Last November, we went down to the County Clerk’s Office at 60 Centre Street, filled out Doing-Business-As forms and paid 7 dollars. Each clerk who stamped or put his mark on the forms said warily ‘What kind of a business is Giorno Poetry Systems?’ As we were leaving, a little old man with glasses shook our hand and said ‘Good luck on the new enterprise!’ Our lawyers are incorporating it.
(John Giorno, 1970)
(John Giorno, 1970)
Giorno Poetry Systems is a non-profit organization that supports artists, poets, and musicians, and centers their perspectives.
It's based on the idea of artists supporting other artists.
Artists, poets, and musicians curate our events, they select tracks for our record label, they jury our grants, and their voices are heard on all of our phone lines.
GPS was founded in 1965 and became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1974. It was created by the artist, poet, and activist John Giorno (1936–2019), who pushed poetry off the printed page and into visual, musical, political, and social realms. GPS also supports his work and maintains his extensive archive of the downtown New York poetry, art, performance, and music communities.
222 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
USA
Open by appointment
Open for events
Open for 222 Tuesdays (4–7pm}
Support us
Sign up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Read some press about us.
Read our end-of-year newsletter from 2024, which provides a useful overview of all programs and activities.
It's based on the idea of artists supporting other artists.
Artists, poets, and musicians curate our events, they select tracks for our record label, they jury our grants, and their voices are heard on all of our phone lines.
GPS was founded in 1965 and became a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 1974. It was created by the artist, poet, and activist John Giorno (1936–2019), who pushed poetry off the printed page and into visual, musical, political, and social realms. GPS also supports his work and maintains his extensive archive of the downtown New York poetry, art, performance, and music communities.
222 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
USA
Open by appointment
Open for events
Open for 222 Tuesdays (4–7pm}
Support us
Sign up for our Newsletter
Follow us on Instagram
Read some press about us.
Read our end-of-year newsletter from 2024, which provides a useful overview of all programs and activities.
Eli Coplan
Programming Manager
eli@giornopoetrysystems.org
Anthony Huberman
Executive Artistic Director
anthony@giornopoetrysystems.org
Bonnie Whitehouse
Archivist and Registrar
bonnie@giornopoetrysystems.org
General information
info@giornopoetrysystems.org
Bookkeeping
accounting@giornopoetrysystems.org
Graphic design
David Reinfurt
Photography
Jason Fulford
Programming Manager
eli@giornopoetrysystems.org
Anthony Huberman
Executive Artistic Director
anthony@giornopoetrysystems.org
Bonnie Whitehouse
Archivist and Registrar
bonnie@giornopoetrysystems.org
General information
info@giornopoetrysystems.org
Bookkeeping
accounting@giornopoetrysystems.org
Graphic design
David Reinfurt
Photography
Jason Fulford
Board of Trustees:
Ugo Rondinone, President
Laura Hoptman, Vice-President
Mattias Herold, Treasurer
Advisory Council:
Laurie Anderson
Pedro Barbosa
Stuart Comer
Kyle Dacuyan
Adrienne Edwards
Connor Monahan
Elizabeth Peyton
Paul Pfeiffer
Lee Ranaldo
Leah Singer
Anne Waldman
Ugo Rondinone, President
Laura Hoptman, Vice-President
Mattias Herold, Treasurer
Advisory Council:
Laurie Anderson
Pedro Barbosa
Stuart Comer
Kyle Dacuyan
Adrienne Edwards
Connor Monahan
Elizabeth Peyton
Paul Pfeiffer
Lee Ranaldo
Leah Singer
Anne Waldman
Due to the age and character of the building, the space is not optimized for ADA accessibility and is located up a single flight of 20 stairs with handrails. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.
Giorno Poetry Systems is situated in Lenapehoking, on the unceded territories of the Lenape peoples. We acknowledge that our existence, operating on the island of Manahatta, is a consequence of violent histories of settler colonialism bound up with unchecked exclusions, genocide, and erasures of many Indigenous people, ongoing to this day.
