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    Plan your Big Night in Little Haiti

    Published December 12, 2011 by

    By Laura Quinlan, Rhythm Foundation The December 16 edition of Big Night in Little Haiti – free every Third Friday at the Little Haiti Cultural Center – offers a double gift. The free concert in the plaza features one of Miami’s most respected Haitian musicians, Jan Sebon and his group...
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    Knight’s Tatiana Hernandez recognized as emerging leader in the arts

    Published December 12, 2011 by

    A leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts has elected Tatiana Hernandez, arts associate at Knight Foundation, to its Emerging Leaders Council. The Emerging Leaders Council, an elected advisory body to Americans for the Arts, works to identify and cultivate the next generation of arts leaders and provides a way for new leaders to share their interests with others as they continue to develop their skills.
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    Notes on the first “Miami Open Stage”

    Published December 12, 2011 by

    Dance NOW! Miami and the Little Haiti Cultural Center hosted the first Miami Open Stage, an ongoing series of open-format performances dedicated to promoting and nurturing the works of emerging and established South Florida-based choreographers. Last Friday's event featured works-in-progress and complete works by Diego Salterini, Constance McIntyre, Pioneer Winter,...
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    Tap your power2give

    Published December 10, 2011 by

    Wednesday, Dec. 14 marks a new day in Miami's arts community as power2give.org launches its online fundraising platform. Developed in partnership with Charlotte-based Arts & Science Council, power2give.org enables individuals to connect directly with arts organizations to help support individual projects. Cultural organizations list projects on the site (i.e. instruments...
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    Uncle Luke goes to Sundance

    Published December 9, 2011 by

    By Jillian Mayer, director The Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke In fall 2011, we submitted our short film, The Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke to the Sundance Film Festival. Commissioned by the Borscht Film Festival, which received a 2010 Knight Arts Challenge grant, we were able to start pre-production in January. Over thirty people worked on this twelve-minute short film which was inspired by the booty-bass music of Luther Campbell (aka Uncle Luke) and based on the French short film, La Jetee.
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    “Re:Collect” all about the details

    Published December 9, 2011 by

    The Re:View Contemporary in Midtown Detroit represents a diverse collection of artists who exemplify unharnessed energy, craft and conscious thought in their work. In its loft-like space that is used as a design store, Cedric Tai, Kresge Fellow and one of the most motivated gentleman I have ever met, shines...
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    New works coming to the Miami City Ballet

    Published December 9, 2011 by

    Last week in Miami, 31 ideas were announced as winners of the 2011 Knight Arts Challenge. Below, Nicholas Goldsborough describes how the Miami City Ballet, a challenge winner, will broaden its programming and support the future of ballet by establishing a fund for the creation of new works. The project aims to excite audiences and infuse dance with new energy.
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    Soul of the Community study spurs resident-driven agenda for Arizona

    Published December 8, 2011 by

    Photo Credit: Flickr user Chris M Recently, the Center for the Future of Arizona announced the winners of a contest that sought five big ideas for bringing Arizonans together and taking action on issues they feel strongly about. The effort centers on a resident-driven agenda for the state, one spurred by the Knight-funded Soul of the Community study. The research looked at why residents loved where they live - and how that relates to a community’s economic growth. 
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    “FOCUS: 4th Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition”

    Published December 8, 2011 by

    Photography can be used to capture a moment with family and friends, to document vacation destinations or to exchange information. It can also express pure aesthetics by way of art photography and abstraction. LGTripp Gallery’s December show is called "FOCUS: 4th Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition," which presents works by seven...