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Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts

​September 7 & 12 at The Clemente, La Plaza
September 26 in St. Marks Churchyard 

LIVE Outdoor Events / ​FREE Admission! / Donations accepted

​Please pre-register. For safety reasons approx. 30 audience members allowed.
Scroll below the schedule to read our public safety precautions.

Free Music Workshops for Children ages 5 to 11
Saturday, October 10 & 11 at The Clemente

noon: Learn music basics through recorders, percussion, and movement.
​Led by percussionist Michael TA Thompson, saxophonist Daro Behroozi, and movement by Patricia Nicholson
Click to Pre-Register

Saturday, September 26  Live Outdoor Performances ​at St. Marks Churchyard, 
​
131 E. 10th Street (at 2nd Ave.) 
-  co-produced with The Poetry Project

This event has met the pre-registration limit. Due to a strict capacity limit, we are not able to accommodate walk-ups.
​We will update here if space become available. 
Sheila Maldonado
Poetry Reading
1:30pm

Sheila Maldonado - poet
Sana Nagano
Peach & Tomato
1:45pm
Sana Nagano - violin
Leonor Falcon - violin
Papoleto Melendez
Poetry Reading
2:30pm
Yuko Otomo - poetry
Melanie Dyer
Melanie Dyer Trio
2:45pm

Melanie Dyer - viola
Gwen Laster - violin
​Ken Filiano - bass
Artists for a Free World
Poetry Reading
3:30pm
Patricia Spears Jones - poetry
Jason Hwang
Jason Kao Hwang Human Rites Trio
3:45pm

Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Andrew Drury - drums
​Ken Filiano - bass

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Final Set : TOGETHER
4:30pm

Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Melanie Dyer - viola
Gwen Laster - violin
​Sana Nagano - violin
Andrew Drury - drums
​Ken Filiano - bass

September 7 - co-produced with The Clemente in La Plaza, 114 Norfolk St. parking lot, north of Delancey
This event has met the pre-registration limit. We will accommodate walk-ups as capacity allows.
James Brandon Lewis, Michael Bisio, Kirk Knuffke, Patrick Holmes
Bisio / Lewis / Holmes / Knuffke
3pm
Michael Bisio - bass
James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax
Patrick Holmes - clarinet
​Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Artists for a Free World
Ellis / Swell / Lewis
4pm
Thomas Sayers Ellis - poetry
Steve Swell - trombone
James Brandon Lewis - tenor sax

William Parker
William Parker's Celestial Lighthouse performs Urban Revolution
​4:30pm

William Parker - composition, bass
Rob Brown - alto sax
Darius Jones - alto sax
Isaiah Barr - tenor sax
Steve Swell - trombone
​Francisco Mela - drums

Saturday, September 12 
​- 
​co-produced with The Clemente in La Plaza, 114 Norfolk St. parking lot, north of Delancey
This event has met the pre-registration limit. We will accommodate walk-ups as capacity allows.​
Larry Roland
Larry Roland Trio
3pm

Larry Roland - poetry, bass
JD Parran - reeds
Jackson Krall - drums
Whit Dickey
Dickey / Swell 
4pm

​Whit Dickey - drums
Steve Swell - trombone
Sam Newsome
Sam Newsome Trio
5
pm

Sam Newsome - soprano sax
Hilliard Greene - bass
Reggie Nicholson - drums

Attendance for The Clemente events will be capped at 50 people including performers and staff.
Attendance at St. Mark's Church is capped at 35.

​Attendees are encouraged to pre-register and provide contact information, which will be saved and shared with NY State if necessary in compliance with reopening guidelines for outdoor gatherings.
​

Public Health Precautions
We are following recommendations laid out by NY State for outdoor gatherings. Seating will be fixed and socially distanced. Face masks are required at all times and we will provide extras, as well as hand sanitizer stations. Musical equipment will be sanitized between performances. We are grateful to attendees for helping us maintain safety within our present public health context, and look forward to holding meaningful shared listening space together.

Please stay home if you are feeling sick. For more information about COVID-19, check the CDC website.

schedule subject to change
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Presented with support from the New York State Council on the Arts. | Additional support provided by Council Members Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Howard Gilman Foundation, Epstein Foundation, and The New York Community Trust NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund


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.
​​ARTS FOR ART, INC.
107 Suffolk Street, #300, New York, NY, 10002
212-254-5420 | info@artsforart.org

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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
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