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    Back to the Art Fairways

    Published January 18, 2011 by

    Just when you thought the art fairways were emptying, out for another swing comes the Miami International Art Fair (MIA), with its second annual international event held Jan. 14-17. Can Miami handle another major fair? If it is in the proper hands [caption id="attachment_10921" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption=""Magnolia" at Diana Lowenstein...
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    Museum of New South: Courage Is Never Out of Date

    Published January 18, 2011 by

    Aesop has nothing on the Levine Museum of the New South. Both demonstrate the power of story-telling, not just to entertain, but to enlighten and instruct in a world often lacking in moral clarity. Some say museums have lost their relevancy in today’s fast-paced, ADD world. But the Levine in...
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    O Fortuna! Random Acts of Culture™ at the Mall

    Published January 18, 2011 by

    On Sunday, Jan 9 performers from Miami's Seraphic Fire surprised shoppers at Aventura Mall with a performance of "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The performances each featured piano, cymbals, timpani, tamtam, bass drum, and 26 singers. Relive the fun with the video below. [caption id="attachment_10943" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Miami...
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    María Magdalena Compos-Pons at the Harvey B. Gantt Center

    Published January 17, 2011 by

    By Gantt Center Staff The Harvey B. Gantt Center is committed to presenting exhibitions which display the best of African-American art, culture and history. The nine exhibits that were mounted during the Center’s inaugural year included the work of celebrated artists Radcliffe Bailey, Kevin Cole, David Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Juan...
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    Rosie Herrera Returns to the Arsht

    Published January 17, 2011 by

    Are you ready for a seriously surreal, stunningly tragicomic and exhilarating performance featuring a cast of Miami's most exciting and innovative break dance, modern dance, theater and drag performers? Well, come to the Arsht Center Jan. 28-30 for the Miami premiere of Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre’s performances of Various Stages...
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    The Magic of ‘Small’ Plans

    Published January 14, 2011 by

    I have always liked the quote – although sometimes attributed to Machiavelli – “Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.” But after talking to Robert Bush of Charlotte's Arts and Science Council, I am inclined to agree with him that small plans also have the...
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    Seraphic Fire’s Miami Choral Academy

    Published January 12, 2011 by

    By Michael Burgess, Administrative Associate at Seraphic Fire As with most great things, Seraphic Fire’s Miami Choral Academy started as an idea. An ambitious idea, to be exact. The concept was to provide a free after-school musical education to underprivileged children. It would require free rides home and, of course,...
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    Young At Art: ArtSTART on the Go

    Published January 12, 2011 by

    By Christine Feeley, Young At Art Educational experts around the country recognize that the arts are a natural way to engage young children in activities that develop language, math and other learning skills. Young At Art Museum and the PNC Foundation teamed together to create ArtSTART on the Go, an...
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    Chicago initiative will increase reporting about issues affecting low-income areas

    Published January 12, 2011 by

    The Chicago Community Trust announced a one-year, $247,000 Local Reporting Initiative to "stimulate a wave of new reporting and analysis" if issues affecting communities on the south and west sides of Chicago. “High quality reporting and analysis is the lifeblood of civic life,” said Ngoan Le, vice president of program for The Chicago Community Trust. “With so many important decisions affecting our city, county and state in the coming year, it’s essential that citizens and policy-makers know what’s at stake.“ The Trust is a two-time Community Information Challenge winner. It has commissioned in depth research about the news and information ecosystem that is emerging in Chicago as traditional media decline. The Trust uses its research to inform strategic grant making to fill important news and information gaps. Read more about the new initiative here.
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    Museum Showdown for Lowdown on What’s Happening

    Published January 12, 2011 by

    When was the last time you heard Miami's museum curators get together and talk about the future? Um, maybe never. So here's a chance, in a one-off panel discussion with many of those that make art happen [caption id="attachment_10858" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Rendering for MAM's new museum, designed by Herzog &...
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    In Detroit, young people are covering “Our Life in the D”

    Published January 12, 2011 by

    A youth media project sponsored by The Skillman Foundation in Detroit has launched its site with a name change from KidSpeakNeighborhood News to Our Life in the D.           Cynthia Burton The new name came from the youths themselves, says Cynthia Burton of Michigan’s Children, which is running the program. The participants “did not like the word “kids” in KidSpeak Neighborhood News, so we invited them to come up with a new name,” Burton, the project director, said. “The group came up with more than 40. We then went around the table and asked them to choose three that they liked and talk a bit about why the liked them. “This was a really wonderful conversation that revealed fun, loving, sincere, inventive, worried, caring, Detroit-loving teenagers. I was surprised by how honest they were in their assessment of each name and how serious they undertook the mission to rename themselves.”
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    Warehouse PAC Offers Up Soul-Provoking Performances

    Published January 11, 2011 by

    Although still developing a formal mission statement for her Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius, Marla Brown is nevertheless quite clear about what she hopes to accomplish with the 50-seat black-box theater that opened about two years ago. “It’s not so much about entertainment as it is about thought- and...