Robert Browning

Born in Singapore, I received my formal education in England where I majored both in engineering and the visual arts. After lecturing in Art Colleges for more than six years and exhibiting as a painter, sculptor and kinetic artist throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, I came to New York in 1974, married Helene and co-founded (with Geno Rodriguez) the Alternative Center for International Arts, a non-profit exhibition center and performance space which later became known as the Alternative Museum. I established the Museum's World Music Program and developed it into the most important program of its kind in the United States. In 1985 I co-founded with Helene the World Music Institute, an organization dedicated to presenting the finest in traditional and contemporary music and dance from around the world. As Executive and Artistic Director I presented and/or produced more than 1,500 concerts and festivals . With the help of a dedicated staff, we built the World Music Institute into a flourishing organizat