norte maar for collaborative projects in the arts

NM is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization founded in 2004 by curator Jason Andrew and choreographer Julia K. Gleich with a founding mission to create, promote, and present collaborations among the visual, literary and performing arts, connecting emerging artistic communities and uniting cultural forces to foster artistic expression and raise the imaginative energy in us all.

institutional support

Through the years Norte Maar has been supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, the 2012 JPMorgan Chase Regrant Program, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC), and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).

individual support

Thank you to our past and present supporters who make Norte Maar tick:

John Avelluto, John Gabriel Baber, Nancy Baker, Brooklyn Ballet, Joan Baron, Jackie Battenfield, K. Beacon, Olivia Beens, Trisha Best, Ewelina Bochenska, Rebecca Brown, Jacob Burckhardt, Sharon Butler, Sophia Chizuco, Jo Chrisman, D Sherman Clarke, Jeri Coppola, Lucy Mink Covello, Rob de Oude, Ali Della Bitta, Chris Dougherty, Jeff Feld, Christine Kerby Fitts, Celia Gerard, Victor Glazer, Elizabeth Gleich, Duncan Goldie-Scot, Charles Goldman, Julie Gross, Veken Gueyikian, Jan Hanvik, Kylie Heidenheimer, Susanna Heller, Noel Hennelly, Molly Heron, Julian Jimarez Howard, Nene Humphrey, Katherine Jackson, Kristen Jensen, Mary Judge, Fenella Kennedy, Charles Kessler, Lori Kirkbride, B. Koll, Gitte Larsen, K. Leiferman and G. Gleich, Quentin Langley, Libby Louise, Barbara Lubner, Mary Kate Maher, Nancy Manter, Doreen McCarthy, Maureen McQuillan, Meryl Meisler, Jennifer Melby, Lizbeth Mitty, Carly Mortensen, Erik Moskowitz, Brooke Moyse, Ellie Murphy, ODETTA, Frank Owen, James Panero, David Parker, Denis Pelli, PaulaPino, James Prez, Cathy Quinlan, Oliver Ralli, Debra Ramsay, Joseph Rannazzisi, Robert Raphael, Leslie Jane Roberts, David Rodwin, Jackie Sabourin, Krista Saunders, Karen Schifano, Mary Schiliro, Mira Schor, John Silvis, Ashley & Joshua Stratton-Rayner, Scott Sturgill, Andrew Szobody, Claudia Tienan, Eric Trosko, R. Tymeson, Ramon Vegas, Barry Hoggard and James Wagner, Daniel Wiener, Anonymous

Norte Maar has also received support, media sponsorship and/or donations from:

Hyperallergic, The Muse, Brooklyn Ballet, Free Range Wine and Spirits, Red Star Sandwich Shop, Brooklyn Fare, Fish Tales, Rucola, Smith & Vine, One Girl, Betty Bakery, Bushwick Daily

founding

2004 —2005

Founded in the rural village of Rouses Point in upstate New York, Norte Maar began as a way to promote creative collaborations between artists of diverse media and different organizations to present new projects in the arts. Julia K. Gleich / Gleich Dances has been integral part of Norte Maar, creating many of the collaborations and curating dance events. Our founding event, Fête de Danse ('04, '05, '06, '07, '08), was produced in collaboration with the Rouses Point Historical Society and recruited and presented international and local talent during the summer on a main stage built inside the local ice rink. As part of the festival, co-founder Jason Andrew curated related exhibitions in the North Country throughout the year.

2006 — 2016

While continuing to engage in summer projects in Upstate New York, NM began presenting arts events in Brooklyn establishing the first apartment gallery in Bushwick on Wyckoff Avenue. In April 2011, NM mounted its first collaborative ballet titled, In the Use of Others for the Change. Declared as “Bushwick’s first ballet” by Hyperallergic, the performance event united visual artists, sound artists, literary artists all in a single performance event. Additionally, and as a way of uniting the alternative galleries in Bushwick, NM began presenting Beat Nite in the winter of 2009, a gallery night featuring pop-up spaces and the more established galleries in the neighborhood. Lastly, NM began collaborating with Bushwick Impact to devise a weekly free arts for kids program. In 2014, NM made a new summer home at the Jay House located along the Au Sable River in the heart of the Adirondacks. Programing began almost immediately as we formed new partnerships with area artists and organizations. These programs included the Jay Invitational of Clay and the Au Sable River Valley Studio Tour. Additionally, NM established a summer residency aimed to introduce artists to new communities and communities to new artists.

2016-Present

In 2016, NM moved to East New York opening an apartment style gallery on Pine Street in Cypress Hills. In an effort to continue free arts program for kids, NM began collaborating with the Arlington Branch of the Brooklyn Library. CounterPointe continues as a women dance/art collaborative performance project, with performances selling out every season. NM, serving the New York City Metro area with a focus on Cypress Hills, remains an established leader and collaborator within the ever-changing urban landscape of Brooklyn, while providing residency and exhibition opportunities in summers at The Jay House in upstate NY.