Event Preview: ZERO1

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Event Preview: ZERO1

Published August 27, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

From September 16-19, 2010 Silicon Valley will morph into a biennial playground as contemporary artists, engineers, designers, musicians, and creative thinkers from around the world participate in the 2010 01SJ Biennial taking place in San Jose, CA the heart of Silicon Valley. Today Doniece Sandoval, of ZER01, checks in with...

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Digital Media Program Launched in India

Published August 26, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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United States Artist Knight Fellow – Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

Published August 25, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

Last year the Knight Foundation made a $1,000,000 grant to United States Artists, an organization that celebrates and supports the individual artist in America. Each Knight award comes with an additional $5,000 grant for the artist to create a community engagement event. Today, our United States Artist Knight fellow Sophiline...

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Organ Concert Summons Orchestral Powers, With Visuals

Published August 25, 2010 by Gregory Stepanich

The symphony orchestra wears a coat of many colors, but a good concert organ can give even the biggest instrumental assemblages a run for their sonic money. On Sunday, the organist of Miami’s Trinity Cathedral will give a vivid demonstration of that as he plays transcriptions for the organ of...

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Gospel Sundays Are Back

Published August 24, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

Get your Sunday best ready – Free Gospel Sundays are Back. The fourth seasons of free concerts featuring gospel music greats returns to the Arsht Center this fall courtesy of the Arsht Center, the Knight Foundation and WMBM 1490 AM. As in past seasons, each performance will be free and...

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Of Men Mad About Design and Art

Published August 24, 2010 by Anne Tschida

We don't know what Don Draper and Roger Stirling would think about these ad campaigns from the 1960s, but then, they are fictional characters and the exhibit "Not Just Mad Men" is very real, very timely, and potentially very interesting. Opening up tomorrow night at Miami International University of Art...

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New Knight Initiative Funds Ideas That Use Technology to Inspire Community Action

Published August 24, 2010 by Knight Foundation

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Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba Goes to the Roots

Published August 23, 2010 by Celeste Fraser Delgado

The Conjunto Folklórico Nacional, Cuba's national folkloric dance troupe, was founded in 1962. And for nearly that long, Miami has enjoyed performances by troupe members who have defected to our stages: most notably choreographer Elena Garcia, who for many years ran the Iroko Afro-Cuban Dance Theater Company and dancer Yofvani...

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Knight-Funded Project Puts Voters in the Driver’s Seat in November Elections

Published August 23, 2010 by marika.lynch

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Knight News Challenge Winner Ushahidi Being Used to Monitor Elections in Brazil

Published August 23, 2010 by marika.lynch

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Leggo My Demo 2.0

Published August 23, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

Grassroots project Leggo My Demo has announced a fundraising drive to complete the final stages of development for revolutionary new music site leggomydemo.com. The group looks to expose deserving independent artists with a real-time ranking system and internet radio. Leggo developers have combined a custom ranking system and social networking...

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Charlotte Farmer’s Market Erupts With Random Act of Culture

Published August 23, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

By the Charlotte Arts & Science Council After weeks of work and preparation we were able to pull off our first Random Act of Culture on August 17! And judging by the surprise and smiles, we were thrilled with how it went. The site of this first Random Act of...

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Seraphic Fire – Internet Underdogs Go Big

Published August 23, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

A much deserved congratulations to Miami's Seraphic Fire, who's recording of the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 raced up the iTunes classical charts last week (was at number 1 as of Saturday evening), in part because of a big boost from a viral Facebook campaign. Music journalist Jeff Lunden listened to...

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Summertime Finds

Published August 20, 2010 by Anne Tschida

Soon it will be that time when there is way too much to do, way too much to see as Miami's cultural season starts to kick in -- when you kick yourself for not being able to take a chance with some of the more off-the-beaten path shows around. So...

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YoungArts Summer Update

Published August 19, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad

By Anna Whitlow, YoungArts director of communications Summertime is anything but a slow and lazy for talented YoungArts alumni. Their drive to excel in the arts, and hone their skills keeps their careers vibrant and thriving. This summer was eventful for the YoungArts national programs. In June, twenty of our...