon Exhumed Zoom: Billy X Curmano – 40th Anniversary of “Performance for the Dead”
September 29, 2023, 5-6 pm ET. The Full Moon Exhumed Zoom honors 40 years of Billy X Curmano’s 3-day burial
Internet Firsts You’ve Never Heard Of: Nina Sobell, Emily Hartzell & ParkBench’s Safe Place in Cyberspace
Join us to uncover the art history of some of the earliest instances of performance art and avant-garde art on
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).