Vision Festival
vision festival world premier festival experimental music typically free jazzavantgarde jazz art film dance held annually mayjune lower east side new york city brooklyn returning manhattan usually consists thirty sixty performance spread number day inspired sound unity festival direct outgrowth seminal shortlived improvisors collective – collective founder dancerchoreographer patricia nicholson parker staged first vision festival learning alliance lafayette street subsequently founded notforprofit art art inc organize festival annual basis along event concert series throughout year addition nicholson parker member art art board director include hal connolly patricia ali jo wood brown whit dickey judy gage patricia nicholson parker william parker todd nicholson patricia wilkins year festival taken place numerous venue including angel orensanz center art st nicholas myra church basement new age cabaret formerly known electric circus knitting factory st patrick youth center cbgb clemente soto vélez cultural center abrons art center roulette intermedium judson memorial church list artist performed vision festival long varied including david ware coopermoore sam river frank lowe abbey rader daniel carter william parker roy campbell jr hamid drake nicole mitchell rob brown kidd jordan henry grime marc ribot chad taylor rashied ali joe mcphee jason kao hwang jayne cortez fred anderson matthew shipp billy bang eddie gale whit dickey amiri baraka roscoe mitchell steve lacy dj spooky yo la tengo peter kowald peter brötzmann cat power louis moholo among others festival also often feature special event performance reunion revolutionary ensemble performed publicly together almost thirty year art art inc multicultural artistinitiated artistrun organization whose purpose build awareness understanding avantjazz related expressive movement principal activity presentation cutting edge music multidiscipline performance exhibition visual art installation art art devoted presentation experimental american music afroamerican perspective tradition avantjazz direct outgrowth jazz historically africanamerican music gone world wide gained audience artist culture programming multiracial reflecting development avantjazz multicultural art form yet respect encourage root music essentially black art art support diversity music dance art idea embrace improvisation mean transform artist audience mission statement art art dedicated exceptional creativity originated african american multiarts jazz culture utilizes improvisation express larger positive dream inclusion freedom official vision festival website