At Rebekah Templeton, variations on next to nothing by JJ Miyaoka-Pakola

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At Rebekah Templeton, variations on next to nothing by JJ Miyaoka-Pakola

Published February 25, 2014 by CSchwartz

Despite what the name of the show may insist, “Nothing Is Present,” the solo show by JJ Miyaoka-Pakola at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art is so saturated with painted colors, shapes and patterns, it seems to be quite a hard sell on the artist's part... or is it? Often working in...

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“In Other Places People Lived”: artist talk at Popps Packing

Published February 25, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

People like this? On Saturday, February 8th, Popps Packing celebrated the closing of the two-man show, “In Other Places People Lived,” with an artist talk featuring the two contributors, Will Hutchinson and Nathan Tonning. Nathan Tonning (left) took the lead, with Will...

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A beautiful beast

Published February 24, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

Henrique Oliveira's installation at the Projective Eye Gallery. Henrique Oliveira arrived in Charlotte with minimal plans for the art installation he would build for the Projective Eye Gallery in University of North Carolina-Charlotte’s Center City Building. Instead he took the first few days to sit in...

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Art Matters hosts its fourth public symposium on film criticism

Published February 24, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

Art Matters logo. Art Matters: Engaging the Community Through Embedded Arts Journalists has been holding public symposia to discuss arts journalism and how it embraces and reports the world of art in our community. This program was designed as a collaborative initiative between the Macon Arts...

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“Frida: Unmasked”

Published February 24, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

"I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior." —Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo is the subject of a performance created by award-winning theater artist Deborah L. Sherman. "Frida: Unmasked," a new commission by [email protected],...

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Sunday Afternoons of Music, an endangered oasis

Published February 22, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer “Many years ago, my sole intention was to create an oasis of good music on Sunday afternoons,” said the indefatigable Doreen Marx on the stage of the University of Miami Gusman Concert Hall when she announced her decision to close the...

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“Evidence: New Writing in the Metro” presents Lynn Crawford and Rob Halpern

Published February 22, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

Event coordinator George Tysh introduces the evening's readers. Saturday, February 15th was the first spring installment of Evidence: New Writing in the Metro, a reading series which seeks to “reflect an impressive range of experimental writing in Southeast Michigan.” The evening’s pairing of writers was art...

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The MOCAD Teen Council plans its first event

Published February 21, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Anna Rose Canzano, MOCAD Here at the MOCAD Teen council, we are learning what it takes to plan an event. We came up with an idea for our first event: a teen night “icebreaker” for Detroit-area high school students. It will be centered around a big blank wall on...

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DANCECleveland Feb 2014 update

Published February 21, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Sarah Hricko, DANCECleveland Earlier in the year, DANCECleveland and The University of Akron’s dance program presented a Blue Ribbon Panel to explore the idea of a National Center for Choreography to be established in Akron, Ohio. The panel was comprised of Douglas Sonntag, Director of Dance at The National...

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Warm winter weekend and the art of Amelia Pelaez

Published February 21, 2014 by Anne Tschida

It’s hard to believe that the Pérez Art Museum Miami has now been open about three months, but it’s clear it didn’t take the crowds that long to discover it. The gleaming museum-palace on the bay is filled with people on a daily basis, including cloudless, sunny Miami winter Sundays....

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All that jazz coming to Akron Civic

Published February 21, 2014 by Roger Durbin

Recently the Akron Civic Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, started up a jazz series, partly no doubt in response to a sizable jazz audience with not many places to go for the music, but certainly as part of its effort to have local performers on its stage. Two more groups...

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“No Exit”: FGO’s hot opera served with a cold drink

Published February 20, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

Being trapped in a room with three damned souls and no exit is existential and literal hell. "No Exit," the next performance in the Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places series by the Florida Grand Opera (a Knight Arts grantee), adapts existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s play of the same name. The...

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Libraries come alive with pop-up performances across Philadelphia

Published February 20, 2014 by marika.lynch

Jazz bassist Warren Oree performs a Library Act of Culture If you’ve stepped into your local library recently, you know that it’s a vital community resource and a vibrant hub of creativity – a space that is as much about creation as collection. A recent article...

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Developing sustainable mission models for arts and culture

Published February 20, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

Dr. Doug Borwick. It is undeniable that the “Great Recession” has hurt arts funding in Charlotte. Arts and cultural stakeholders have coined the current situation “a perfect storm,” noting that the once effective fundraising model of the Arts & Science Council is no longer cutting it....

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Don’t miss Companhia Urbana de Dança

Published February 20, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

If FUNDarte produces it, I'm there. Since 2003, FUNDarte's Founder & Executive Director, Ever Chavez, has brought some of the most dynamic, cutting-edge international performing artists and companies to Miami. This Sunday, February 23rd, at 7 p.m., Companhia Urbana de Dança, direct from Rio de Janeiro, performs at On.Stage Black.Box...