Arts for Art Family Gathering 2023

Source: ARTS FOR ART.

ARTS FOR ART’S ANNUAL FAMILY GATHERING
A Joyful Celebration of Art & Community and a Prayer for Peace
Friday, November 17, 2023
at The Clemente, Flamboyan Theater, 107 Suffolk St. near Delancey, NYC

Arts for Art’s annual fundraiser and celebration of our visionary community, the Family Gathering, will take place at The Clemente on November 17th. The event signifies the kickoff of Artists & Friends, AFA’s year-end donor appeal. Artists & Friends was initiated in 2014 by AFA Artist, Cooper-Moore, in an impassioned plea to fellow artists to support AFA and amplify the need for audience & friends to extend their support as well. This year’s Family Gathering will include a bake off, performances by our Music is Mine youth program, William Parker’s 20-piece band: Huey’s Pocket Watch & Spirit Voices, and much more!

William Parker’s latest project, Huey’s Pocket Watch & Spirit Voices, premiered to an enthusiastic audience at his residency at FourOneOne in Williamsburg. The group features a multigenerational, all star cast of improvisers, working deeply to explore the sonic possibilities of Parker’s latest work. Arts for Art’s Music is Mine Youth Band represents AFA’s commitment to bringing this music to new generations of aspiring musicians.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, November 17th, 2023

6PM: Video Art and Silent Auction featuring works by Oliver Lake, William Parker, Amir Bey, Jo Wood Brown, Katy Martin & Miriam Parker plus sculptures by Amir Bey and Banners by Mincho Vega

6:30PM: Music is Mine Youth Band under the direction of Dave Sewelson

7PM: Oliver Lake – poetry

7:30PM: Bake Off Judging and Bake Sale

8:30PM: Melanie Dyer w/ Andrew Lamb, Mara Rosenbloom, Juan Pablo Carletti

9PM: Monique Ngozi-Nri & Ahmed Abdullah

9:30PM: William Parker: Huey’s Pocket Watch & Spirit Voices

Rob Brown, Aakash Mittal, Devin Brahja Waldman – alto

Isaiah Barr, Alfredo Colon – tenor

Dave Sewelson, Jennifer Simone – baritone

Heru Shabaka-Ra – trumpet

Masahiko Kono, Colin Babcock – trombone

Colson Jimenez – bass

Hans Young Binter – piano

Juan Pablo Carletti – drums

Mshindi Williams – percussion

Spirit Voices: Ellen Christi / Kyoko Kitamura / Patricia Nicholson / DoYeon Kim