Bassist and composer James Ilgenfritz (2011 AIR) returns to ISSUE, joined by Joe McPhee and AC Diamond for their first performance as a trio. This event marks a new shared context for three artists deeply invested in improvisation as a mode of inquiry.
ISSUE presents the premiere of three audiovisual compositions by Matt Mottel (2010 AIR). These works bring Mottel’s distinct artistic sensibility into dialogue with formative figures in his life and in New York’s avant-garde, tracing a lineage that is both deeply personal and central to ISSUE’s history.
Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
ISSUE’s 2026 Winter Season Opening concert, After Nan Shepherd, co-presented with Brooklyn Music School is a work of chamber music composed by 2011 ISSUE AIR, Nate Wooley.
ISSUE Project Room closes its 2025 season with Light of Day, a new work-in-progress by cellist and co-founder of the Books, Paul de Jong, presented with longtime friend and collaborator Beth Daunis.
ISSUE Members, press, and special guests are invited to an exclusive artist talk and preview of Light of Day, a new work-in-progress by Paul de Jong and Beth Daunis.
Artists-In-Residence 2025
Expanding his "Live Painting Music" series, 2025 Artist-In-Residence Jackson-Pratt presents the culminating commission of his ISSUE residency at MITU580.
Artists-In-Residence 2025
沿光苍穹 / The Ever-Reaching, Luminescent Horizon is the culminating commission of 2025 Artist-In-Residence Qiujiang Levi Lu, joined by violinist Scott Congyu Li as Warp Duo.
2025 Artist-In-Residence Zosha Warpeha returns this Fall to a solo format to investigate questions of stillness, suspension, and vulnerability in her performance practice.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2025
2025 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Kenneth Jiménez presents the first live performance of Jardineros (“Gardeners”), concluding his year-long fellowship.
