High Performance Magazine

High Performance was a quarterly arts magazine based out of Los Angeles founded in 1978 and published until 1997.

Its editorial mission was to provide support and a critical context for new, innovative and unrecognized work in the arts.

From 1983 to 1995, High Performance was published by Astro Artz (renamed 18th Street Arts Center in 1988).

In July 1995, High Performance was acquired by Art in the Public Interest (API), a new organization formed by Burnham and Durland to research and develop information about artists collaborating with their communities.

[8] After a brief hiatus, the magazine renewed publication in early 1996 and published five more issues, but rising costs and an inability to garner needed stabilization funding forced API to cease publication in 1997.