A Gathering of the Tribes (cultural organization)

In 1990 Steve Cannon was visiting the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe with artist David Hammons when he was inspired to create "A Gathering of the Tribes" first as a literary magazine to document the vibrant culture that was happening in the Lower East Side.

[2] Then included was a performance space where numerous exhibitions and concerts took place with notable artists and musicians such as the Sun Ra Arkestra, Chavisa Woods, Diane Burns, Katherine Arnoldi, Diane Burns, John Farris, Susan Scutti, Bob Holman, Ishmael Reed, Billy Bang, and David Hammons.

The organization also ran a small publishing imprint called "Fly by Night Press", which has issued or reprinted books by among others; Carl Hancock Rux,[3] Eve Packer,[4] Brett Axel,[5] Barbara Purcell.

[2] In April 2014 both the organization and Cannon were forced to relocate and the gallery permanently shut when the occupancy agreement they had with the woman to whom the building had previously been sold, Lorraine Zhang, ended.

Simultaneously a wall which retained some of an art-piece by David Hammons (which had previously been sold to an art collector after having been reproduced and the originality of the object transferred) was removed and relocated by the organization and replaced by another minus the pedigree adornment.