Welcome to Franklin Furnace

Franklin Furnace’s 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, cultural bias, their ephemeral 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 committed 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.

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Learn what constitutes a well prepared grant application and listen to questions about Franklin Furnace Fund programs from our staff. The session was followed with a Q&A.

 

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Franklin Furnace is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Supporting emerging artists through the Franklin Furnace Fund; mounting Sequential Art for Kids workshops in New York City public elementary schools; and creating online accessibility to Franklin Furnace’s event records, is our all-consuming endeavor. Franklin Furnace could not undertake its programs without dedicated grant support; our loyal Members; and the collaboration of collegial institutions. We give heartfelt thanks to all of our supporters for their faith and foresight!

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Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the government agencies, foundations, corporations and individuals whose support makes our programs possible: