Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1955 i waihangahia e Forakis te pepa mō te Six Gallery pānui
nā Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, me Philip Whalen, nā Kenneth Rexroth i whakahaere. I te tau 1958 ka neke a Forakis ki New York City. I tenei wa i New York i te mutunga o nga 1950-1960 i puta mai a Forakis hei mema rongonui o te ao toi, ana, me nga kaitoi a Mark di Suvero, Ed Ruda, Dean Fleming, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar, Tamara Melcher, Forrest <unk> Frosty<unk> Myers, David Novros me Leo Valledor, i whakatuhia e ia te Park Place Gallery (1963<unk>67), he waahi tuuturu a nga kaitoi. I noho a Park Place hei tauira mo nga waahi toi whakamatautau o nga tau 1970.