The Summers Multi Ethnic Institute of the Arts

The Summers Multi Ethnic Institute of the Arts has serviced the New Orleans artistic community for the past decade. Its many activities include counseling services, legal services, establishing music-publishing companies for young artists, mentoring, music, dance & art classes. The institute also provides the community access to its library, which includes films as well, a written material from around the globe. Many young & upcoming artists such as Billboard Magazine Music Award winner Irvin Mayfield, world-renowned drummer Jason Marsalis, Grammy award winner Nicolas Payton, Master Drummer Chief Hawthorne Bey & funk legend George Clinton have participated in activities sponsored by this Institute.

We are dedicated to task of bringing about global peace & harmony through the arts. Our main goal at the present is to build a major facility on a 100-acre parcel of land located on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the state of Louisiana.

The vision is spectacular. A campus that physically represents 6 continents Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Australia & Europe. Each continent will occupy its own separate plot & buildings, their facades & surroundings will mirror that of the area of the planet it represents. Classrooms, cafeterias, dormitories, libraries & study halls will dot the campus. Botanical gardens, athletic pavilion, transit system & a multi media center "Q World" named after Quincy Jones will be aspects of this dream.

The purpose for this institution is to give those who seek a career in the arts not just a place to study art but a place to create art in a truly multi ethnic environment.