Joel Bevacqua, Buda: Dawn of the Psychopaths,  5/17/1991, installation view.

Previous Recipients

2021 Winners

 

This season marks the 36th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 284 applications.

This year’s panel of artists met on met July 23 and 24, 2021 and decided to award five $5,000 grants, and four $3,333. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, SHS Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2021 Panel Members:  IV Castellanos, Kara Lynch, Carlos Martiel, Marlene Ramirez-Cancio and Joyce Yu-Jean Lee.

2020 Winners

 

This season marks the 35th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 334 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award four $2,500 grants, four $7,500. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2020 Panel Members: Francheska Alcántara, Hector Canonge, Anya Liftig, Shaun Leonardo, Carmelita Tropicana

2019 Winners

This season marks the 34th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 270 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award three $3,000 grants, two $4,000, six $5,750 grants, and one $7,000 grant. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2019 Panel Members: David Antonio Cruz, Ayana Evans, Jay Sanders, Mirland Terlonge, and Tobaron Waxman.

2018 Winners

This season marks the 33rd anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 287 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award three $4000 grants and four $7000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2018 Panel Members: Becca Blackwell, Naimah Hassan, Shelly Mars, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga, and Jack Waters.

2017 Winners

This season marks the 32nd anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 244 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award six $2000 grants, two $2500 grants, and four $7000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2017 Panel Members: Hector Canonge, Beatrice Glow, Rosamond S. King, Julie Atlas Muz, and Theodora Skipitares.

2016 Winners

This season marks the 31st anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 421 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award eight $5000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and general operating support from the New York State Council on the Arts.

2016 Panel Members: Donald Hải Phú Daedalus, Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, Tracie Morris, and Clifford Owens.

2015 Winners

This season marks the 30th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 492 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award eight $3500 grants and six $6,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and general operating support from the New York State Council on the Arts.

2015 Panel Members: Monstah Black, Alina Bliumis, Brendan Fernandes, Yoko Inoue and Tali Hinkis.

2014 Winners

This season marks the 29th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 577 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award eight $4,000 grants and four $2,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2014 Panel Members: Rachel Frank, Miao Jiaxin, Joseph Keckler, Stacy Scibelli, and Pamela Sneed.

2013 Winners

This season marks the 28th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 515 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award six $9,000 grants and thirteen $3,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2013 Panel Members: Kara Lynch, Jennifer Miller, Mendi Obadike, Xaviera Simmons, and Chin Chih Yang.

2012 Winners

This season marks the 27th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 454 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award sixteen $5,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received increased support from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, matching longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2012 Panel Members: Kara Lynch, Jennifer Miller, Mendi Obadike, Xaviera Simmons, and Chin Chih Yang.

2011 Winners

This season marks the 26th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 454 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award sixteen $5,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received increased support from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, matching longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2011 Panel Members: Kara Lynch, Jennifer Miller, Mendi Obadike, Xaviera Simmons, and Chin Chih Yang.

2010 Winners

This season marks the 25th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 317 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award twenty $3,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received increased support from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, matching longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

2010 Panel Members: Toni Dove, Alicia Grull, Elaine Tin Nyo, Mendi Lewis Obadike, Alva Rogers

2009 Winners

 

This season marks the 24th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 424 applications.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award eleven $5,818 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Stimulus funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and the generous support of the Lambent Foundation, and Jerome Foundation.

2009 Panel Members: Nao Bustamante, Adam Pendleton, Edwin Ramoran, Valerie Tevere, Maria Yoon

2008 Winners

This season marks the 23th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace received 465 applications.

In 2008, Franklin Furnace combined the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art and The Future of the Present programs into one entitled the Franklin Furnace Fund, supported by Jerome Foundation and the Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace annually awarded Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works for presentation in New York; inaugurated in 1998 in collaboration with Pseudo Programs, Inc. as a series of performance art netcasts for worldwide audiences, The Future of the Present evolved into a sophisticated examination of issues raised by the Internet as an artistic medium and public venue. Franklin Furnace made the decision to combine these programs because during the last decade, artists have created works on every point of the spectrum between the body of the artist and the circulatory network of the Internet.

This year’s panel of artists decided to award eleven $6,363.63 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation and the Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation.

2008 Panel Members: Kanene Holder, Yoko Inoue, Annie Lanzillotto, Rashaad Newsome, Cecilia R. Petit

Click Future of the Present to view recipients prior to 2008.

In 2008, Franklin Furnace combined the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art and The Future of the Present programs into one entitled the Franklin Furnace Fund, supported by Jerome Foundation and the Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace annually awarded Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works for presentation in New York; inaugurated in 1998 in collaboration with Pseudo Programs, Inc. as a series of performance art netcasts for worldwide audiences, The Future of the Present evolved into a sophisticated examination of issues raised by the Internet as an artistic medium and public venue. Franklin Furnace made the decision to combine these programs because during the last decade, artists have created works on every point of the spectrum between the body of the artist and the circulatory network of the Internet.

2007 Winners

 

The Future of the Present program has evolved from netcasts co-produced beginning in 1998 with Pseudo Programs, Inc., into sophisticated public events we produce in partnership with an array of venues in and around New York and the world, that encompass every gradation of possibility between two poles, the body of the artist and the body of the net.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2007

The selected artists will receive grants of $3,600 each. In 2007 these programs are made possible by the generous support of Jerome Foundation and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

2007 Panel Members: Mendi Obadike, Nicky Paraiso, Jenny Polak, Sapphire

2006 Winners

 
The Future of the Present program has evolved from netcasts co-produced beginning in 1998 with Pseudo Programs, Inc., into sophisticated public events we produce in partnership with an array of venues in and around New York and the world, that encompass every gradation of possibility between two poles, the body of the artist and the body of the net.
 
The selected artists will receive grants of $4,000 each. In 2006 these programs are made possible by the generous support of Jerome Foundation and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

2005 Winners

 

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2005 will support and present three artists who fully exploit the properties of the Internet as an art medium.

2004 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 2004

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2004 will support and present three artists who fully exploit the properties of the Internet as an art medium.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2004

This Since 1997, Franklin Furnace’s virtual presenting programs have been made possible by the faith and foresight of Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The Heathcote Art Foundation, The J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation, The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, The New York State Council on the Arts’ Technology Initiative, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Challenge Initiative, Challenge Initiative, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc

2003 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 2003

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2003 will support and present three artists who fully exploit the properties of the Internet as an art medium.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2003

This Since 1997, Franklin Furnace’s virtual presenting programs have been made possible by the faith and foresight of Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The Heathcote Art Foundation, The J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation, The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, The New York State Council on the Arts’ Technology Initiative, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Challenge Initiative, Challenge Initiative, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc

2002 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 2002

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2002 will support and present three artists who fully exploit the properties of the Internet as an art medium.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2002

This Since 1997, Franklin Furnace’s virtual presenting programs have been made possible by the faith and foresight of Jerome Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The Heathcote Art Foundation, The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, The New York State Council on the Arts’ Technology Initiative, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Challenge Initiative, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc

2001 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 2001

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2001 will support and present three artists who fully exploit the properties of the Internet as an art medium.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2001

2000 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 2000

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2000 consists of ten live art presentations being created during residencies taking place from January to December, 2001. These works of art use the Internet as a venue in which performance and discussion may take place. This section of the Franklin Furnace site was designed by Stephanie Werthman.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 2000

  • Anney Bonney (in collaboration with Liz Phillips)
  • Nao Bustamante
  • Anahi Caceres
  • go_Home Project (Sandra Sterle and Danic Dakic)
  • Dyke Action Machine (Sue Schaffner, Carrie Moyer)
  • Adriene Jenik & Lisa Brenneis
  • Gabrielle Leidloff
  • Bruno Ricard
  • Marcus Young

 

 

1999 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 1999

THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 1999 consists of ten live art presentations created during residencies which took place from January to December 2000 at Parsons School of Design, Digital Design Department. These online works of art use the Internet, streaming media, and multimedia as a vehicle in which performance may take place. Thanks to artist and faculty Zhang Ga.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 1999

  • Scott Durkin
  • Susan Lewis
  • Diane Ludin
  • Andrea Polli
  • Seemen
  • SKART
  • Danny Tisdale
  • Jack Waters
  • Cathy Weis

1998 Winners

Future of the Present Program Residents 1998

The FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 1998, Franklin Furnace’s first full season as a virtual presenting institution, took place every other week from September 1998 to July 1999 in collaboration with Pseudo Programs’ performance channel, ChannelP.com.

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: 1998

  • Romy Achituv
  • Davide Bramante
  • Michael Bramwell
  • Irina Danilova & Steven Ausbury
  • Doorika
  • Laure Drogoul
  • Gillian Dyson
  • Sarah East Johnson
  • Joshua Fried
  • Mark Fox & David Zaza
  • Paul Granjon
  • Dahn Hiuni
  • Andrea Kleine
  • Teresa Konechne
  • Dance Kumikokimoto
  • Stacy Makishi
  • Marilena Preda Sanc
  • Anita Ponton
  • Standard & Poor
  • Rafael Sanchez
  • Kathy Westwater
  • Rae C. Wright

1998 Spring Winners

FF PSEUDO PROGRAMS, Inc.

Franklin Furnace at Pseudo Programs, Inc. marks the first season of Franklin Furnace’s collaboration with Pseudo Online Network. Franklin Furnace is a 22-year-old artists’ organization based in New York City devoted to temporal art forms (such as artists’ books, installation and performance art) which became identified with artists’ fight for freedom of expression during the culture wars of the late 80s and early 90s. Franklin Furnace’s decision to close its TriBeCa exhibition to “downtown” audiences spread across the world. Pseudo Programs, Inc. is the world’s largest producer of Internet television, broadcasting over thirty shows featuring emerging artists, news and entertainment.

Performances are netcast live from Pseudo’s studios, and then archived on Pseudo’s servers for at least six months. To view upcoming and archived performances, download the RealPlayer plug-in, available at www.real.com. Consult Franklin Furnace’s website, www.franklinfurnace.org for complete program descriptions and updates, or email us at info@franklinfurnace.org

Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. is pleased to announce the artists selected for THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT: FF PSEUDO PROGRAMS

  • Halona Hilbertz
  • Bingo Gazingo
  • Patricia Hoffbauer
  • Jon Keith
  • Nora York
  • Jason E. Bowman
  • Kali Lela Colton
  • Anna Mosby Coleman
  • Lenora Champagne
  • Alvin Eng & Yoav Gal