BOFFO is a nonprofit arts community and organization in

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, New York. Since 2009, BOFFO has presented the work of 700+ artists across a breadth of disciplines to share and perform work during the summer months. The multidisciplinary organization has aspects of both an artist residency program, with workshops and artist lectures, and a performance festival. At the end of each summer, the program hosts the Boffo Fire Island Performance Festival, which showcases experimental dance, performance, and music. Previous collaborators for the Performance Festival include

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. Notable past residents include Jeremy O'Harris,

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, Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade,

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About

BOFFO was founded in 2010 by architect Faris Al-Shathir. In its earlier days, the organization paired designers, like Nicola Formichetti, with interdisciplinary artists, like Gage/Clemenceau, to create thoughtful pop-up art installations. For BOFFO's inaugural season in 2012, curated by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, the organization invited such artists as Whitney Biennial participant

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and MoMA PS1 2010 Greater New York participant

. Guest lecturers included architect Charles Renfro and art historian Douglas Crimp. In 2019, playwright Jeremy O'Harris hosted a one-night revival of ''Water Sports; or Insignificant White Boys'' (2015), the first script written by the artist.

Notable Participants

* Tyler Ashley * Math Bass *

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* Hannah Black *

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* TM Davy *

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* Nicole Eisenman *

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* Lyle Ashton Harris * Jeremy O. Harris * Kia LaBeija * Wardell Milan * Carlos Motta *

* Raúl de Nieves *

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* Ser Serpas * Casey Spooner * Ssion *

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* Telfar *

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* Matt Wolf *

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References

External links

* {{Official website, https://boffo.art/ Fire Island, New York Non-profit organizations based in New York (state) Arts organizations based in New York (state)