Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - N'afọ 1955 Forakis kere mpempe akwụkwọ maka Six Gallery na-agụ
site Allen Ginsberg, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, na Philip Whalen, MCed site Kenneth Rexroth. Na 1958, Forakis kwagara New York City. Ọ bụ n'oge a na New York na ngwụcha 1950s-1960s ka Forakis pụtara dị ka onye ama ama na ụwa nka, yana, ya na ndị na-ese ihe Mark di Suvero, Ed Ruda, Dean Fleming, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar, Tamara Melcher, Forrest <unk> Frosty <unk> Myers, David Novros na Leo Valledor, o guzobere Park Place Gallery (1963<unk>67), ebe pụrụ iche ndị na-ese ihe <unk> co-op. Ebe a na-akpọ Park ghọrọ ihe atụ nke ebe a na-eme ihe nkiri n'afọ ndị 1970.