Mission
AS ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S OLDEST NONPROFIT ALTERNATIVE ART CENTERS, THE KITCHEN IS DEDICATED TO OFFERING EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED ARTISTS OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE AND PRESENT NEW WORK WITHIN, AND ACROSS, THE DISCIPLINES OF DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, VISUAL ART, AND LITERATURE. KNOWN FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING INSTRUMENTAL EARLY SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS WHO HAVE PROGRESSED TO LATER PROMINENCE, THE KITCHEN HAS BEEN A POWERFUL FORCE IN SHAPING THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THIS COUNTRY.