We (Chris Joy and Zach Keeting) established Gorky's Granddaughter in 2009 as a way to engage in and intensify artistic discourse. Through making video documents of working artists and publishing them on the web, Gorky's has established a large and dedicated audience of artists, art-world practitioners, collectors, and art lovers. 

By providing access to artists in their personal studios, we create a safe space for intimate and in-depth conversations that don't happen anywhere else. Both intensely focused and refreshingly informal, our conversations get to the heart of artists' thoughts as well as the complex meanings that surround the work they show us.

In a sense, we see ourselves as creating a visual, living version of long-form catalogue essays in an engaging, accessible, and entertaining format. So far, we've made more than 200 videos and have attracted a viewership of thousands of people each week. (You can visit our site at www.gorkysgranddaughter.com). 

We love what we're doing, and are exciting to take the project even further. We are asking for your help to grow Gorky's, as to date, this endeavor has been entirely self-funded. Specifically:

- we'd love to take Gorky's on the road throughout the US and even internationally: Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo. 

- we want to make sure we're reaching as many interested viewers as possible with these videos-- we can't do more without dedicating resources to advertising and outreach. 

- we also need additional outside help to manage everything from studio visit scheduling, to social media, and all the daily logistics that keep this project humming.

Thanks for all your support so far. If you can, please contribute to this important work-- and keep watching our videos!

- Chris and Zach