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        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
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        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
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        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
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11/26/2019

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11/26/2019

Andrew Lamb | December 1 Preview

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Andrew Lamb, Cooper-Moore, Hill Greene, Marvin "Bugulu" Smith

December 1, 2019 3:00pm
The Clemente, Room 203
​107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002

​Free Admission


Saxophonist Andrew Lamb presents a group with pianist Cooper-Moore, bassist Hilliard Greene, and drummer Marvin "Bugulu" Smith on December 1 at the Clemente. These free performances are a great opportunity to introduce friends and family to improvisation!

Andrew Lamb, William Parker, Michael Wimberly, Newman Taylor-Baker at AFA's Evolving series, 2017. By Don Mount
Andrew Lamb a.k.a. The Black Lamb, plays saxophones, flutes, clarinet, oboe, and woodwind instruments from various indigenous societies. Also a composer, Lamb is known as an individual artist, with his own style and his own story. Lamb came into New York’s once heralded Loft Jazz scene and the avant-garde community in the mid seventies, and over time became an active presence in the vibrant Bedford-Stuyvesant arts world during the 90’s through 2004. He recently released the album Casbah of Love with his working trio of bassist Tom Abbs and drummer Ryan Jewell. Andrew Lamb’s Circadian Spheres Of Light, is a special ensemble of interest, a multidisciplinary outfit with works created to help heal those with Autism, Dementia, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

For this performance, Lamb welcomes heavy hitters Cooper-Moore, Hilliard Greene, and Marvin "Bugulu" Smith. 

Andrew Lamb - tenor sax, clarinet / Cooper-Moore - piano / Hilliard Greene - bass / Marvin "Bugulu" Smith- drums

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These free Sunday afternoon concerts are designed to give audience members an inside look into how performers approach improvisation.  The final 15 minutes of each performance encourage audience participation, building off of themes introduced by the artists.  Children are welcome and will be provided with simple drawing materials.
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11/25/2019

NYSCA Awards AFA $15,000

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​New York State Council on the Arts Awards Arts for Art $15,000
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New York State Council on the Arts Grants Support Vital Cultural Programs Statewide
New York, NY— Arts for Art today announced that it has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for FY2020 with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. NYSCA grants support the transformative impact of the performing, literary, visual and media arts in New York State.

Arts for Art is one of 462 arts organizations across New York State receiving a total of $8,383,993 million in grants through NYSCA’s Round II FY2020 funding to support arts programs that drive New York State’s economic growth and community health.

“The arts and culture are a critical driver of health in people and places,” said Mara Manus, Executive Director, New York State Council on the Arts. “Our state’s creative industries generate a total of $120 billion to the state economy, account for 466,000 jobs, and play a significant role in revitalization, education and social justice.”
NYSCA will award a total of $41 million to arts organizations across New York State for FY2020. The second of three rounds of NYSCA funding for FY2020 includes support for museums, theatres, and arts organizations that drive tourism and anchor communities and arts education programs essential to learning for all ages, including public school students, aging populations and at-risk youth.

NYSCA Round II grants also support creative arts programs promoting physical and mental health and personal and professional development in historically underserved and vulnerable communities, including those in geographically remote areas; disabled communities; impoverished and homeless populations; and justice-involved youth and adults. Arts for Art received funding through NYSCA’s Music program support General Operations.

Annually, NYSCA grants are awarded in 15 discipline programs and the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Over the last two years, NYSCA has awarded an additional $30 million in capital funding to 71 organizations statewide fueling community development and tourism, and will announce additional capital grant awards this year.

“New York’s cultural sector is a driving force in our state’s economy,” said Katherine Nicholls, Chair, New York State Council on the Arts.  “As our arts organizations expand their audiences and programs with NYSCA support, we will serve many more New Yorkers and build the vitality of our communities statewide.”    
NYSCA Round II grant awards were made through the agency’s Arts Education, Special Arts Services, Museum, Theatre, Music, Dance, Literature, and Visual Arts Programs. A list of NYSCA grantees searchable by program and location is available here.
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Additional NYSCA funding will be announced in late 2019, including support for presenting organizations, individual artist commissions, and, through the Regional Economic Development Council, programs driving economic growth and building New York State’s workforce.

About The New York State Council on the Arts
 
The New York State Council on the Arts champions community and creativity by preserving and advancing numerous aspects of the cultural heritage that makes New York State an exceptional place to live, work and visit.
NYSCA upholds the right of all New Yorkers to experience the vital contributions the arts make to our communities, education, economic development and quality of life. Through its core grantmaking activity, NYSCA awarded $51M in FY2019 to 2,400 organizations statewide through direct grants and regrants in our 15 programs, the Regional Economic Development Council initiative and the Mid-Size Capital Project Fund. NYSCA funding supports the visual, literary, media and performing arts and includes dedicated support for arts education and underserved communities. NYSCA further advances New York's creative culture by hosting convenings with leaders in the field and providing organizational and professional development opportunities and informational resources.

Created by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1960, and continued and expanded to the present day with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, NYSCA is an agency of the Executive Branch of the New York State Government. For more information on NYSCA, please visit: www.arts.ny.gov. 

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11/22/2019

Sana Nagano's Atomic Pigeons | November 24 Preview

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Sana Nagano by Peter Gannushkin
Sana Nagano's Atomic Pigeons

November 24, 2019 3:00pm
The Clemente, Room 203
​107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002

​Free Admission


Violinist Sana Nagano presents her group Atomic Pigeons with guitarist Keisuke Matsuno, drummer Paolo Cantarella, and bassist Tyler Luppi on November 24 at the Clemente. These free performances are a great opportunity to introduce friends and family to improvisation!

Sana Nagano, Keisuke Matsuno, Paolo Cantarella, Tyler Luppi in 2019. Video by Sana Nagano
The inspiration behind Atomic Pigeons, in Nagano's words:

"I wanted to write my compositions that I can take time to really figure out what I like to write. I wanted us to rehearse as much as we can to make our sounds strong and unique. I just wanted to develop my own, kind of nerdy hardcore sounds and the world so bad because, that could be fun."

Sana Nagano has been a mainstay of free jazz giant Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra and world-renowned, innovative percussionist Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra. Nagano also worked with Joseph Jarman, Yusef  Lateef, William Parker, Daniel Carter, Oliver Lake, and many more.

“Nagano is the kind of improviser that recalls the very best of avant-jazz-rock violin, resurrecting the spirit of Billy Bang, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and the full breadth of modernism all in one. Nagano’s acoustic violin is clean, cutting, sinewy, regal, magical. Yet nothing seems to please her more than ripping into a lightning bolt like, electric sounding improvisation using her pedals intermittently. This die-hard improviser grew from many years of formal classical and jazz training, all put to excellent use. She clearly musses the conservatory up with the intentional/unintentional chaos and musical play in the best imaginable way.” - John Pietaro (Dissident Arts)

Sana Nagano - violin / Keisuke Matsuno - guitar / Paolo Cantarella - drums / Tyler Luppi - bass

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These free Sunday afternoon concerts are designed to give audience members an inside look into how performers approach improvisation.  The final 15 minutes of each performance encourage audience participation, building off of themes introduced by the artists.  Children are welcome and will be provided with simple drawing materials.
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11/21/2019

Thank You | Patricia's Birthday Celebration

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The Music was Inspired. The Art was Beautiful. The Poetry was Profound. The Dance was Patricia Nicholson in community.

We rejoiced together. We had cake, fine wine, and delicious food. 

We did this together and we raised some money.

Thanks to all who attended our birthday celebration and benefit, in recognition of our Founder and Artistic Director, Patricia Nicholson Parker. If you were there, you experienced the heart of this community. In performing, the musicians exhibited a depth, commitment, and a unified statement in support for the woman who started it all and has continued to make it happen, staying strong, for decades.

We are grateful to New York City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, her chief of staff Pedro Carrillo, and staff member Sheila Rodriguez for presenting Patricia with a citation in recognition of her work in service to the cultural community, and the community at large.

Thank you,

Todd Nicholson
Executive Director, Arts for Art

Photos by Eva Kapanadze

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11/13/2019

Yoni Kretzmer | November 17 Preview

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Yoni Kretzmer, Shanir Blumenkranz, Randy Peterson
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November 17, 2019 3:00pm
The Clemente, Room 203
​107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002

​Free Admission


Tenor saxophonist Yoni Kretzmer​ presents a trio with bassist Shanir Blumenkranz and drummer Randy Peterson on November 17 at the Clemente. These free performances are a great opportunity to introduce friends and family to improvisation!

Yoni Kretzmer and Shanir Blumenkranz with Weasel Walter, Kenny Warren at Legion, 2018. By Don Mount.
Since moving to New York City in 2010, Yoni Kretzmer has made a major impact as a musician and community builder.  As a saxophonist and composer, Kretzmer has lead groups and played with musicians like William Parker, Roy Campbell, Chad Taylor, Steve Swell, Weasel Walter, John Hebert among many others.  Originally from Israel, the saxophonist came up through the Tel Aviv music scene and has been working to bridge a connection between the scenes of his two homes. Kretzmer’s vision for a transnational creative community has materialized through his own OutNow record label and concert series.  Both projects focus on collaborations between New York and Tel Aviv musicians, and represents a way in which Kretzmer feels he can personally contribute to helping fertilize and grow the creative music landscape on a larger scale. 

While New York has always been a creative hotbed for free jazz and creative music, smaller cities like Tel Aviv can greatly benefit from the sort of connection which OutNow fosters, using the additional visibility to overcome isolation and assist musicians with growing new connections across borders.  

Kretzmer has also been a great friend and asset to Arts for Art, having helped to curate the Evolving music series for the past several years. 

For this performance on November 17, Kretzmer invites bassist Shanir Blumenkranz, (best known for his work with Cyro Baptista and John Zorn), and drummer Randy Peterson (known for his work with Joe and Mat Maneri). 

Bring your friends, family, and children, meet someone new and build community this Sunday afternoon. 

Yoni Kretzmer - tenor saxophone / Shanir Blumenkranz - bass / Randy Peterson - drums

Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
These free Sunday afternoon concerts are designed to give audience members an inside look into how performers approach improvisation.  The final 15 minutes of each performance encourage audience participation, building off of themes introduced by the artists.  Children are welcome and will be provided with simple drawing materials.
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11/5/2019

Mara Rosenbloom's Flyways | November 3 Preview

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Mara Rosenbloom by Clara Pereira/JazzTrail
Flyways
Mara Rosenbloom, Adam Lane, Anaïs Maviel
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November 10, 2019 3:00pm
The Clemente, Room 203
​107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002

​Free Admission


Pianist Mara Rosenbloom​ presents her trio Flyways with Anaïs Maviel and guest bassist Ken Filiano on November 10 at the Clemente. These free performances are a great opportunity to introduce friends and family to improvisation!

Flyways performing at Ibeam in 2018. By Don Mount.
Pianist Mara Rosenbloom was introduced to the Arts for Art community through her mentors Connie Crothers and Cooper-Moore, and her trio project Flyways was assembled after meeting vocalist/percussionist Anaïs Maviel at an AFA event. Flyways has embraced both fully improvised and composition based music making, but always leaves room to redirect, reconfigure, and reinterpret as determined by group interaction. 

The unique presence of the Surdo drum over a trap drumset contributes to a strong sense of rhythm and groove while freeing up space for a full group texture. Bassist Ken Filiano, who makes his first appearance with the group, is known for his virtuosity and ability to adapt to any musical situation.

Rosenbloom will be guiding the flight from the piano, and has prepared new music for this performance.
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Mara Rosenbloom - piano / Anaïs Maviel - voice, surdo / Ken Filiano - bass​

Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
These free Sunday afternoon concerts are designed to give audience members an inside look into how performers approach improvisation.  The final 15 minutes of each performance encourage audience participation, building off of themes introduced by the artists.  Children are welcome and will be provided with simple drawing materials.
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Board
    • Vision Circle
    • AFA Artists
    • Programs
    • Safe(r) Space Code of Conduct
    • Annual Reports
  • EDUCATION
    • Visionary Youth Orchestra (11-18)
    • Music is Mine (K-8)
  • EVENTS
    • On_Line Salons
    • Amina Claudine Myers Birthday Celebration
    • Screening Vision
    • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
    • Vision Festival Healing Soul
    • ARTIST DIARIES
    • Panel Discussions
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • 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
      • 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 >
        • 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
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