The Flow Chart Foundation

Toward opening new possibilities, The Flow Chart Foundation explores poetry and the interrelationships of various art forms as guided by the legacy of American poet John Ashbery and promotes engagement with his work. Through programs for both general and scholarly audiences showcasing innovative work by a diversity of artists of various kinds, The Flow Chart Foundation celebrates Ashbery and his art as an inspirational and generative force. It also maintains the Ashbery Resource Center to provide opportunities for deep exploration and scholarship, and presents a variety of programs and exhibits through its Flow Chart Space. We see poetry in particular as a conduit to exploration, questioning, and resistance to the status quo, and work to offer new ways to engage with it and its interplay with other artistic modes. We seek out art and artists who help us challenge assumed perceptions of thinking about ourselves, one another and the world. We believe that by showcasing the widest possible diversity of artists working now—from a variety of cultural, ethnic, gender-identified, and aesthetic backgrounds and viewpoints representing a breadth of generative, exploratory work that defies simple consumption—we expand our ability to question, to speak, to think, to dream, to accomplish.