Drawing Center
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The Drawing Center is a SoHo museum and the only nonprofit exhibition space in the U.S. to focus solely on the exhibition of drawings, both historical and contemporary. Each year, the Center presents "Selections" exhibitions featuring the work of emerging artists and historical exhibitions that highlight the work of acknowledged masters and less celebrated artists whose work merits greater attention. Historical exhibitions have included: The Prinzhorn Collection: Traces Upon the Wunderblock, Drawings from the Albertina: Landscape in the Age of Rembrandt, Guercino: Drawings from Windsor Castle, Seeing Through "Paradise:" Artists and the Theresienstadt concentration camp, Richard Tuttle: It's A Room for 3 People, Bracha L. Ettinger: The Eurydice Series and Eva Hesse Drawing. The Drawing Center is located on the ground floor of an historic, cast-iron building. The Drawing Room, located directly across the street at 40 Wooster Street, features dynamic, drawing-based installations and exhibitions by emerging and under-recognized artists. The Center offers a range of public programs for both adults and children, including film screenings, literary readings, artist talks, symposia, performances, and The Big Draw, a day-long event of artist-led drawing activities for all ages.
As of August 12, 2005, The Drawing Center has been removed from contention as one of the groups to occupy the new World Trade Center, and is currently exploring relocation possibilities near the South Street Seaport. Also in 2005, it was among 406 New York City arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $20 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation, which was made possible through a donation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. [1] [2]
The Drawing Center named Brett Littman, former Deputy Director of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, as its Executive Director in early 2007. João Ribas, a New York-based critic and curator, is currently the curator at The Drawing Center.
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