A Gathering of the Tribes (Cultural Organization)

A Gathering of the Tribes
Formation 1991
Founder Steve Cannon (writer)
Type Arts organization
Headquarters 745 E. 6th St. Apt 1A
New York City, New York 10009
Website http://www.tribes.org/

A Gathering of the Tribes is a multi cultural interdisciplinary arts organization founded by Dr. Steve Cannon at his home at 285 East third street in New York City's East Village.

History

In 1990 Steve Cannon was visiting the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe with artist David Hammons when he was inspired to create "A Gathering of the Tribes" first as a literary magazine to document the vibrant culture that was happening in the Lower East Side. The first issue was published with less than 1000 copies in 1991 on a Xerox machine.[1]

Organization

The Organization has published a literary magazine originally supporting marginalized artists from the Lower East Side since 1991.[1] The collective grew to host a gallery in 1993 with the encouragement of its future curator, Dora Espinoza.[2] Then included a performance space where numerous exhibitions and concerts took place with notable artists and musicians such as the Sun Ra Arkestra, Chavisa Woods, Katherine Arnoldi, John Farris, Susan Scutti, Bob Holman, Ishmael Reed, Billy Bang and David Hammons.

Anne Waldman reading at A Gathering of the Tribes, 2008.

The organization also runs a small publishing imprint called "Fly by Nigh"t Press, which has issued or reprinted books by among others; Carl Hancock Rux,[3] Eve Packer,[4] Barbara Purcell.[5] Lester Afflcik,[6] Michael Carter,[7] Amy Ouzoonian,[8] John Farris[9] and John Rainard.[10][11]

Relocation

In 2006 Cannon was forced to sell his building and began renting his space.[2] In April 2014 both the organization and Cannon were forced to relocate and the gallery permanently shut when the occupancy agreement they had with the woman to whom the building had previously been sold, Lorraine Zhang, ended. Simultaneously a wall which retained some of an art-piece by David Hammons (which had previously been sold to an art collector after having been reproduced and the originality of the object transferred) was removed and relocated by the organization and replaced by another minus the pedigree adornment.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 Miller, M. H. (2018-02-09). "A Blind Publisher, Poet — and Link to the Lower East Side's Cultural History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. 1 2 "Blindness, Memory, and the Vestiges of Anarchy". Hyperallergic. 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  3. ↑ http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/0963958585/pagan-operetta.aspx
  4. ↑ http://www.alibris.com/Skulls-Head-Samba-Eve-Packer/book/6125028
  5. ↑ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/770351.Black_Ice
  6. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  7. ↑ http://www.spdbooks.org/Producte/0963958569/broken-noses-and-metempsychoses.aspx
  8. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Inkubaiting-Estrogin-Amy-Ouzoonian/dp/B001CK13I0
  9. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Its-not-about-time-Farris/dp/B0006QQCN2
  10. ↑ http://johnranard.com/40_lbs/40lbs_1.html
  11. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  12. ↑ The New York Times
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