Since 2001, when we moved in, 292 Lefferts Ave. had been a typical Brooklyn railroad apartment: hallway, three rooms, tiny kitchen. I did a lot of practicing, rehearsals, private sessions, and recordings, but it all happened in the basement where there is a small room. Much transcendent music was made down there, but afterwards I regularly felt that it was a shame that the New York music audience couldn’t hear it, and wasn’t even aware of it.

Alissa Schwartz’ book, Organizational Performance Art: Holding Space for Joy and Possibility, is being co-published by Impeller Press and Continuum’s Different Track Productions. The book will be released on October 17, 2023.

Continuum Culture & Arts – through the International Cultural Exchange Program, Soup & Sound, and our new line of activity with artists in Africa – is providing support for our friend and collaborator, saxophonist / clarinetist / video producer, LEE ODOM.

In October, 2021 Andrew Drury and Continuum received a $40,000 Jazz Road Creative Residencies grant from South Arts. The funds supported the formation of a new percussion quintet, The Forest–featuring Gustavo Aguilar, Leah Bowden, Andrew Drury, Lesley Mok, and Michael Wimberly–and activities in five geographic regions including rehearsals, performances, workshops, and a recording.

During the summer of 2021 an opportunity arose for Continuum to pursue a pie in the sky idea when friends at the Orchard Hill non-profit and land trust in East Alstead, New Hampshire put out a call for new ideas for how they could further their mission of social equity and environmental sustainability.

In July, 2022 Continuum partnered with the German organization Sonic Exchange to present a sound installation and a series of performances and interviews at Documenta, one of the world’s largest art festivals,  taking place every five years in the city of Kassel, in Germany.