book medium. Franklin Furnace Archive continues to support the contemporary avant-garde through funds awarded to under-represented artists creating contemporary work. The New York Times''' Cotter and Karen Rosenberg have written that though the nonprofit organization and its archive may be Wilson's most prominent contribution to the arts in New York City, her early artwork holds an important place in the history of feminist, performance, and conceptual art. 2011 events at Concordia University, Montreal Tour of the exhibition with her and curator Peter Dykhuis, January 19, 2011 at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery. Performance and Identity, January 20, 2011 at the Leonard & Bina Ellen at the Art Gallery. Wilson offers her perspective on feminist research, February 19, 2011 at the Art Gallery. Selected grants and awards Honorary doctorate of Fine Arts, NSCAD University, Halifax, 2013 Specific Object (NYC bookstore) publication of the year for Martha Wilson Sourcebook, 2011 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Performance Art, 2001 Citation by Robert S. Clark, Nathan Cummings, Joyce Mertz-Gilmore, Rockefeller and Andy Warhol Foundations for commitment to the principle of freedom of expression, 1993 Bessie Award for commitment to artists' freedom of expression, 1992 Obie Award for commitment to artists' freedom of expression, 1992 Skowhegan School Governor's Award for Service to the Arts, 1991 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Performance Art, 1983 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Performance Art, 1978 Books and monographs Martha Wilson Sourcebook: 40 Years of Reconsidering Feminism, Performance, Alternative Spaces, by Kate Fowle, Martha Wilson and Moira Roth. Independent Curators International, 2011. An anthology of writings from 18th century in literature to current texts, the Sourcebook is a collection of primary research material consisting of rare archival documents and excerpts of landmark publications that influenced Wilson, such as Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, Erving Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Susan Sontag’s On Photography. Franklin Furnace and the Spirit of the Avant Garde: A History of the Future. By Toni Sant. Bristol, UK: Intellect, 2011. . Martha Wilson: Staging the Self. By Peter Dykhuis and Jayne Wark. 2011. . Writings By Martha Wilson "Going Virtual." Art Journal 59, no. 2 (summer 2000). "The Personal Becomes Political in Time." n.paradoxa no. 5 (2000): 83–90. Wilson, Martha. "What Franklin Furnace Learned from Presenting and Producing Live Art on the Internet, from 1996 to Now." Leonardo 38, no. 3 (2005): 193-200 About Martha Wilson