Franklin Furnace Archive Inc

Franklin furnace's mission is to present, preserve, interpret, proselytize and advocate on behalf of avante-garde art especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, their ephermeral nature, or politically unpopular content. Franklin furnace is dedicated to serving artists by providing both physical and virtual venues for the presentation of time-based art, including but not limited to artists' books and periodicals, installation art, performance art, and unforeseen contemporary avant-garde artforms; and to undertaking other activities related to these purposes. Franklin furnace is commited to serving emerging artists; to assuming an aggressive pedagogical stance with regard to the value of avant-garde art to life; and to fostering artists' zeal to broadcast ideas.

$690K from 14 funders · 29 grants · 2017–2024