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Creative Time
Founded1973 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
New York City Edit this on Wikidata
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United States Edit this on Wikidata
Revenue3,832,768 United States dollar (2016) Edit this on Wikidata
Total assets3,995,835 United States dollar (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitecreativetime.org Edit this on Wikidata

Creative Time is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York City, established in 1974. It is known for organizing and presenting public art projects in urban spaces.

History

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Creative Time was founded in 1974 with the mission of promoting contemporary art.[1] Artists in the late 1960s and early 1970s were already experimenting with new media and new forms of art that could exist in the public sphere, outside the purview of conventional art galleries and museums.

Early Creative Time programs took over abandoned storefronts and neglected public spaces, such as the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage and the Great Hall of the Chamber of Commerce in Lower Manhattan. Both landmarks had been unused for years before Creative Time used them through programs like Art in the Anchorage (1983–2001) and Projects at the Chamber (1982).[2]

Creative Time organized "Art on the Beach", a project which brought together practitioners of many mediums to create large-scale public works in Battery Park City between 1978 and 1985. Each summer, for three months, "Art on the Beach" offered site-specific sculpture and performances that were open to the public and free of cost.[3][4][5]

Throughout "Art on the Beach", Creative Time was led by co-founder Anita Contini, who served as director until Cee Scott Brown took over in 1987. [6] Anne Pasternak took the reins as director from 1993 to September 2015. Justine Ludwig then took over as executive director.[7][8]

Reception and notable projects

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In collaboration with the Dallas art community, Creative Time took part in a yearlong study to better understand the strengths and areas of growth within the Dallas art scene. In this study, members of Creative Time met with various figures within the art community including artists, curators, philanthropists, and collectors, over the course of three week-long visits to the city in 2010.[9] Following these meetings, Creative Time produced a study detailing suggestions to help bolster the art scene in Dallas, identifying 13 key elements, including outreach, educational opportunities, small and mid-sized gallery spaces, and patrons.[10]

Creative Time's other projects range from art installations at the 2008 Art Basel in Miami[11] to the opening of a gallery under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1983.[12][13]

Projects in recent years include the Cosmologyscape, a public art project created by Kite and Alisha B. Wormsley and the Research and Development Fellowship, which supports New York City-based socially engaged artists. Creative Time has also collaborated with the artists Vito Acconci, Diller + Scofidio, David Byrne, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Chrysanne Stathacos, Red Grooms, Jenny Holzer, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Sonic Youth, Elizabeth Streb, Tania Bruguera, Temporary Services, Marc Horowitz and Superflex.[14][15]

In addition to these artists, Creative Time often partners with other cultural institutions in New York City and elsewhere, like the Dia Art Foundation, the Queens Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Press". Creative Time. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  2. ^ "Search or Print: Creative Time Records: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids". findingaids.library.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  3. ^ "Freedom of Expression National Monument: History". creativetime.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  4. ^ "Creative Time Records: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids". findingaids.library.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  5. ^ "Art on the Beach 8". Creative Time. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  6. ^ "50 Years of Thought-Provoking Art from Creative Time and Dia Art Foundation". Avenue Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  7. ^ "Anne Pasternak, Author at The Creative Time Summit". summit.creativetime.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  8. ^ Article, Sarah Cascone ShareShare This (2018-03-29). "After a Lengthy Search, Creative Time Taps a Texas Museum Leader for Its Top Post". Artnet News. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  9. ^ Creative Time – Start a Movement – Meadows School of the Arts – SMU. https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/TheMovement/MeadowsPrize/2010-CreativeTime.
  10. ^ Creative Time Releases Recommendations for Fostering the Arts in Dallas – SMU. https://www.smu.edu/News/2011/meadows-prize-report-01feb2011
  11. ^ Creative Time Partners with Art Basel Miami Beach to Redesign Oceanfront. http://artdaily.com/news/33855/Creative-Time-Partners-with-Art-Basel-Miami-Beach-to-Redesign-Oceanfront.
  12. ^ Glueck, Grace. “Art: Brooklyn Bridge Unveils Its Own Gallery.” The New York Times, 27 May 1983. NYTimes.com, https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/27/arts/art-brooklyn-bridge-unveils-its-own-gallery.html.
  13. ^ Creative Time – Start a Movement – Meadows School of the Arts – SMU. https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/TheMovement/MeadowsPrize/2010-CreativeTime.
  14. ^ "Clouds". Creative Time. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  15. ^ "This World & Nearer Ones". creativetime.org. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  16. ^ "About Creative Time". Creative Time. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  17. ^ "50 Years of Thought-Provoking Art from Creative Time and Dia Art Foundation". Avenue Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
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