Jacob Feige reflects via commercial commentary at PhilaMOCA

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Jacob Feige reflects via commercial commentary at PhilaMOCA

Published February 6, 2014 by CSchwartz

Jacob Feige is having a sale, since he has a bit of a surplus on his hands. In fact, the entire 14-foot high wall of PhilaMOCA is awkwardly covered in his mostly large-scale (7-foot+) oil paintings for the show “Overstock,” which hangs in the former tombstone showroom throughout the month...

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Inside the 2014 Dance to Learn Kick-Off

Published February 5, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Lori-Anne Williams, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts On January 16 & 17th more than 300 students and educators attended the 2014 Dance to Learn Kick-Off performances. Dance to Learn is a multifaceted dance education program of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Partnership with the Arts...

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The Triptych Collective enters its seventh season

Published February 5, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Caitlyn Swett, Triptych Collective In their seventh season, the Triptych Collective will be continuing their mission of developing and performing socially engaged performance art in the Charlotte, N.C. community. With assistance from a Cultural Innovation grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Triptych Collective will...

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“Race” rages onto Weathervane Playhouse main stage

Published February 5, 2014 by Roger Durbin

David Mamet’s play “Race” (currently running at Weathervane Playhouse, a Knight Arts grantee), is fraught with tension. That’s apparent before the story begins, for, while sitting waiting for the lights to come up, there is a clock ticking away – sometimes slowly and rhythmically, sometimes moving at presto staccato. You...

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Deadline to apply for the Knight Neighborhood Challenge is coming up

Published February 5, 2014 by Y-O Latimore

Knight Neighborhood Challenge Macon-Bibb County. Often times, some of the best candidates may not be aware of funding that is available in the community. Five years ago, the Knight Foundation teamed up with the Community Foundation of Central Georgia to administer a $3 million Knight Neighborhood...

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Dress warmly but think ice: the Art Shanty Projects are back

Published February 5, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Below-zero temps be damned – get out your warmest gear and plan to spend a weekend outdoors this month, because the art shanties are back. This year, the biannual midwinter arts festival has moved from its longtime home on Medicine Lake to the east metro, relocating just north of St....

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‘Fun’ children’s opera has a serious message

Published February 5, 2014 by Gregory Stepanich

The Blue Mice get ready to stir up some trouble. In his tale of the star-bellied sneetches, Dr. Seuss made a compelling and lasting case against racism and discrimination, and made it fun to read and look at all the while. The arts are ideal for...

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140 performers + 15 minutes = Much noise in Miami

Published February 4, 2014 by juan.carlos

Lately, Frank Falestra has been making more noise than usual, something long overdue and welcomed by many. He has been defying the expected standards of what music is for some 30 years now, with Miami's iconic Churchill’s Pub as his inner sanctum since 1980. And as a 2012 Knight Arts...

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Some Thursday-night art specials

Published February 4, 2014 by Anne Tschida

Luis Gispert "Tender Game" at David Castillo. Saturdays are so over for seeing art. Many opening nights had switched to Fridays, but now Thursdays are where it’s at. This Thursday, for instance, one of Miami’s new generation of art pride will have a solo show, Luis...

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Humorous and heartfelt work at The Clay Studio, plus upcoming Date Night

Published February 4, 2014 by CSchwartz

Currently on display at The Clay Studio are works ranging from the straightforward to the structural, as well as both funny observational studies and heartfelt memorials. The artists with their work in the gallery are mostly associates and alumni of this Knight Arts grantee, their work acting as a testament...

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Artistic bike racks will enliven streets filled with snow

Published February 4, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Nicholas Mirra, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia One of the goals of our artistic-designed bike rack project is to use the same stretch of the street twice. We want to increase the amount of available bike parking in the city; Center City Philadelphia sees some of the highest rates...

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Sharon Que debuts “Ether” at Re:View Gallery

Published February 4, 2014 by Rosie Sharp

New at Re:View–"Ether" by Sharon Que will be up through March 1. It is a simple joy to encounter a body of artwork that is both plainspoken, yet somehow does all the talking for itself. “Ether,” a new solo exhibit by Sharon Que, which opened at...

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NWS travels to NYC for benefit concert

Published February 4, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad

By Hilary Saunders, New World Symphony One week before the members of United Nations convened in Switzerland for the Geneva II conference about the Syrian Civil War, hundreds of New Yorkers began to amass in Carnegie Hall. They, along with musicians representing some 70 orchestras, ensembles, and freelancers, came to...

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An interview with artist Juan Carlos Zaldívar

Published February 3, 2014 by Neil de la Flor

I stole some of these questions from Juan Carlos Zaldívar's project, “Shifting Nature,” in which Zaldívar questions the ever-changing nature of being human. We are in constant motion, constant transformation, even when we don't feel like we're doing anything. Oh, and we die to release love... ...

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NC Dance Theatre gets collaborative

Published February 3, 2014 by Katherine Balcerek

"Innovative Works" photo by Jeff Cravotta. Now through February 15th, North Carolina Dance Theatre’s signature performance, “Innovative Works,” gives audiences an unprecedented viewing experience and access to the dancers and artists with the intimate 200-seat 701 N. Tryon Theatre and post-show reception. This year’s “Innovative Works”...