Alanna Heiss

Alanna Heiss
Alanna Heiss at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center opening on February 22, 2009
Born (1943-05-13) May 13, 1943 (age 81)
Louisville, Kentucky
Known forArt International Radio, Clocktower Productions, alternative space movement, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center,

Alanna Heiss (born May 13, 1943, in Louisville, Kentucky) is the Founder and Director of Clocktower Productions, a non profit arts organization, online radio station, and program partnership with six cultural institutions in three boroughs in New York. She founded The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc. in 1971,[1] an organization focused on using abandoned and underutilized New York City buildings for art exhibitions and artists' studios, of which P.S.1 was a part. She served as the director of P.S.1 and its later incarnation, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1) from its founding in 1976 until her retirement in 2008.[2] She is recognized as one of the originators of the alternative space movement.[3]

Heiss has curated and/or organized over 700 exhibitions at P.S.1 and elsewhere.[4] She was interviewed for the film !Women Art Revolution.[5]

  1. ^ "MoMa PS1 History". Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Founder and Director Alanna Heiss to Retire". Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "Alanna Heiss Retires from P.S.1" Archived April 21, 2019, at the Wayback Machine; recovered March 19, 2009.
  4. ^ "Alanna Heiss To Receive 2007 Award for Curatorial Excellence from CCS Bard" Archived May 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine; recovered on March 19, 2009.
  5. ^ Anon 2018