Born out of the anti-gentrification protests in the late seventies, New York’s famous squatted art gallery and performance space, has offered training in both activist and artistic projects since 1980. A great model for social centres in North America.
Web homepage: www.abcnorio.org
Email: abc@abcnorio.org
Snail mail: ABC No Rio 156 Rivington Street New York, NY 10002
Lower East Side-New York
ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism. We are known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture. ABC No Rio was founded in 1980 by artists committed to political and social engagement and we retain these values to the present. We seek to facilitate cross-pollination between artists and activists. ABC No Rio is a place where people share resources and ideas to impact society, culture, and community. We believe that art and activism should be for everyone, not just the professionals, experts, and cognoscenti. Our dream is a cadres of actively aware artists and artfully aware activists. (“About” from abc no rio website)
Education, reform and the creation of alternatives
New York Department of Housing preservation and Development, gentrification, corporate America, etc.
Numerous art projects. See “Online Galleries” on website.
non-violent, political, social and cultural actions aimed at the creation of alternatives.