MERGE Art Collective

04/23/2020

Shake the dust off folks! We are back and excited to be participating in the concert tomorrow evening with a collaboration between Visual Poet Douglas Ridloff, Composer Mia Marlene, and musicians Lana Norris, Cole Belt, and Bryan McNamara. Grab some popcorn, your comfiest pair of fuzzy socks, and tune in for an evening of accessible poetry and music! 🎼❤️

08/22/2018

Thank you Lana Norris and I Care if You Listen (.com) for the opportunity to be featured in an article this month! Read on to learn a bit more about the inspiration behind MERGE Art Collective and the artists who make our organisation special!

https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2018/08/5-questions-mia-hartley-founder-co-artistic-director-merge-art-collective/

07/07/2018

4 artists in 4 different time zones 🌎 🇺🇸️🇬🇧️

Nothing like scheduling a meeting for 1pm, 3pm, 4pm, and 9pm, but we will all be reunited soon enough! So excited to share upcoming performances with you soon!

06/15/2018

Improv Sesh @ ASL Slam w/Douglas Ridloff and Joshua Jackson!

06/15/2018

Improv sesh @ ASL SLAM last night! Thanks for bringing us together to experiment and create together Douglas Ridloff!

06/15/2018

Check out this video about and deaf representation in the media! Thank you for sharing this Kellie Martin!

06/14/2018

Tonight our saxophonists Cole Belt and Bryan McNamara are improvising to a few of Douglas Ridloff's visual poems! Come check it out @ ASL SLAM @ South 4th Cafe in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!

06/13/2018

Check out this fantastic performance by Joshua Castille and .J. Cardona!

05/23/2018

'With the music following the poetry, as opposed to the other way around', the artists of MERGE Art Collective have come together to create a new art form, dubbed 'Visual PoeMusic' (so clever!) by our fantastic visual poet, Douglas Ridloff. Can't wait to see where this road leads in the future. There's nothing better than working with kind-hearted and talented artists to create something new together.
Singularity, Saxophone Quartet

05/23/2018

Our fantastic musicians from Singularity, Saxophone Quartet will be performing with the New York City Opera next week, and we're SUPER excited about it! Read more about the performances below! :)

A more recent performance of a favorite work at the Timucua White House in Orlando, FL. This performance happened in January of 2018.