Throwback Thursday! In the spring of 1996, we exhibited "Cultural Economies: Histories from the Alternative Arts Movement, NYC", initiated through a call for exhibition proposals from the New York State Council on the Arts asking alternative spaces to evaluate and assess the alternative arts movement, its history, and its contributions to the field of contemporary art. Organized by guest curator #JulieAult, Cultural Economies offered an economically and socially contextualized view of alternative practices and structures in New York City over the previous twenty years. Formed as a response to the dominant art-world economy and ideology, the alternative arts movement has found expression in a wide variety of sites including exhibition spaces, support organizations, distribution centers, public spaces, journals, and artist collaboratives. Ault, who was a cofounder of Group Material, a New York-based artist’s collaborative that practiced a democratic approach, curated the exhibition wit...