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VISION FESTIVAL SPECIAL EDITION

ABOUT ARTS FOR ART

TO HEAL A BROKEN SOUL

IT MAY SEEM CRAZY to think that we can Heal this broken world. Who are we to do

this? But to accept this dark time as normal, to not try to heal this world, what darkness will we

then find ourselves in? How long can we whistle a happy tune and think that it has gone. To depend

only on the literal, getting out the votes, getting in a better politician — YES YES we must do this, but

don’t we really need more? Don’t we need to Heal our Souls? To make our world better, by believing in the value of uniqueness and diversity? Let us engage in the power of intentional art and acts of compassion, truth telling and fearless forgiving acts of love.

We offer you this moment, to gather, to listen, to watch, to participate with your heart and soul to the most beautiful music and words that we can bring to you, so that you can be lifted up, so that you will be able to help lift up others.

— Patricia Nicholson Parker

Founded in 1996, Arts For Art (AFA) is a New York City tax exempt organization. It is part of the great tradition of aesthetic and social liberation that constitutes black social life. Emerging from the FreeJazz movement of the 1960s and ‘70s, AFA is committed to socially conscious, innovative creativity and to the diversity of its leadership, membership and audiences.

Vote for the Earth • Vote for Truth • Vote for Equity

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Panel | Jazz Response to Humanity in Crisis

JD Allen, Gerald Cleaver, Amirtha Kidambi, Arturo O’Farrill William Parker, Fay Victor. Moderated by Patricia Nicholson

trumpet and piano - Wadada Leo Smith

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5:00Patricia Nicholson – text, movement, voiceVoices: Ellen Christi, Jean Carla Rodea, Amirtha Kidambi, Andrea WolperAva Mendoza - guitar Val Jeanty - electronics, percussion

The Healing Force

4:00Hamid Drake – drums Brandon Lopez – bassJames Brandon Lewis – tenor sax Alexis Marcelo – keyboards

OPEN SPACE

5:00Fay Victor - voice, composition Mazz Swift – violin / Chris Williams - trumpet Luke Stewart – bass / Jason Nazary - drums

Fay Victor Mutations for Justice

6:00Amina Claudine Myers – keyboards Jerome Harris – bass, voiceReggie Nicholson - drums

Amina Claudine Myers Trio

6:00Lee Mixashawn Rozie – saxophones, voice, mandolin Rick Rozie – bass Royal Hartigan – drums

Afro-Algonquin Trio

7:00Oliver Lake - alto sax Jared Gold - organ Freddie Hendrix – trumpet Chris Beck- drums

Oliver Lake Organ Quartet

SATURDAY OCT 10

LIVE OUTDOORS IN LA PLAZA AT THE CLEMENTE

FRIDAY OCT 9

Photos from top: THF: Eva Kapanadze, NA, NA, MoonLasso, Ken Weiss, NA, Frank Rubolino; A-AT: Eva Kapanadze (2), Nina Gross; Oliver Lake Quartet: Eva Kapanadze, Ken Weiss, NA, Dave Kaufman; OS: Peter Gannushkin, Eva Kapanadze, Robert Sutherland Cohen, Eva Kapanadze; FVMJ: Eva Kapanadze (2), Luciano Rossetti; ACMT: Scott Friedlander, Clara Pereira, Todd Nicholson.

MONDAY OCT 12

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4:00Bill Frisell -guitar

David Virelles – pianoBen Street – bass

Andrew Cyrille - drums

William Parker - bass Rob Brown – alto sax

James Brandon Lewis – tenor sax Cooper-Moore – keyboards

Hamid Drake - drums

Andrew Cyrille Quartet

4:00David Murray - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet

Luke Stewart – bassRonnie Burrage – drums

David Murray Trio

6:00Gerald Cleaver - drums

Darius Jones - alto saxophone Brandon Seabrook - guitar

Cooper-Moore – keyboards Brandon Lopez - bass

Gerald Cleaver’s Black Host

William Parker’s In Order to Survive Quintet

5:30 poetry - Tyehimba Jess

5:30 poetry - LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

SUNDAY OCT 11

Photos from top: ACQ: Peter Gannushkin, Romulo Santo, Marek Lazarski, PaulMoore; TJ: John Midgley; GCBH: Eva Kapanadze (2), NA, Ken Weiss, Frank Rubolino; DMT: Guadalupe Ruiz, Eva Kapanadze, Dave Kaufman; LNND: Don Mount; WPIOTS: Frank Rubolino, NA, Peter Gannushkin, Richard Conde, Eva Kapanadze