Claim: Vision Festival usually consists of between thirty and sixty performances, inspired by the 1984 and 1988 Sound Unity Festivals (founded by Peter Parker and his wife, Patricia Nicholson Parker.
Evidence: In 1996, the collective's founder, dancer-choreographer Patricia Nicholson Parker, staged the first Vision Festival at the Learning Alliance on Lafayette Street, and subsequently founded the not-for-profit Arts for Art, Inc to organize the festival on an annual basis, along with other events and concert series throughout the year.