Legal Name Of Organization
Exit Art/The First World, Inc.
Purpose Of Funds
In FY 2010, Exit Art will present a full season of unique and groundbreaking visual art and multidisciplinary exhibitions that are open to the public at no cost. Our objective is to touch the lives of a diverse audience through vital programming initiatives that extend the dialogue of contemporary art to issues of pressing social concern. For over 25 years, we have worked to bring together different disciplines, communities and audiences to engage with the critical issues of our times. Since creating a destination point in a new, vibrant arts and cultural district in Hell’s Kitchen in 2002, Exit Art has paved the way for other organizations (including the new offices for the Alliance of Resident Theaters, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association, Hosfelt Gallery, Affirmation Arts, Dieu Donne and 37 Arts), and grown into a nexus of art and culture for a new urban community in New York City. Over the past year we have brought this institution outside of its geographic location, reaching new audiences city-wide, nationally and internationally with Exit Art’s dynamic media program, which has produced 13 half-hour documentaries in the last 18 months, presented on local cable TV and disseminated on the internet via podcasts, our website and social media sites like YouTube. Tracking public attendance at events, performances and exhibitions, Exit Art served 55,000 individuals in the 2008-2009 season. We anticipate serving a similar audience this season. Last year, our program expenses were approximately $750,000.
