The Foundation for Contemporary Arts has lived the ethos of ‘artists for artists’ since its establishment 60 years ago. It was founded with the proceeds from a benefit exhibition organized by a group of then scrappy, avant-garde artists, including Jasper Johns and John Cage, to help fund their friend, the dancer and choreographer Merce Cunninham’s Broadway season. The idea was simple: So called “fine” artists who had some thing to sell, would help support their peers in the Performance arts who produce an ephemeral good, more difficult to monetize. It’s that generosity of spirit of artists towards their peers that’s remained a cornerstone of FCA, sustaining and supporting numerous experimental, risk-taking artists, poets, musicians and performers, over its 60-year history.

Rava had the great honor of telling the story of the foundation’s incredible reach and impact throughout the art world. And what an opportunity to dig into the vaults, bringing together an incredible array of artworks, archival materials, and voices into a film that embraces that wild, experimental, and risk-taking spirit that’s been FCA’s raison d’etre since its start.