Partnerships

VisionIntoArt is constantly building new relationships in the communities in which we thrive.

We believe that artists have a role as public intellectuals, an integral place in the fabric of society. Leading with this philosophy, we do not limit our collaborations to projects with individual artists. Instead, we reach out and work with other leading organizations and non-profits to help bring the arts to wider audiences, not only through performance, but in education and discourse as well. We believe in building partnerships as a way to further the arts and in turn, our own artistic expression.

VIA is delighted to partner with Sound Res

Sound Res is an international residency program for contemporary music and art in Salento, Italy. Executive Director Alessandra Pomarico curates alongside artistic curator David Cossin and curator Luigi Negro. VisionIntoArt has been fortunate to appear twice at Sound Res for the development of Body Maps and Oceanic Verses. www.soundres.org. More projects in the works. Stay tuned!

VIA is delighted to partner with two incredible organizations in 21c Liederabend, our biyearly program.

Beth Morrison Projects / Visit Site »

Beth Morrison Projects commissions, develops, and produces contemporary music-theatre works in the form of opera, musical, song-cycle, dance, theatre, film, mixed media works, and new forms waiting to be discovered.

Founded in 2006 to identify and support the work of emerging and established composers and their multi-media collaborators, Beth Morrison Projects encourages risk-taking, creating a structure for developing new work that is unique to the artist and where artists feel safe to experiment and push boundaries. In four years time, the company’s critically acclaimed work has been seen throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in some of the world’s premier venues, including Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Kitchen, Performance Space 122, the Estates National Theater of Prague, The Seoul Performing Arts Festival, New York Public Library Live!, The Dia: Beacon Museum, The New York Musical Theater Festival, Le Poisson Rouge, Music on McDougal, and The Walker Art Center. BMP has garnered support from the Map fund, Department of Cultural Affairs, Puffin Foundation, the Goldman Foundation, the Anna Sosenko Assist Trust, the Barbara Bell Cumming Foundation, and The Trust for Mutual Understanding, and has received critical acclaim from The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out New York, Variety, National Public Radio, and New York Magazine.

“Beth Morrison, a producer who specializes in facilitating ambitious avant-garde collaborations … deserve[s] credit for envisioning new possibilities and finding ways to facilitate their realization.” —The New York Times, April, 2010

“Over the past few years, she and her company, Beth Morrison Projects, have developed a reputation for the kind of passionate advocacy that’s able to turn artists’ craziest ideas into box office successes.” —The New York Observer, April 27, 2010

“Beth Morrison, a producer who specializes in facilitating ambitious avant-garde collaborations … deserve[s] credit for envisioning new possibilities and finding ways to facilitate their realization.” —The New York Times, April 4, 2010

“Morrison is a big underground force on the New York scene, developing events that transcend styles and genres. ” —The New Yorker, May 25, 2010

“The enterprising outfit Beth Morrison Projects…” — Time Out New York, April, 2009

Opera On Tap / Visit Site »

OOT’s mission is to bring opera to new audiences by performing in bars, rock concert halls, and other alternative spaces and at the same time promote young professional singers and instrumentalists in their artistic development.

At Opera on Tap the artist is given an opportunity to communicate the joy and exuberance they feel in the music by getting away from the stuffy atmosphere of the concert hall or educational institution. Performers are allowed to let their hair down, wear jeans, drink beer and try out new repertoire. Providing the artist and the audience with “room to breathe” draws in new listeners who respond to the honesty and energy of the performances. Born in the backroom of a Brooklyn divebar in 2005, Opera on Tap has gained national press recognition, several performance residencies across the city, and regional Chapters in New Orleans, Chicago, Ann Arbor, MI, and most recently Atlanta. In addition to 21c Liederabend, OOT hosts a new music concert series called New Brew at Barbes in Brooklyn the first Friday of every other month and quarterly co-produces the critically acclaimed Opera Grows in Brooklyn in collaboration with longtime partners American Opera Projects.

VIA has collaborated with the American Composers Orchestra and Young Audiences NY for our education program, Young Visionaries, at Brandeis High School in NYC.

American Composers Orchestra / Visit Site »

Now in its 33rd season, American Composers Orchestra (ACO) is the only orchestra in the world dedicated to the creation, performance, preservation, and promulgation of music by American composers.

ACO identifies today’s brightest emerging composers, champions prominent established composers as well as those lesser-known, and increases regional, national, and international awareness of the infinite variety of American orchestral music, reflecting geographic, stylistic, and temporal diversity. ACO also serves as an incubator of ideas, research, and talent; as a catalyst for growth and change among orchestras; and as an advocate for American composers and their music. To date, ACO has performed music by 600 American composers, including more than 200 world premieres and newly commissioned works.

Young Audiences NY / Visit Site »

Young Audiences Arts for Learning, founded in 1952, is the nation’s leading source of arts-in-education services.

Their mission and goal is to help make the arts an essential part of young people’s education. Young Audiences advances the artistic and educational development of children and youth by bringing them together with professional artists of all disciplines to learn, create and participate in the arts.