Thanks to the generous contribution by Groot Brugmansfund Foundation I have been able to travel for two weeks to America, from the 29th of August until the 12th of September, 2018. This trip has been an enriching experience for me, both, for my artistic practice and personal development. My main reasons to travel were to start my research for the final thesis of bachelor and to meet and interview Fluxus artist, Nye Ffarrabas (with whom I got in touch last April). As part of my research (which is focus on how art institutions engage with the public) I visited a total of eight museums (Neue Gallerie, MET Breuer, MET, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, MoMA, MoMA PS1, Solomon R. Guggenheim and The Whitney), several commercial galleries and non-profit art organisations. In every institution I visited, I tried to get an overview of their program and activities they provide to relate with their audience (families, children, schools, disabled, senior and foreign people) and which form do they take (Yoga lessons, 30 minutes tours, crafts activities, poetry readings, film screenings, debates, extended opening hours, guest speakers, etc.). From the beginning I was personally more attracted to get in touch with independent spaces, run by artists or collectives who are committed to address and engage with their immediate surrounding. Before travelling I researched upon this kind of spaces and I emailed them to try arrange a personal encounter to talk more about it. In the end I meet up with Vincent Como from Tiger Strikes Asteroid, a wonderful space which is also based in Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles and next year will have their first 10yrs anniversary. They are a non-profit organisation based in Bushwick, Brooklyn; run by 9 people (artists, curators and friends) who curate and select the artists on show on the gallery. Shows last for 4-5 weeks and each member gets to organise and curate each show along the year. What I found most interesting about this space was their ‘’flat files’’: a small cabinet consisting of a number of drawers that host a yearly collection of 3D works from artists who can apply to be part of. Each year they select a new group and they are for display and sale (70% for the artist, 30% for the space). I thought that this is such an innovative and great idea for spaces to adopt as another way of sustaining themselves, monetarily! It does not require them to invest money on it, as the works are left under consignment, and what is not sold in the end, they send it back. Out of this project, new collaborations and even exhibitions had arouse, which I think it is great, being an alternative to their own circle of acquaints.