![]() ABOUT CREATIVE TIME Mission: Creative Time, a not-for-profit arts presenter,
fosters artistic experimentation in the public realm.
History: Creative Time was founded thirty years ago
in the midst of a historic time for the arts—one which fostered
the birth of the city beautification movement, created the National
Endowment for the Arts, and witnessed artists extending their practice
outside the confines of the gallery and into the public realm. Almost
immediately, Creative Time became an international leader in presenting
new works by visual artists, architects, performers, musicians, poets,
and choreographers in overlooked, neglected, and even abandoned public
spaces. Since then, Creative Time has continued to be recognized for
commissioning, producing, and presenting adventurous public arts projects
that invigorate urban spaces, celebrate public life, and embrace New
York City’s rich diversity beyond racial, economic, and age factors.
From milk cartons, storefronts, billboards, and deli
coffee cups to the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Grand Central Terminal,
skywriting over Manhattan, and Tribute in Light, the temporary
light memorial to September 11, 2001, Creative Time has historically
been the vanguard organization for presenting untried and timely art
in unexplored places. Creative Time’s work preserves public space
as a realm for free expression and exchange while introducing the public
to emerging artistic practices. Lastly, Creative Time adapts easily
to new circumstances, while embracing change and innovation in creative
practices.
Of the thousands of artists with whom Creative Time
has collaborated, many are now accepted in the pantheon of late-twentieth
century art. Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Ann Carlson, Diller + Scofidio,
David Byrne, Philip Glass, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Spalding Gray, Red
Grooms, Cai Guo-Qiang, Hans Haacke, Jenny Holzer, Gary Hume, Bill T.
Jones, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Nam June Paik, Martin Puryear,
Steve Reich, Vernon Reid, Alison Saar, Sonic Youth, Elizabeth Streb,
Thomas Struth, and William Wegman are only a few of the more familiar
names among Creative Time’s alumni. The organization has also
cultivated rewarding partnerships with a sweeping range of cultural
institutions that includes Dia: Chelsea, El Museo del Barrio, the Kitchen,
Lincoln Center, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, MTA Arts for Transit,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Municipal Art Society, the New Museum
of Contemporary Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The World
Financial Center Arts and Events Program. From collaborating artists
and presentation partners to the extraordinary spaces that the organization
invigorates with public art, Creative Time is reflective of the eclectic
and vibrant spirit that is New York City. www.creativetime.org
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