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    AIRIE report from the field: Rodney Dickson

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    By Rodney Dickson, AIRIE fellow Coming to work in The Everglades National Park has been wonderful. First thing, leaving freezing New York in January and coming here to the sun is great and the park has been an endless inspiration for my work. Dawn through the pine trees at the...
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    Gil Shaham: One of a kind

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer This season alone, he is scheduled to perform with 20 orchestras on three continents. He is expected in Paris and just played in Munich, but he calls from Berlin, elated after performing Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto with the Philharmonie, and exclaims,...
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    Intimate expressions in painting

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    Painting from Jérôme Lagarrigue. There’s still time before the end of the month to catch the portraits from two French-born painters at Waltman Ortega. Figurative is really too simple a term to label these large-scale canvases — representational, yes, but with obvious, beautiful strokes from the...
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    Artist profile: Chris Butterfield, purveyor of sound

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    Chris Butterfield, among the stacks at Found Sound, his record shop in Ferndale. There is an indefinable yet definite point where a record collection jumps the banks of personal obsession and becomes a cottage industry. Detroiter Chris Butterfield’s record store, Found Sound in Ferndale, is just...
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    Celebrating #LibraryActsofCulture

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    Library Acts of Culture from Knight Foundation on Vimeo A few years ago, Knight Foundation set out to bring art and culture into people’s everyday lives by presenting surprise opera and classical ballet performances at markets, parks and airports. More than 1,000 of these Random Acts of Culture took place in eight communities across the United States. The reaction each time was amazing to watch, as people grabbed their cellphones for pics and videos, some moved to tears, reminded of the emotional connection they have to the arts. Now, as we think of new ways to bring the arts to more people, Knight Foundation has turned to libraries. As libraries continue to reinvent themselves in the digital age, they have become spaces that are more about creation than collection. They are amongst the most democratic community spaces we have, used by people from every walk of life, in every age group. Spread throughout neighborhoods, we thought they were an organic way to bring the arts to all communities. All that and more makes them the perfect stage for what we’re calling Library Acts of Culture™.
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    Philadelphia Sculpture Gym and the many faces of metal

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    Steely sentinels and rusted wreckage–as well as smooth, crisp forms–fill the gallery at the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym (PSG) throughout the month of January for its metal process show. This Knight Arts grantee consistently offers small but powerful shows of objects, which are typically made in its community workshop spaces. PSG's...
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    WPBT, National Jewish Theater Foundation & Holocaust Theater Archive commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan 27

    Published January 21, 2014 by

    By Arnold Mittleman, National Jewish Theater Foundation International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27th 2014 will be highlighted by the launch of the filmed version of the play The Soap Myth by Jeff Cohen via streaming and download from Digital Theatre of London. That same day will mark its premiere broadcast...
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    The North Carolina Dance Festival

    Published January 20, 2014 by

    Black Irish Dance Company. NCDF 2013-2014 Season. Photo by Brooke Meyer The North Carolina Dance Festival (NCDF) comes to Charlotte this Friday and Saturday January 24-25, featuring eight touring artists/choreographers selected by Dance Project, Inc. as well as six local artists and choreographers. Dance Project Inc.,...
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    Get the scoop on the South Florida Knight Arts Challenge

    Published January 20, 2014 by

    Above: Knight Arts Challenge winner Ranjana Warier reinterpreted Western classics through Indian dance. Photo credit: Flickr user Knight Foundation. We’re days away from opening applications for the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge, which funds the best ideas for the arts in South Florida. This is our seventh edition of the challenge. And over the past few years, we’ve increasingly seen great ideas, the kind of ideas you can’t wait to like, share and +1 about, coming from South Florida’s many neighborhoods. (Dance performance at the Miami Marine Stadium, anyone? How about Western fairy tales reinterpreted through Indian dance?) So the first week of February, we’ll be traveling all around the region–from Marathon up to Fort Lauderdale—for Community Q&As to meet with everyone interested in applying. This is your chance to find out how the challenge works, get tips on how to write about your project, talk to past winners about how they approached the application, learn about the challenge timeline and more. There will be tips for everyone—whether it’s your first time applying, or you have submitted several ideas in the past and want to get a leg up on the process.
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    Octavio Campos & the MTC want you!

    Published January 20, 2014 by

    The SandBox Series at Miami Theater Center (MTC) nurtures artists under the guidance of Series Producer Octavio Campos. The SandBox Series, a Knights Arts grantee, welcomes artists from all performance disciplines to apply for the 2014-2015 series. The SandBox Series. Octavio Campos. “For our cultural community...