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        • Joëlle Léandre: Life - Struggle - Music
        • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
        • MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS
        • Connie Crothers Tribute
        • 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
      • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
      • 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 >
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        • In Gardens 2016
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Arts for Art Board of Directors & Staff


Board of Directors

William Parker
William Parker, AFA Interim Board Chair,
Mr. Parker ​is a musician, author, organizer and educator living in the Lower East Side since 1975. He is a central figure in the creative jazz scene. 
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Patricia Ali, AFA Board Treasurer, is the co-owner with her husband Rashied Ali of the famous Ali’s Alley (part of the loft era).
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Jo Wood-Brown
 Jo Wood-Brown, AFA Board Secretary, is an NYC based painter / installation and multimedia artist. She has supported AFA since its inception.
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Tom Carhart, AFA Board Member, has long experience in managing equity and fixed-income portfolios, especially for not-for-profit institutions, wealthy family groups, Japanese insurance companies, and European mutual funds.
David Kreuter
David Kreuter, AFA Board Member, is the founder and president of VM Resources Ltd., a technology consulting and education firm specializing in mainframe computers. ​
Whit Dickey

Whit Dickey, AFA Board Member, was the first important donor for Arts for Art and the Vision Festival.  It was his vision that helped make the festival a reality.  
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Fred Moten, AFA Board Member, teaches courses and conducts research in black studies, performance studies, poetics and critical theory.  He is a professor in the Department of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
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Urania Mylonas, AFA Board Member, is the Deputy Director of Strategic Donor Relations and Stewardship at Columbia University.

Advisory Board

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 Nana Carmen Ashhurst is an independent   filmmaker and former hip hop entertainment executive who is currently fundraising for major non-profits.

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Nabil Ayers is a music industry entrepreneur, writer and musician. He was twice named one of Billboard Magazine's Indie Power Players (2019 and 2020). He co-founded Seattle’s Sonic Boom Records store, founded the independent record labels The Control Group and Valley of Search, and has published pieces in The New York Times, NPR, People, GQ, Huffington Post and The Root.

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Gregory Cohen is a Senior Associate at Cause Effective where he provides coaching and training to board & staff. ​

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Herman Milligan Jr., is a managing partner at the Fulton Group. He has experience in non-profits through board service, commission/task force participation, consulting, and grant review panels for national, regional, and local arts granting organizations.

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Sandeep Mehta is Chief Technology Officer at The Hartford.
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Anthony Jermaine Ross-Allam is a doctoral candidate at Union Theological Seminary. While researching the social ecology of extralegal violence against Afro-Americans Jermaine also studies how the arts can serve as a driving force for social change. ​

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Deborah Steinglass provides coaching for artists and arts leaders, and strategic planning and advisory services to small and mid-sized arts organizations. Prior to launching her new set of offerings to the field, Deborah was Development Director and Interim CEO at New Music USA for seven years. She also served as the Executive Director of The Jazz Gallery from 2009 to 2013. 

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Bradford Smith is Visiting Professional at the University of Michigan's Center for Social Solutions.  Previously, Brad served as President of Foundation Center, as a vice president of the Ford Foundation and as President of the Oak Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. With degrees in music history, musicology and economics, Brad is currently a board member of the Tinker Foundation and the International Center for Transitional Justice .

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Anita Romero Warren is Deputy Director of the Weeksville Heritage Center. She has served on the Queens Borough President’s African American Heritage Committee, the Queens General Assembly and as an Advisory Board Member for the Queens Educational Opportunity Center and Youth Court of Queens County.


Staff

Patricia Nicholson- founder, artistic director (LinkedIn)
Todd Nicholson - executive director (LinkedIn)
Tabitha Sukhai - communications manager (LinkedIn)
Danilo Powell-Lima - community development coordinator (LinkedIn)
Eriq Robinson - administrative assistant & streaming technician
Bill Mazza
- graphic design and branding
Michael Lucio Sternbach - video documenting and editing
Nathan Chamberlain - social media marketing intern


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
    • Vision Festival 2023, New York City
    • Vision Festival 2023 Conferences
    • Edward "Kidd" Jordan Memorial Concert
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • Joëlle Léandre: Life - Struggle - Music
        • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
        • MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS
        • Connie Crothers Tribute
        • 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
      • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
      • 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