By Sarah Emery, Moving Poets Charlotte Moving Poets, a cross-disciplinary, contemporary dance theater company based in Charlotte, N.C., and Berlin, revives its showcase of six 15-minute original works April 23-25, 2015, with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. With “be curious” as its guiding principle, Moving Poets serves as a […]
Article · April 6, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By National Jewish Theater Foundation On April 13, 2015 organizations across the country including major theaters, universities, memorial museums and embassies will unite to honor victims of the Holocaust by joining in the first ever Remembrance Readings for Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). This event was conceived and launched by the National Jewish Theater Foundation (NJTF) as a way to […]
Article · April 2, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Fernando Gonzalez, Miami-based freelance writer Photo courtesy of O, Miami. When the stated goal is to deliver a poem to the more than 2.6 million residents of Miami-Dade County, politely inviting people to readings and hoping for the best is not a promising option. So O, Miami, the annual festival celebrating National Poetry Month […]
Article · April 1, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Levi Weinhagen, St. Paul arts blogger Not many artists are called unique and actually deserve it. But sculptor and Paleo-osteological interpreter Michael Bahl makes work that is truly unlike anything else in the art world. Bahl’s newest project, thanks in part to a Knight Arts Challenge grant, will be a bronze skeleton of a large […]
Article · April 1, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
The Jason Taylor Foundation is taking over South Florida with youth poetry. Louder Than A Bomb Florida, a Knight Arts Challenge Grant recipient, utilizes the art of spoken word poetry to provide students with the platform to share their stories with the world. Also supported by The Miami Dolphins Foundation, Nova Southeastern University, and many […]
Article · April 1, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Philadelphia Young Playwrights “Most girls’ boy problems consist of them having to choose between two guys or something like that. I have to choose between a guy and my religion.” Each spring, Young Playwrights partners with InterAct Theatre Company to produce the Young Voices Monologue Festival, featuring the work of talented high school students […]
Article · April 1, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Art Sphere After a lot of hard work and generous help, we are excited to share “Creating Legacies through Art,” a book of free art lesson plans for anyone serving curious kids. The book is designed to provide teachers and families with free, approachable art projects that stimulate creative thinking and self-expression. Each lesson […]
Article · April 1, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Julie Edgar, Detroit-based freelance writer Livernois. The Knight Arts Challenge Detroit is now accepting applications for the best local ideas for the arts. Here, writer Julie Edgar catches up with past winner Detroit Fiberworks. Like so many others who see Detroit as a wide-open frontier, Mandisa Smith and Najma Wilson are pushing against urban […]
Article · April 1, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Christopher Tiffany, University of Michigan School of Education Young women in the Detroit School of Arts’ 11th and 12th grades recently had the opportunity to participate in Cranbrook’s “Women in Photojournalism” workshop. The Detroit School of Arts (DSA) is a performing and fine art public high school in midtown Detroit that provides, through a […]
Article · March 31, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Abdo Sayegh Rodríguez, TU Dance TU Dance, the acclaimed Minnesota-based dance company led by Toni Pierce-Sands and Uri Sands, returns to the Cowles Center for Dance as part of its 11th annual performance season. On stage at 8pm on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18, and 2pm on Sunday, April 19th at the Cowles Center in downtown […]
Article · March 31, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Katy Locker, Detroit Program Director for Knight Foundation “We gotta be the change, Detroit!” –Invincible/Complex Movements, from Beware the Dandelions I have just spent the last few weeks promoting the third year of the Knight Arts Challenge Detroit. Each year, Knight Foundation reaches out and invites our Detroit community to tell us their best […]
Article · March 30, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad