ABC No Rio
ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism, known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture. Founded by artists committed to political and social engagement in the 1980s, ABC No Rio retains these values to the present.
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Dexter Sinister
Dexter Sinister is a workshop opened by David Reinfurt and Stuart Bailey in 2006 on the Lower East Side in New York City. The workshop is intended to model a ‘Just-In-Time’ economy of print production, running counter to the contemporary assembly-line realities of large-scale publishing. Joined by Sarah Crowner, Dexter Sinister combines the characteristically distinct identities of designer, producer, publisher, and distributor, whose gadfly practice is located in specific projects, but also in pedagogy.
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Franklin Furnace
Franklin Furnace was founded in 1976 by artist Martha Wilson to champion ephemeral forms neglected by mainstream arts institutions. Its mission is to present, preserve, interpret, proselytize and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content.
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Godzilla
Godzilla, Asian American Art Network was a group of New York-based Asian American artists and arts professionals that provided a forum that fosters networking, documentation, and information exchange for Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI) visual artists. The group, established in 1990, operated through regular meetings and public forums, newsletters, and exhibitions.
Group Material
Founded in 1979, Group Material was a New York City-based organization of artists dedicated to the creation, exhibition, and distribution of art that increased social awareness.
Guerilla Art Action Group
The Guerilla Art Action Group (GAAG) was formed by artists Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche with intermittent participation from Poppy Johnson, Silvianna and others. The group, which was active beginning in the late 60s, produced art actions to unsettle the trustees and people in positions of power within cultural institutions.
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
Hallwalls was founded in 1974 in Buffalo, New York by a group of young artists. The exhibition space was dedicated to new work by local artists and providing opportunities for exchange between them and artists in other cities. The focus was always interdisciplinary, featuring not only visual artists, but also musicians, writers, filmmakers, and video and performance artists. Hallwalls soon established itself as an influential force for innovation within the community as well as nationally, and stretched its then minimal resources by joining forces with other cultural institutions—both larger and smaller—on collaborative projects. All of these founding principles and artistic strategies continue to guide the organization today.
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High Performance
High Performance magazine was a quarterly journal for documentation and commentary on experimental art and performance art in particular. Published from 1978-1997, the magazine gave a direct voice to artists, and because of its grassroots approach to artistic journalism, many of today’s more prominent artists received early exposure in the magazine.
Highways, Inc.
Founded by writer Linda Frye Burnham and performance artist Tim Miller in 1989, Highways has been a leading force in offering a diverse cultural perspective to Southern California residents. In its twenty-first year, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages new artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative works.
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The Kitchen
Founded as an artist collective in 1971 by Woody and Steina Vasulka, The Kitchen is a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization that provides innovative artists working in the media, literary, and performing arts with exhibition and performance opportunities to create and present new work. Using its own extensive history as a resource, the organization identifies, supports, and presents emerging and under-recognized artists who are making significant contributions to their respective fields as well as serves as a safe space for more established artists to take unusual creative risks.
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The Public Art Fund
Founded in 1977 by Doris C. Freedman, The Public Art Fund is New York's leading presenter of artists' projects, new commissions, and exhibitions in public spaces. For over 30 years the Public Art Fund has been committed to working with emerging and established artists to produce innovative exhibitions of contemporary art throughout New York City. By bringing artworks outside the traditional context of museums and galleries, the Public Art Fund provides a unique platform for an unparalleled public encounter with the art of our time.
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Rhizome
Founded in 1996 as an intimate email list subscribed to by some of the first artists to work online and, twelve years later, a thriving nonprofit, Rhizome has played an integral role in the history, definition and growth of art engaged with the Internet and networked technologies. Rhizome is dedicated to the creation, presentation, preservation, and critique of emerging artistic practices that engage technology. Through open platforms for exchange and collaboration, our website serves to encourage and expand the communities around these practices.
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Storefront for Art and Architecture
Founded in 1982, Storefront for Art and Architecture is a nonprofit organization committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture, art and design. Almost three decades later, Storefront has maintained an important position among the local, national, and international design communities through consistently innovative and experimental programming, and remains one of New York’s only alternative platforms focusing primarily on architecture and the built environment.
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Time & Space Ltd
Linda Mussmann founded Time & Space Ltd (TSL) in 1973 in New York City and Claudia Bruce joined as co-director in 1976. Originally housed in a Chelsea storefront, TSL’s mission was to create theater that critiqued the status quo in art and politics and envisioned new ways of seeing and thinking. TSL has operated in Hudson for the past 19 years with an expanded mission to educate, enliven, and expand the artistic quality of life in the community it serves and to propose alternatives in art and activism through community-based projects. By adding a range of programming including movies, an art gallery, topical discussions, and in-depth youth programs, Mussmann and Bruce have expanded TSL into a flourishing organization that functions as artistic innovator and community resource.
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Visual AIDS
Visual AIDS was one of the first national initiatives to record the impact of the AIDS pandemic on the artistic community. Documenting HIV-positive artists', Visual AIDS preserves their place in history and reveals the impact of AIDS on contemporary art. Visual AIDS is a resource for art programming promoting AIDS awareness and HIV-prevention. Based in New York City, it has brought together the arts and AIDS communities through its renowned national projects.
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The Woman's Building
The founding of the Woman's Building in Los Angeles in 1973 was the culmination of several years of activity by women artists who were energized by the feminist movement in this country. Home to the first independent school for women artists, the Feminist Studio Workshop (FSW), the facility was also home to galleries, theater companies, Sisterhood Bookstore, Womantours Travel Agency, a coffeehouse, and the offices of the National Organization for Women. Until its closing in 1991, the Woman's Building was an internationally recognized symbol of the vitality and substance of women's creative achievements.
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