The Kitchen is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at 512
West 19th Street, between
Tenth and
Eleventh Avenues in the
Chelsea neighborhood of
Manhattan,
New York City. It was founded in
Greenwich Village in 1971 by
Steina and Woody Vasulka, taking its name from the original location, the kitchen of the
Mercer Arts Center, where artists working mostly in video showed their work. Although first intended as a location for the exhibition of video art, The Kitchen soon expanded its mission to include other forms of art, both plastic and performance. In 1974, The Kitchen relocated to a building at the corner of
Wooster and
Broome Streets in
SoHo, and incorporated as a not-for-profit arts organization. In 1987 it moved to its current location.