OZ Arts Nashville, the city’s pioneering contemporary arts center, expands its ambition and its reach with a dynamic and diverse 7th season of “Brave New Art".
The announcement was made on Friday, June 14 by the cutting-edge organization’s President and CEO Tim Ozgener and new Artistic Director Mark Murphy. The season is made possible with generous support from season sponsor Advance Financial.
The 2019-2020 season, the first under Murphy’s direction, features a unique blend of influential contemporary artists and ensembles from around the world, as well as groundbreaking Nashville-based artists, with a special emphasis on multidisciplinary performances, and work that highlights unique new uses of visual and audio technology.
This season you can expect to see more contemporary dance, innovative theatrical projects, and hybrid music, cabaret and operatic projects instigated by Nashville artists.
Even before the start of the official season, families are welcome to spend a special day immersed in a wide-range of art, performance, multi-media experiences and interactive science projects at OZ Arts.
Most visiting artists will also participate in a variety of community engagement activities, ranging from workshops and master classes to free community performances in schools, colleges or community centers.
OZ Arts' Artistic Director Mark Murphy described the new season as
“a celebration of ingenuity and artistic vitality, highlighting artistic voices from around the world – and right here in Nashville – who are blazing the trail for contemporary culture. I am particularly excited that we are expanding OZ Arts’ international offerings, while also deepening the commitment to a wide range of diverse local artists in a variety of disciplines and forms – including some progressive and edgy collaborations that will ‘shake things up’ and engage a young and diverse audience.”
Murphy stressed that the number of performances at OZ Arts is increased by more than double in the new season, while the average ticket price is considerably lower in order to make the work more accessible to a wide range of Nashville audiences.
The lower ticket pricing strategy also includes a variety of multi-event ticketing packages, to encourage curious audiences to attend multiple events. The revised pricing strategies are made possible in part by enhanced donor participation, including the vital support of members of the newly formed Cano Ozgener Society, a donor initiative honoring the passionate OZ Arts founder, who passed away in June, 2018.
Tickets for most events -- and discounted ticket packages – go on sale this month at www.ozartsnashville.org
For more information and the full schedule of events, please visit http://www.ozartsnashville.org/