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Arts Curation & Production.

Arts Curation & Production.

QIMA develops and produces ambitious live work across opera, concert music, interdisciplinary performance, and public culture. We partner with artists and institutions to clarify the artistic proposition, assemble the people and resources it requires, and carry the work from early development through public presentation.

QIMA develops and produces ambitious live work across opera, concert music, interdisciplinary performance, and public culture. We partner with artists and institutions to clarify the artistic proposition, assemble the people and resources it requires, and carry the work from early development through public presentation.

Our work includes original productions, new-work development, festivals, artist residencies, institutional partnerships, touring projects, and the redesign of established programs.

Our work includes original productions, new-work development, festivals, artist residencies, institutional partnerships, touring projects, and the redesign of established programs.

From artistic premise to public life.

From artistic premise to public life.

From artistic premise to public life.

Over the past five years, QIMA has developed and produced several multi-year initiatives involving more than 150 artists, 45 new works of music, theater, and dance, participants from more than 15 countries, and partnerships with over a dozen arts and cultural institutions. The work has included public performances, artist residencies, civic programs, festivals, recordings, broadcasts, interdisciplinary productions, and institutional partnerships across the United States and Europe.

Over the past five years, QIMA has developed and produced several multi-year initiatives involving more than 150 artists, 45 new works of music, theater, and dance, participants from more than 15 countries, and partnerships with over a dozen arts and cultural institutions. The work has included public performances, artist residencies, civic programs, festivals, recordings, broadcasts, interdisciplinary productions, and institutional partnerships across the United States and Europe.

Where We Enter.

Producing Contexts.

Producing Contexts.

  • Original live productions

  • Opera and concert performance

  • New-work development and commissioning

  • Festivals and artist residencies

  • Interdisciplinary and site-specific work

  • Public and civic performance

  • Institutional program development

  • Touring and multi-city projects

  • Original live productions

  • Opera and concert performance

  • New-work development and commissioning

  • Festivals and artist residencies

  • Interdisciplinary and site-specific work

  • Public and civic performance

  • Institutional program development

  • Touring and multi-city projects

Producing Capabilities.

Producing Capabilities.

  • Creative and executive production

  • Artistic and curatorial strategy

  • Artist, faculty, and partner development

  • Budgeting and resource alignment

  • Commissioning and repertoire development

  • Production planning and delivery

  • Audience and public-experience design

  • Documentation and media strategy

  • Creative and executive production

  • Artistic and curatorial strategy

  • Artist, faculty, and partner development

  • Budgeting and resource alignment

  • Commissioning and repertoire development

  • Production planning and delivery

  • Audience and public-experience design

  • Documentation and media strategy

Within a Production.

150+ artists 45 new works 15+ countries 12+ institutional partners

QIMA works across the full ecology of a project—from the first artistic proposition to the partnerships, production systems, and public experience required to bring it fully into the world.

Develop.

Develop.

  • Clarify the artistic proposition

  • Shape the curatorial frame

  • Identify artists, collaborators, and audiences

  • Develop commissions, repertoire, and source material

  • Establish the project’s scope and conditions

Build.

Build.

  • Assemble institutional and creative partnerships

  • Align budget, schedule, team, and resources

  • Design residencies, rehearsals, and development periods

  • Establish communication and decision structures

  • Build the audience and public-engagement strategy

Deliver.

Deliver.

  • Lead production through rehearsal and performance

  • Coordinate artists, venues, partners, and vendors

  • Guide public presentation and audience experience

  • Oversee documentation, media, and communications

  • Support touring, continuation, or institutional adoption

Selected Producing Work.

Selected Producing Work.

INTERNATIONAL NEW-WORK PLATFORM

INTERNATIONAL NEW-WORK PLATFORM

Designed and led a three-year international development platform bringing together more than 100 artists, 45 new works, and participants from 15 countries through a partnership among Eighth Blackbird, Yerkes Observatory, and the Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture.

STATEWIDE CIVIC PERFORMANCE

STATEWIDE CIVIC PERFORMANCE

Developed a repeatable statewide model that transformed community listening into original public performance, facilitated dialogue, media documentation, and civic participation across Minnesota.

INTERDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC PRODUCTION

INTERDISCIPLINARY PUBLIC PRODUCTION

Produced large-scale musical and public programs connecting artists, cultural institutions, faith communities, healthcare leaders, and civic audiences through performance, storytelling, and collective gathering.

Selected Projects.

Selected Projects.

icarus Quartet performs

Eyrie Festival, Chicago USA

2025

New York Symphony Orchestra

Carnegie Hall, NYC

2023


PBS at the Blackbird Creative Lab

Blackbird Creative Lab, Lake Geneva WI

2024

New Works Concert

Blackbird Creative Lab, Williams Bay WI

2023

Ikebana Demo

San Fransisco CA

2025

the breath that births beginnings…

neo Voice Festival, Los Angeles

2024