April 2, 2026
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm
Please join Ars Nova Workshop for a pop-up performance with the visionary producer, percussionist, composer and cosmic facilitator Carlos Niño in collaboration with rising Los Angeles saxophonist Aaron Shaw. The duo will perform a short improvisational set in dialogue with visual artworks by Moki Cherry.
Organized in conjunction with The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry.
April 2, 2026
12:30 pm to 1:00 pm
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Eighth Floor Gallery
Included with general admission
Free (suggested $10 donation)
Carlos Niño refers to himself as a “communicator,” a role that encompasses his own work as well as his integral work on projects like André 3000’s New Blue Sun. Producing, playing and making music are just some of the facets of that title, as was his long-running, wide-ranging Spaceways Radio program on Los Angeles’ KPFK. Niño’s earliest collaborators and mentors included Dwight Trible, Kamau Daaood, Adam Rudolph, Derf Reklaw, JMD, Phil Ranelin, Nate Morgan, and Billy Higgins, and his ever-expanding circle of collaborators has since grown to include Shabaka Hutchings, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Surya Botofasina, Jamire Williams, Sam Gendel, Nate Mercereau, Deantoni Parks, Farmer Dave Scher, Cut Chemist, Madlib, Laraaji, and others.
Listen at carlosnino.bandcamp.com
Aaron Shaw is a Los Angeles–based multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, arranger, bandleader, and music director whose expansive practice moves fluidly across jazz, hip-hop, electronic, and experimental music. Raised in Ladera Heights and shaped by the Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center and LACHSA, Shaw later studied closely with Kamasi Washington and appears prominently on Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople (2025). A core presence at The World Stage in Leimert Park and one half of Black Nile with his brother Lawrence, Shaw’s debut album And So It Is (Leaving Records) marks a deeply personal statement of artistic and spiritual evolution.
Listen at aaronshaw.bandcamp.com
Presented in partnership with Ars Nova Workshop.
Live Musical Performance
Carlos Niño + Friends at Solar Myth
Live Musical Performance
Carlos Niño + Friends at Solar Myth
