Visual Art Installation Breaking Free Coming Home Celebrating 25 Years of Vision
At The Clemente La Plaza
Saturdays and Sunday JULY 24-25 & 31
Vision 25 Art at The Clemente in La Plaza is a celebration of our diverse and unique cultures. When seen together they are also a cry for justice, for the visibility of all our people. The work is steeped in personal spirituality and awareness.
Metal sculptures:
Amir Bey’s 4 galvanized metal pieces are in progress for Vision 25. The number 4 determined how the 4 pieces interact. Inspired by the social theme, the project evolved to 4 individuals, 2 female, 2 male, whose textures and interactions suggest the movements and energies between people as individuals and as an ensemble.
Jackson Krall’s bells like vines will wind around and invite playing
Banners
Mincho Vega’s paintings made into lifesize banners portray iconic figures and symbols that speak of his roots in El Salvador and his life in the US, Together they also. speak a proud defiance.
Jeff Schlanger CHILE NEW YORK GAZA 2021 - a continuing wall of stoneware ceramic Faces fired in New York, presented as an 8 x 12-foot photomural in collaboration with photographer J. Maya Luz.
Totems
Jackson Krall, Jo Wood-Brown, Jean Carla Rodea, William Parker each will design 7 foot totems that honor our unique and collective heritage. They will line the aisles in La Plaza and are designed to lift the minds and spirits.
Live Painting at Pioneer Works and The Clemente
Jeff Schlanger, Jorgo Schaeffer and Bill Mazza over the decades have been blurring the boundaries between listening and creating, each in their own unique style.
Curation: This year’s festival has a large visual component curated by three women artists: Patricia Nicholson, the festival founder, Jean Carla Rodea, and Jo Wood-Brown, all three are artists who work across media and disciplines.
Saturday July 24
The Clemente, La Plaza Outdoors - 114 Norfolk St, New York NY 10002
5pm Creative Vision Youth Ensemble
6pm Composers Workshop Ensemble
Warren Smith – drums, percussion
Lineup TBA
7pm ElectroFLUTTER
Fay Victor – voice, compositions / Nicole Mitchell – flute / Jamaaladeen Tacuma – bass guitar
8pm Morris / Smith
Tracie Morris - poetry / Cecilia Smith - vibes
8:30pm Joe Morris & Tomas Fujiwara
Joe Morris - guitar / Tomas Fujiwara - drums
9:30pm Tony Malaby's Sabino Quartet
Tony Malaby - tenor, soprano saxophones / Ben Monder - guitar / Michael Formanek - bass / Tom Rainey - drums
Sunday July 25
The Clemente, La Plaza Outdoors - 114 Norfolk St, New York NY 10002
6pm Whit Dickey Trio
Whit Dickey - drums / Rob Brown - alto saxophone / Mat Maneri - viola
7pm Pheeroan akLaff Liberation Unit
Pheeroan akLaff - drums / Adegoke Steve Colson - piano / Michael Gregory Jackson - guitar
8pm Raymond Nat Turner
Raymond Nat Turner - poetry
8:30pm Third Landing
Ava Mendoza - guitar / Abiodun Oyewole - spoken word / Devin Brahja Waldman – horns / Alexis Marcelo – keyboards / Luke Stewart - bass / Ches Smith - drums
9:30PM James Blood Ulmer ODYSSEY
James Blood Ulmer - guitar / Charles Burnham - violin / Warren Benbow - drums
Saturday July 31
The Clemente, La Plaza Outdoors - 114 Norfolk St, New York NY 10002
Tributes to Milford Graves
6pm Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille - drum set
7pm Joe McPhee Octet Tribute to Milford Graves
Warren Smith – vibes / Jay Rosen – drums/ Brandon Lopez, Michael Bisio– bass
James Keepnews – guitar / Jason Kao Hwang, Rosie Hertlein – violin / Joseph McPhee – reeds, brass
8pm Shahzad Ismaily
Shahzad Ismaily - multiple instruments
8:15pm John Zorn
John Zorn - alto saxophone
8:30pm Tribute to Milford Graves
William Parker - bass / Lee Mixashawn Rozie - woodwinds / D.D. Jackson - piano / William Hooker - drums / Francisco Mela - drums
9:30pm Drum, Horn, and Dance Tribute to Milford Graves
