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šŸ”„ Here are Franklin Furnace’s Goings On for June! šŸ”„For more information on these events, visit our website’s ā€œGoings Onā€...
06/01/2026

šŸ”„ Here are Franklin Furnace’s Goings On for June! šŸ”„

For more information on these events, visit our website’s ā€œGoings Onā€ page. For weekly updates straight to your inbox, subscribe to our email newsletter (both links in bio).

If you’re an FF member or alumn artist and would like to submit your event to our Goings On newsletter, feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]

05/22/2026

As part of the FF50 celebration, we’re interviewing recently funded artists to learn more about their practice and their connection to time-based art.

First in this series is our 2025 Jacki Apple Award recipient, Yara Travieso ().

Yara Travieso is a Brooklyn-based Cuban-Venezuelan-American anti-disciplinary artist working across performance, film, and ritual. Travieso’s theatrical practice has served as an embodied vehicle for survival within violent systems, and has evolved into a call toward our inextricable bond with one another and with nature.

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If you’re an artist, researcher, or enthusiast interested in learning more about the FUND and the collections at Franklin Furnace, you can make an archival appointment by emailing us at [email protected].

Interview and video by Enhe Cui

05/18/2026

As part of the FF50 celebration, we’re revisiting archival materials directly from Franklin Furnace’s Artists’ Book Collection.

ā€œGenotextoā€ by Paulo Bruscky and David Santiago , 1982Ā 
ā€œRumi’s Roomā€ by Marcos Kurtycz, 1989Ā Ā Ā Ā 
ā€œSome Mountainsā€ by Barbara Harman, 1988Ā Ā Ā Ā 
ā€œRaising a Familyā€ by Conrad Gleber, 1976Ā 

If you’re an artist, researcher, or enthusiast interested in learning more about the collections at Franklin Furnace, you can make an archival appointment by emailing us at [email protected].

video by Enhe Cui, voice of

05/08/2026

As part of the FF50 celebration, we’re revisiting archival materials directly from Franklin Furnace’s Artists’ Book Collection.

Today we’re looking at four artists’ books:

ā€œThis is a testā€ by Mimi Smith, 1983
ā€œNoirā€by Sandra Praun, 2020
ā€œBlack & Blue: Hearts And Mindsā€ by Mel Watkin, 1991
ā€œA Girl Can Do Anythingā€ by Mel Watkin, 2024

If you’re an artist, researcher, or enthusiast interested in learning more about the collections at Franklin Furnace, you can make an archival appointment by emailing us at [email protected].

video by Enhe Cui, voice of (https://www.instagram.com/a8900180/).

šŸ”„Ā Here are Franklin Furnace’s Goings On for Mayļ¼šŸ”„For more information on these events, visit our website’s ā€œGoings Onā€ p...
05/05/2026

šŸ”„Ā Here are Franklin Furnace’s Goings On for Mayļ¼šŸ”„

For more information on these events, visit our website’s ā€œGoings Onā€ page. For weekly updates straight to your inbox, subscribe to our email newsletter (both links in bio).

If you’re a FF members or alumn artist and would like to submit your event to our Goings On newsletter, feel free reach out to us at [email protected]

šŸ—£ļø Prior to the party, early-bird guests joined a special exhibition walk, ā€œStanding Slightly Outside,ā€guided by curator...
04/27/2026

šŸ—£ļø Prior to the party, early-bird guests joined a special exhibition walk, ā€œStanding Slightly Outside,ā€guided by curators and Patrick Pardo across two venues. Many of the exhibiting artists were there too, sharing brief insights with the public.

šŸ‘‰ The exhibition at the Rudin Family Gallery (651 Fulton St, Brooklyn) has been extended: catch it before Sunday, May 17!

~Franklin Furnace First Fifty recap #2~

The event was generously supported by . ā¤ļø

šŸ‘‘ THANK YOU ALL 🫵 You came, danced, sang and shared the joy of our big jubilee birthday party!šŸ™ We are grateful for your...
04/20/2026

šŸ‘‘ THANK YOU ALL 🫵 You came, danced, sang and shared the joy of our big jubilee birthday party!

šŸ™ We are grateful for your good wishes and sweet memories shared from afar across generations!

~Franklin Furnace First Fifty recap #1~

The event was generously supported by alongside the exhibition ā€œStanding Slightly Outsideā€ curated by and Patrick Pardo. The evening was soundtracked by DJ Gerb and documented by and

04/13/2026

As part of the FF50 celebration, we’re revisiting archival materials directly from Franklin Furnace’s Events Archive.

Today we’re looking at Karen Finley’s 1990 installation ā€œA Woman’s Life Isn’t Worth Much.ā€

If you’re an artist, researcher, or enthusiast interested in learning more about the collections at Franklin Furnace, you can make an archival appointment by emailing us at [email protected].

video by Enhe Cui, voice of .

šŸ”„Ā Here are Franklin Furnace’s Goings On for April! šŸ”„For more information on these events, visit our website’s ā€œGoings On...
04/03/2026

šŸ”„Ā Here are Franklin Furnace’s Goings On for April! šŸ”„

For more information on these events, visit our website’s ā€œGoings Onā€ page. For weekly updates straight to your inbox, subscribe to our email newsletter (both links in bio).

If you’re a FF members or alumn artist and would like to submit your event to our Goings On newsletter, feel free reach out to us at [email protected].

03/31/2026

As part of the FF50 celebration, we’re revisiting archival materials directly from our physical artist archive

Today we’re looking at ā€œLiving Outdoorsā€ performed by Taiwanese performing artist Tehching Hsieh in 1983, whose practice primarily revolves around ā€œtime.ā€

If you’re an artist, researcher, or enthusiast interested in learning more about the collections at Franklin Furnace, you can make an archival appointment by emailing us at [email protected]


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