Arts For Art / Vision

Arts For Art Presents: Vision: A heART to RESIST At Roulette Intermedium, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY June 2-7, 2025 artsforart.org/vision Tuesday     June 3 6:30 PM     Miriam Parker - dance, video art 7:00 PM     gabby fluke-mogul’s Thread:  gabby fluke-mogul, Charles Burnham - violin /  Luke Stewart - bass / Tcheser Holmes - drums 8:00 PM     Amirtha Kidambi Elder Ones: Amirtha Kidambi - voice / Alfredo Colon - tenor / Lester St Louis - cello / Matt Nelson - sax, electronics /  Jason Nazary - drums 9:00 PM.     Ellen Christi’s Flux in Chaos:  Ellen Christi - voice / Cooper-Moore - multi-instrument / William Parker - bass / TA Thompson - drums / Patricia Nicholson  text, movement 10:00 PM   Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble : Portraits of Sonic Freedom Nicole Mitchell - flute, composition / Jammes Brandon Lewis - tenor / Caroline Davis - alto sax / Christopher Williams - trumpet / Maia vocals - harp / Angelica Sanchez - piano Luke Stewart - bass / Val Jeanty - elec, percussion / JoVia Armstrong - perc. About the Vision Festival In 1996 Patricia Nicholson Parker put on the First Annual Vision Festival, presented at The Learning Alliance on Lafayette near Houston. The idea was to bring together luminaries from the different creative music scenes and, for the first time since the Sound Unity Festivals in the mid ‘80s, celebrate the important African American leaders of the music. Featuring artist Milford Graves, that first Vision Festival was unique in its multi-arts focus featuring poets such as Amiri Baraka, dancers such as Rod Rogers, and visual artists such as Jeff Schlanger, in collaboration with the music. Each year the Vision Festival also brought attention to issues of social justice by curating panel discussions, such as “Decolonizing the Music: Reclaiming the Power of Creative Music in Communities of Color” or “How Funding Affects Creative Choices.” In its totality the Vision Festival created and guaranteed a space for improvisation as a leading creative language, heralded as “one of New York’s most essential art events” (New York Times). In the current political and cultural climate, Arts for Art’s credo is felt more strongly than ever – using powerful music and art as expressions of commitment to life and justice. Past festival titles have included A Vision Against Violence, Avant Jazz For Peace, Studies in Freedom, The Revolution Continues, The Creative Option and Take a Stand. The Vision Festival continues to honor and amplify the careers of legendary artists that are too often under-appreciated, such as Milford Graves, Kidd Jordan, Sam Rivers, Amina Claudine Myers, Connie Crothers, and many others.