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Arts for Art Artist Diaries

​Artist Diaries is a curated, multi-disciplinary video series focusing on the work of individual AFA Artists to give an inside look into different aspects of their creativity. Watch archived videos below.

Featured Artist Diary | Jaimie Branch
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Improviser, composer, and trumpeter Jaimie Branch presents a mediation on her time in nature and isolation for AFA Artist Diaries. 

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Patricia Nicholson & William Parker

Arts for Art (AFA) founder Patricia Nicholson and Core Vision Artist William Parker present Life Is Simple, a music and dance collage for AFA Artist Diaries...More

Matt Lavelle

"My favorite 2 words in the universe are 'what if?' 30 years ago I stopped painting to pursue jazz. The Covid lockdown got me to ask 'what if I started painting again'? There was only one way to answer the question...More

Luke Stewart

"The Water is an essential element to the existence of life, the eternal gift of the Earth. This homage takes an introspective look at the movement of water, as a journey through humanity... More

Jo Wood-Brown & Rob Brown

​"During sheltering in place, I made several small videos, one at the South Street Seaport and the other in the studio that interfaced two realities, one of which was painted...More

No Land

​Artist and poet No Land presents a series of cine-poem diary-vignettes. The film features art from No Land's studio and archives...More

Melanie Dyer

​Violist Melanie Dyer shares a Meditation/Offering on the frustration, meaning, and memory of hands during creative isolation...More

Steve Swell

Steve Swell’s contribution to AFA Artist Diaries features his piece “With the Morning, Hope” performed by his band Slammin’ the Infinite, along with his paintings and photographs...More

Jean Carla Rodea

"These days have been about time passing to become a pause (to mourn, to imagine, to strategize). As I spend time with memories, meaningful objects, plants, and light, stories weave in song...More

Jason Kao Hwang

Violinist Jason Kao Hwang reflects on the COVID lockdown, his new Human Rites Trio album, and how he continues to find inspiration and joy in his daily life... More 

Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez

Singer Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez presents an improvised vocal composition and video meditation.
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Brandon Lopez

AFA Artist Diaries is a series focusing on the work of individual AFA Artists to give an inside look into different aspects of their creativity.
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Luisa Muhr

"Where are you now? Where in space are your limbs? What is behind you? What is your breath doing? What are the sounds you can identify around you? ... More

Matthew Shipp

Pianist Matthew Shipp shares how he is finding new ways to strengthen his psychological, spiritual, and physical wellbeing while he is unable to maintain his normal practice routines...More

Cooper-Moore

"Learn by watching the choreography of movement. I've taught people all around the world to make the straw oboe. No words, just watch. Just watch the movement."... More

Yoshiko Chuma

Dead End: My Daily Journey to Utopia from Hand to Foot, an original video project by Yoshiko Chuma... More

Fay Victor

"As someone whom is privileged enough to shelter in place, I wanted to show the angst of having to go outside, when going outside feels dangerous. Because I don't have to go out everyday... More

MISSION: Arts for Art is dedicated to the exceptional creativity that originated in the African American multi-arts jazz culture that utilizes improvisation to express a larger, more positive dream of inclusion and freedom.
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Programs
    • AFA Artists
    • Annual Reports
    • Board & Staff
    • Vision Circle
    • Safe(r) Space Code of Conduct
    • About CoSA
  • EVENTS
    • Joëlle Léandre: Life - Struggle - Music
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
        • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
        • InGardens 2022, FREE Outdoor Concert Series in NYC
        • FreeJazz on a Saturday Afternoon
        • No Joke! Record Release
        • Studio Rivbea Revisited 2023
        • Jazz Libre! Celebration
        • Outdoor Concerts
        • Vision Festival Healing Soul
        • Amina Claudine Myers Birthday Celebration
        • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
        • Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts
        • Earth Arrival Day Celebration >
          • Arts for Art at The Town Hall | March 4
        • Patricia Nicholson Birthday Benefit
        • Steve Cannon Tribute
        • Arts for Art at Weeksville
        • AFA at H0L0 Xennial
        • OPEN DOORS / OPEN STUDIOS
        • Arts for Art at the Kitchen
        • Cecil Taylor Memorial
        • FreeJazz at Weeksville
        • Vision at Tufts
        • Sonny Simmons Tribute Concert
        • Tribute to Hamiet Bluiett
      • Vision Festival Archive
      • On_Line Salons
      • Under_Line Salons >
        • Amina Claudine Myers Salon 1/07
        • Jemeel Moondoc Salon 4/18
        • Andrew Cyrille Salon 1/9
        • Under_Line Salon w/ Dave Burrell March 8, 2018
        • AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor
        • Under_Line Salon December 6
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Cooper-Moore
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
        • Holiday Salon at the LOWLINE Lab
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
      • Evolving >
        • Peace and Justice Celebration
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Arts for Art at El Taller
        • Arts for Art at H0L0
        • Arts for Art at Nublu
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Raza y Resistencia 2018
        • Justice is Compassion 12/7 - 1/12
        • Raza y Resistencia 2017
        • Justice is Compassion / Not a Police State
        • Raza y Resistencia
        • NYC FreeJazz Summit
      • Artist Meeting
      • InGardens >
        • InGardens 2021
        • InGardens 2019
        • InGardens 2018
        • In Gardens 2016
  • EDUCATION
    • Music is Mine
  • SUPPORT
    • Donate
    • MEMBERSHIP
    • Volunteer
  • AFFW
  • VIDEOS
    • Screening Vision
    • ARTIST DIARIES
  • PRESS
  • FOLLOW
  • STORE
  • NEWS