IMA Vision

What if artists like Tracy Chapman were the norm, rather than the exception in mainstream music? What if an artist the stature of Ani DiFranco could actually get mainstream radio air-play? What if all-female bands were as common as all-male bands or if fifty percent of all professional symphony orchestras were composed of women? What if we could all name three Native-, Latin-, & Asian- American musicians without thinking twice? What if it was ordinary to see women running the sound at a concert, or if female producers & engineers weren't anomalies? What if there were more women at the top of record companies? Each day the Institute for the Musical Arts brings these dreams a bit closer to reality.

Imagine a world in which the major decisions affecting the community are made in the kitchen, rather than in some isolated boardroom; a world where what is central at the workplace is the coming together to break bread, rather than simply to make it. Imagine this because it's what is happening in our little corner of the world as we grow this place rooted in women's relationships. Imagine this because as we continue to work to bring equality, balance and harmony to the world, we are moving toward a place where everyone that comes to The Table is fed.