A Celebration of FreeJazz and Community
Food prepared by AFA Chefs: Hope Carr, Marcellus Holton, Shashanka
December 6 @ 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
This is a FUNdraiser: Donations from $25-$1,000
Food & Beverages/Auction: Jeff Schlanger posters
Film: The Clay Art of Jeff Schlanger CHILE•NEW YORK•AfghanIRAQ (34:00) this is a visual-sonic meditation on his Wall of 400 Faces (on war).
Break
Melanie Dyer, Kyoko Kitamura
Bake Off: Judging and Bake Sale
Miriam Parker, Luke Stewart + Trae Crudup III
Award Ceremony: For years of great music and support of community
Steve Swell
Aresh Javadi – for years of support of community gardens
Councilman Chris Marte for Supporting our neighborhood and our interests
Steve Swell, Rob Brown, Juan Pablo Carletti
No Land – Poet & Oliver Ray – Pianist
William Parker leads PocketWatch Extended & Spirit Voices:
Rob Brown, Aakash Mittal, Devin Brahja Waldman – alto
Alfredo Colon, Isaiah Barr – tenor
Dave Sewelson – baritone
Diego Hedez – trumpet
Masahiko Kono, Colin Babcock – trombone
Luke Stewart, Colson Jimenez – bass
Hans Young Binter – piano
Juan Pablo Carletti / Trae Crudup / TA Thompson / Michael Wimberly – percussion
Spirit Voices: Ellen Christi / Kyoko Kitamura / Patricia Nicholson / Lisa Sokolov/ Amirtha Kidambi
Honoring Jeff Schlanger (musicWitness®)
Arts for Art’s annual Family Gathering will take place on the 2nd floor of The Clemente in Teatro LaTea on Friday, December 6th. This event kicks off the Artists & Friends annual fundraising campaign. All funds raised will support Arts for Art and the Improvised Creative Arts. It will be a gathering of the community celebrating love, unbridled creativity, and the creative legacy of the great Jeff Schlanger, musicWitness®.
The focus of Family Gathering will be: Love of Community and Empowerment. It is more important than ever that AFA stands firmly in our ideals with eyes wide-open to the dangers that are present and the danger that lies ahead. Secondly, we are equally committed to love and joy.
This celebration is an affirmation of life, creativity, positive action, empowerment, diversity, and common humanity. When you contribute to Arts for Art, you are helping ensure a vital future for this amazing art and community. Let’s come together to create a world that we want to live in.
Food will be prepared by AFA Chefs: Hope Carr, Marcellus Holton, & Shashanka.
