Caravan of Dreams
In 1983, I.E. members and T.A.P. actors helped construct and manage the Caravan of Dreams arts complex in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. This venture achieved its goal of revitalising a run-down and residentially depopulated city centre by creating a forum for the arts (dance, theatre and music), as well as offering an attractive ambience to eat and enjoy the nightlife with its rooftop bar and geodesic dome cacti/succulent display. Ornette Coleman, a Ft. Worth native who was a close friend of the Institute, opened the Caravan’s jazz nightclub with a week of performances.