台北当代艺术中心 Taipei Contemporary Art Center

台北当代艺术中心（TCAC）成立于2010年2月，是为一群艺术家、策展人、学者、文化实践者所独立筹设的艺术机构，以协会的组织型态运作。成立宗旨在于提供艺术家、策展人、相关文化实践者一个开放平台，一个用以发表、交换、创造与分享的空间，其容纳超越一般艺术机构条件、市场机制以及个人主义以外的美学表现。

TCAC 的核心价值任务在于创造批判性的公共领域，经营国际交流，致力于前卫实验性的艺术发展和教育学习的多样可能，在对文化环境提出省思的同时，实践观念性艺术机构的组织样貌，以回应在地之关键需求与向未来拓展的欲望，并持续以跨文化交流的节点运作和探索。

营运至今，TCAC主办了超过400场以上包括展览、论坛、座谈、工作坊、表演等多类型的艺文活动，主要计画包括：2010至2011年的长期带状活动「青年艺术家沙龙」、「週五夜吧Friday Bar」、2010年「台湾当代艺术论坛双年展」、2012年「未来事件交易所」展览、2013年「策展与机构论坛」、2014年「关键议题驻村」、2015年「公共制造」国际论坛、2016年「肖像摆」展览、「共同课题」国际论坛，以及从2014至2016年持续经营的「策展学校」、2017年「辛沙龙」等。

TCAC位于大稻埕保安街的空间提供𫔭放性的公共资源包括艺术图书馆、与凤甲美术馆合作的TCAC录像资料库，多功能的空间使用于举办展演活动、讲座、放映等。

TCAC作為一个由会员支持的组织，现有57位会员，设有理事9名、监事3名执行专业顾问、支持、募款协助与监督之职，聘有专业策展团队组成工作小组，负责制定机构营运方向、规划节目内容、募款以及日常营运，同时培训实习生与来自各领域的志工，提供青年参与艺术生产的学习机会。

Founded in February 2010, Taipei Contemporary Art Center (TCAC) is an independent art space established by Taiwanese artists, curators, critics, writers, scholars and cultural researchers. TCAC aims to provide an open platform to present, exchange, create and share. As an organization, it embraces aesthetic expressions, which test institutional conditions and values beyond market forces and individualism.

The core value and mission of TCAC is to create critical public sphere, promote international exchange and provide diverse art experiment possibilities and learning programs. TCAC investigates the practice of conceptual institution and organization through reflecting the critical paradigms of the cultural environment, and respond to the needs and desires of the local community to explore cross field and cross cultural exchanges.

Since 2010, TCAC has organized more than 400 events, featuring various exhibitions, forums, talks, workshops, performances in the program. The main projects include: Young Artist Salon and Friday Bar (2010-2011), Forum Biennial of Taiwanese Contemporary Art (2010), exhibition Trading Futures (2012), Curating Now and Institutions Forum (2013), The Burning Issues Residency (2014), international workshop and forum Made in Public (2015), exhibition Portrait Portrait (2016), international forum Common Task (2016), TCAC Curatorial School from 2014 to 2016 and Salon Spice (2017), etc.

Our current venue provides open resources to the public, including an art library and TCAC Video Lounge x Hong Gah Museum TIVA video art archive. The multi-functional space are used for exhibitions, talks and screening.

TCAC is an association supported by 57 members, including 9 board members and 3 auditors who offer professional advisory, auditory support and fundraising advices. The staff consists of a curatorial team who is responsible for institutional direction, operation, programing and fundraising. Educational opportunities are also provided for interns and volunteers to participate in various aspects of art production.