Mimi Johnson
Mimi Johnson is founder and director of two renowned and long-lived cultural service organisations, Performing Artservices (1972) and Lovely Music (1978). She was introduced to the worlds of visual and performing arts during the years she spent in Paris with her aunt Dorothea Tanning. She was married to composer Robert Ashley and continues to produce his work. Johnson serves on the board of directors of the Destina Foundation, and the Dorothea Tanning Foundation.
Through her nonprofit organization Performing Artservices, Inc., Johnson assists, promotes, and presents artists working in the fields of contemporary music, theater, and dance. The agency was developed so that artists could obtain services they could not afford individually. Among the artists first managed by Performing Artservices were John Cage, David Tudor, Richard Foreman, Mabou Mines, The Sonic Arts Union (Robert Ashley, David Behrman, Alvin Lucier, and Gordon Mumma), The Viola Farber Dance Company, and the Philip Glass Ensemble. Among the services handled by the agency are business and fiscal management, fundraising, booking and contract negotiation, tour management, publicity and promotion, and local production.
Johnson is also the founder of the Lovely Music, Ltd., a record label dedicated to the dissemination of new American music. The label is one of the most important and longest running labels focusing exclusively on new music and has released over 100 recordings on LP, CD, and videocassette.
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