交叉口艺术发展组织 theintersection.org

Intersection for the Arts 是一个成立于1965年的艺术组织，致力于街头文化的发展和进步，即在街头巷尾展示的一种艺术形式。主要包括街头涂鸦、建筑以及街头行为艺术，每年该组织都会组织展览和研讨会、参与公共艺术项目。In the 1960’s, when the visionary men and women who founded Intersection for the Arts were gathering in cafes and church basements dreaming this organization into being, the country was engaged in a tragic war in Vietnam; the Civil Rights, Gay Rights, and Peace Movements were all rising; the Beatles played their last live concert at Candlestick Park; the construction of BART began; and, among so many other things, Indians of all Tribes occupied Alcatraz.In the midst of such epochal and passionate times, Intersection’s founders envisioned a place that would embrace the limitless possibilities in art to test and transcend boundaries and to make whole the often disconnected communities, fragmented dreams, and real fears that make up our world.Intersection pursues innovative models and strategies in order to assert the role that cultural space plays in building and re-building community. In fact, our work has always kept ever-evolving notions of “community” at its core. With the shifting dynamics of technology, time, audiences, and social space, we seek ways of forging deeper and more relevant connections. We believe that art can animate and engage community and neighborhood spaces like nothing else.We, the fortunate caretakers of Intersection today, are in the midst of a cultural explosion with different challenges than that of