Creative Freedom: A Salon Experience

Grounds For Sculpture partners with Third Way Cultural Alliance to present Creative Freedom: A Salon Experience featuring Marshall Allen, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, and Jamaaladeen Tacuma.

The evening will feature new music from the legendary Marshall Allen from Sun Ra Arkestra and avant-garde bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma.  Allen and Tacuma will debut new music from Allen’s unreleased album 101: An Audio Odyssey, within Salvador Jiménez-Flores’s exhibition Raíces & Resistencias. The evening will ebb and flow between live performances and intimate conversation with the musicians and artist, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, discussing the importance of creative freedom, moderated by Nicole Sweeney of WRTI radio. Cash bar with light bites available at the Van Gogh Cafe. Cafe closes at 9:30PM.

Exclusive first copies of 101: An Audio Odyssey are available for purchase with your ticket and will be on sale at the event. Please note, copies of the album are limited, pre-orders are encouraged. No cameras or recordings are allowed. Guests are welcome to explore the gardens before the program.

Speaker and Supporter Bios

Artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores speaking in front of his mural 'Memoria, Tierra, Trabajo: A Glimpse of the Semiquincentennial.

Show Flow:

  • 6:30-7:30PM Member Mingle
  • 7PM Door open for the public
  • 7:30PM Event begins (2.5 hours)
  • 10PM Close

Member Mingle

Join us for a member-exclusive social with light refreshments in the Member Lounge from 6:30-7:30pm before the main event (7:30-10pm). The Member Mingle is included with member registration for main event. Not a GFS member? Click here to become one today.

Program accessibility information available.

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