2013 could be defined by several dramas: a growing loss of confidence in the economic and political systems in place, a growing culture of consumerism within the art practices and an aura of irrelevance and impotence within the architecture field. However, 2013 could also be defined by several major dreams: a growing desire for equal access to resources (such as information and health), a growing culture of economic support by individuals for art projects and the omnipresent belief that the world needs more alternative art and architecture practices to drive us into the future we imagine.
While Art is always disrespectfully on time and Architecture is usually elegantly late, at Storefront we aspire to react and respond to the relevant questions of our time with the depth and breadth of architectural thinking and the agility and incisiveness of art practices. Within the collective imaginary, Storefront is a place where a different way of practicing architecture, of presenting art and of being a citizen is possible. Storefront is also one of the only institutions that asks and articulates questions and answers beyond disciplinary or geographical boundaries, thus making it a place for beginnings in cultural but also in social and political terms.
Through its current five lines of action: Events, Projects, Exhibitions, Competitions and Publications, Storefront allows the contemporary cultural cacophony to find a critical public to expose and test its thoughts while simultaneously offering surgical operations to transform and develop specific ideas. We do this by bringing the most inspiring and knowledgeable individuals and collectives together today locally, nationally and internationally.
In 2013 Storefront operated fast and slow, big and small, on local and global scales with projects in New York and around the globe. It created new ongoing platforms for international exchange with the Storefront International Series, new ongoing projects for architectural reflection in the Competition of Competitions, a new space for the discussion of ideas through the Storefront TV Station and published new ideas through the Manifesto Book Series.
This last year we presented 6 exhibitions including BEING, a 30th Anniversary exhibition still on view till Jan 14th, which includes 11 one-week residencies for emerging artists and architects; commissioned 2 major site-specific installations in the city as part ofPerforma13 and Marfa Dialogues; started the Storefront International Series with events in the Dominican Republic andLisbon; launched the WorldWide Storefront project with an ongoing global Open Call for Proposals; presented a series of public projects as part of theIdeas City Festival; published 2 new books in partnership with Lars Muller, hosted more than 30 public programs, and much more. We invite you to visit ourvideo archive or our web archive where you can browse these projects and all Storefront projects since 1982.
In the year ahead, we will offer exhibitions and events that address contemporary architectural questions and pressing issues including social justice, freedom of expression, gun violence, race, sustainability, civil rights, access to information, and other important drivers in the construction of public life in New York and around the globe.
In the year ahead, as we have done in the past, Storefront will provide forums for the production of public debate, empower artists working within critical practices and facilitate paths to situate architecture and architects within relevant spaces of action.
As Storefront enters 2014, and continues its programming while working on theOfficeUS project representing the United States at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, we need your support.
This email is not just to talk about dramas and dreams, it’s also to ask for dollars to pursue our dream to go beyond the current dramas. Andy Warhol once said that to make money is an art; if only to ask for it was an art that I mastered.
I wish you happy times 
best
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Special thanks to
Program and Project Funders:
Adam Mickiewicz Institute; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Artis; the Consulate General of Israel in New York; the Consulate General of Sweden; Croatian Ministry of Culture and ACO Croatia; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; The Greenwich Collection Ltd.; Julie Saul Gallery; Konstnärsnämnden; Lars Müller Publishers; the Lily Auchincloss Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; Nemetschek Vectorworks; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; the New York State Council on the Humanities; Orian Ltd. (Partner of the DB Schenker Network); Pentagram / Natasha Jen; The Peter T. Joseph Foundation; the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; the Royal Norwegian Consulate General; F.J. Sciame Construction Co; the Zagreb Society of Architects.
Storefront Members:
Alan Bruton, Alda Ly, Aldongar Cherdabayev, Alex Mustonen, Alex Ulam, Alexandra Young, Alexei Tylevich, Allen Hirsch, Allison Hyers, Amanda Topaz, Amy Lelyveld, Andre Tchelistcheff, Andrew Laing, Andrew Philip Heid, Andria Hickey, Anne Thomas, Anthony Campusano, Archie Coates, ARTEK USA Inc., Artur Walther, Arup, Bai Pai, Beatriz Colomina, Bernard Tschumi and Kate Linker, Beth Weinstein, Bettina Zerza, Bjarke Ingels, Brad Cloepfil, Calvin Tsao, Carlos Brillembourg, Carmi Bee, Cassim Shepard, Charles Curran, Charles Eldred and Sara Sprung, Charles Renfro, Christian Wassmann, Christine Stanton and Mitch Wasterlain, Cindy Rojas, Claudia Gould, Colin Curley, Control Group, Cristina Grajales, Daniel Katebini-Stengel, David Adjaye, David Allin, David H. Hughes, Jr., David Joselit, Dennis P. Adams, Diana Agrest and Mario Gandelsonas, Dominic Kozerski, Donald J. Albrecht, Dong-Ping Wong, Douglass Rice, Dror Benshetrit, Eleanor Abrons, Elie Gamburg, Elizabeth Dimmit, Elizabeth O’Donnell, Ellen and Allan Wexler, Emily Abruzzo and Gerald Bodziak, Ennead Architects LLP, Enrico Bonetti, Enrique Norten, Eric Gartner, F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc., Felix Burrichter, Frank Gehry, Fred Dewey, Galia Solomonoff, Gavin Browning, Glenn Garrison, Hal Foster and Sandra Tait, Hans and Linda Haacke, Harold Rivkin, Hilary Sample, Hyun Chung, Ishtiaq Rafiuddin, James F. Lima, James Dar, Jamie Edindjiklian, Jean-Louis Cohen, Jeffrey Inaba, Jeffrey Woodruff, Jennifer Marmon, Jesse Reiser, Jessica Knobloch, John Melick, Jonathan Manzo, Joseph Lengeling, Karen Fairbanks and Scott Marble, Karen Marie Krause Kimmel, Karen Wong, Kelsey Lents, Kerry McLaughlin, Kevin W. Davis, Koray Duman, Krista Ninivaggi, Kyle Burrows, Kyle DeWoody, Larry Carty, Laura Kurgan, Lauren Altman, Lauren Keady, Lauren Kogod and David Smiley, Lee Miller, Lisa Dubin, Lisa Landrum, Mabel Wilson, Madeline Burke-Vigeland, Madeline Weinrib, Marc Kushner, Margaret Betz, Margaret Sullivan, Margery H. Perlmutter, Maria Aiolova, Marie Williams, Marilyn Taylor, Mario Gooden, Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, Minsuk Cho, Martin Seelinger, Matthew Nigro, Matthew Zych, Melinda Wang, Melissa Marsh, Merica May Jensen, Michael Maltzan, Mimi Hoang and Eric Bunge, Molly Gochman, Nacym Baghli, NADAAA, Inc, Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., Nicholas S. Goldsmith, Nickie Huang, NRI, Olafur Thordarson, Omar Khan, Paul Weissman,
Peter Guggenheimer, Peter Macapia, Peter Russo, Phu Hoang, Planar, Platt Byard Dovell White Architects LLP,
RDRICE Construction, Inc., Reid Freeman, Rice+Lipka Architects, Richard Korchien, Robert M. Rubin, Robert Stern, Ronnette Riley, Rosalie Genevro, Ruben Gallo and Terence Gower, Sachi Hoshikawa, Sandro Marpillero and Linda Pollak, Sarah Natkins, Sascha Knobloch, Saskia Bos, Seth and Ariane Harrison, Sevan Gatsby, Sharon Davis, Snøhetta Sofia Krimizi, Solange Fabiao, Stephan Jaklitsch – Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects, Stephanie Pereira, Stephen Furnstahl, Steve Hogden, Steven Holl, Steven Incontro, Steven Sanderson, Steven Thomson, Steven Zelin, Surface Design, Susan Grant Lewin, Sylvia J. Smith, Theodore Landrum, Todd Raymond, Toshiko Mori Architects, Troy Therrien, Spectra Design, Victoria Newhouse, Walter and Mary Chatham, Warren Techentin, William Prince, Winka Dubbeldam, WorldStage, Inc., and more.
Storefront Interns:
Christina Badal, Silvia Callegari, Diandra Cohen, Michaela Friedberg, Susana Holguin-Veras, Katia Loizou, Fanyu Lyn, Valentin Ovando, Lily Saporta-Tagiuri
Storefront Volunteers:
Jordan Marie Anderson, Sharif Anous, Tomaz Capobianco, Cara Cecilio, Amie Cunat, Richard Duff, Megan Enright, Adam Feldman, Andrew Goodhouse, Lauren Johnson, Daryl King, Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt, Matthew Lohry, Amanda Madigan, Liz Naiden, Benjamin Pollack, Ryan Ripoli, Aurelia Rohrbacker, Charlie Sneath, Lauren Trahan, Jordana Vasquez
Storefront’s Board of Advisors:
Kent Barwick
Stefano Boeri
Beatriz Colomina
Peter Cook
Chris Dercon
Elizabeth Diller
Claudia Gould
Dan Graham
Peter Guggenheimer
Richard Haas
Brooke Hodge
Steven Holl
Steven Johnson
Toyo Ito
Mary Jane Jacob
Mary Miss
Antoni Muntadas
Shirin Neshat
Hans Ulrich Obrist
Lucio Pozzi
Frederieke Taylor
Anthony Vidler
James Wines
Storefront’s Board of Directors:
Charles Renfro
Campbell Hyers
R. Douglas Rice
Lauren Kogod
Carlos Brillembourg
Hal Foster
Belmont Freeman
Terence Gower
Steven T. Incontro
James von Klemperer
Marc Kushner
Michael Manfredi
William Menking
Margery Perlmutter
Linda Pollak
Robert M. Rubin
Sylvia J. Smith
Artur Walther
Mabel Wilson
Karen Wong