About
Since 1974, Creative Time has commissioned and presented ambitious public art projects with thousands of artists throughout New York City, across the country, around the world—and even in outer space. Our work is guided by three core values: art matters, artists’ voices are important in shaping society, and public spaces are places for creative and free expression. We are acclaimed for the innovative and meaningful projects we have commissioned, from Tribute in Light, the twin beacons of light that illuminated lower Manhattan six months after 9/11, to bus ads promoting HIV awareness, to Paul Chan’s production of Waiting for Godot in New Orleans, and much more. In partnership with a variety of well-known cultural institutions and community groups, we have commissioned art in unique landmark sites from the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Governors Island, and the High Line, to neglected urban treasures like the Lower East Side’s historic Essex Street Market, Coney Island, and New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward. We are committed to presenting important art for our times and engaging broad audiences that transcend geographic, racial, and socioeconomic barriers.
Creative Time Statement of Commitment to Universal Human Rights and Free Expression
Image: Jenny Holzer, FOR NEW YORK CITY, 2004. Photo: Charlie Samuels.
Mission
Creative Time is a public arts organization that works with artists to contribute to the dialogues, debates, and dreams of our times.
TEAM
Board
Jon Neidich / Waris Ahluwalia / Taja Cheek / Marie Douglas / Dana Farouki / Pablo Helguera / Stephen Kramarsky / Jesse Lazowski / Sarah Lewis / Patrick Li / Trevor Paglen / Bettina Prentice / Carolyn Ramo / Pedro Reyes / Eric Richter / Jed Walentas / Margaret Wang / William Richmond Watson / Lily Johnson White / Kate Young
Featured Sponsors
Major Creative Time support for 2024 has been generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, FotoFocus, The Girlfriend Fund, Lambent Foundation Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation, The May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Open Society Foundations, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Terra Foundation for American Art.
We are also grateful for the support of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in partnership with the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams.
OPPORTUNITIES
Contact
Creative Time
59 East 4th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
T 212.206.6674
F 212.255.8467
E info@creativetime.org