281 West 119th Street, # 5A, New York, NY 10026, US
Providing perfomance, education and professional opportunities to immigrant women
paracademia is a new music and collaboraitve arts center
- Academia (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαδημία), originally a public garden or grove in the suburbs of Athens, was founded by Plato (428/427 BC – 348/347 BC) in ca. 387 BC in Athens. Academia was not a school or college in the modern sense, but rather an informal association of people who were interested in studying with Plato as their guide. Festivals were held there, as were athletic events in which runners would races between the altars, and funeral games as well.
- Paracademia (pronounced parakademya) was founded in 2015 in Harlem, NY by the composer, educator, performance artist, and Juilliard faculty Milica Paranosic. Paracademia is not a school or college in the traditional sense, but rather an informal association of people interested in fostering artistic growth and sharing under Paranosic’s mentorship. Festivals, workshops, social events and concerts regularly take place at Paracademia.
- The “para-" comes straight from the Greek - a prefix with many meanings, including: alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond and apart from. It is also the first part of our founder’s Milica Paranosic last name.
Our Founder
When she was 4 years old, our founder Milica Paranosic discovered interdisciplinary creation and performance in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia.
She emigrated to New York in 1995 to begin a life as an interdisciplinary artist, composer, producer and educator.
Today, she embraces the opportunity to teach emerging artists the tools she learned to be useful in enjoying a life as a successful, fulfilled artist and citizen.
For more information, visit Milica's website
Our Mission
As children, we all create art. We sing and dance together, we build sand castles, we make up stories and draw landscapes on the walls of our rooms. Then somehow, life teaches us to become ‘serious,' get a ‘real’ profession, and stop ‘lying around;' statements that then break the links to our inner artists.
At Paracademia, we keep those links alive, and awake them if they fall asleep.
Paracademia is committed to nurturing and revitalizing our artistic predispositions through community efforts and collaborative productions, performances and education.
We particularly support immigrants, women, and youth by providing education, performance and professional opportunities.
Our Supporters and Partners
