Macon Arts Alliance seeks nominations for 2013 Cultural Awards

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Macon Arts Alliance seeks nominations for 2013 Cultural Awards

Published August 28, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

2013 Cultural Awards. Every community has them, individuals who go above and beyond to support the arts. They might be volunteers who for many years have been there to tear tickets and welcome patrons. They could be board members who have dedicated years to keeping an...

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Get your move on with GroundWorks DanceTheater’s latest community venture

Published August 28, 2013 by Roger Durbin

It's not chess, but "It's Your Move," as least for GroundWorks DanceTheater, a Knight Arts grantee. “Imagination you can see.” That’s GroundWorks DanceTheater’s motto on its website – and it’s taking on a whole new meaning through its latest project. In response to a challenge from community and arts funding...

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Youth jazz ensemble summer performances

Published August 27, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy The Academy's youth jazz ensembles have had an exciting summer performing throughout the Twin Cities at festivals and community events. Public performance is one of the pillars of the program and we believe getting out there and playing in front of people is...

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Form and function and technology

Published August 27, 2013 by Anne Tschida

Emmett Moore's table at Gallery Diet. The world of visual arts does not — and never should — stand still. For instance, in antiquity, stone was the ubiquitous material used to create sculptures; thousands of years later, bicycle parts, TV screens and LED lights might be...

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Napoleon gleans informative, environmental observations from three artists

Published August 27, 2013 by CSchwartz

At Napoleon, three artists toe the line between the destructive and the creative, the passive and the active in “Gleaners // Informers.” While most of these so-called 'artist-citizens' are not explicitly political or gushingly idealistic, they lift bits of their surroundings and disseminate them to the audience in an informative,...

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Man Francisco rings in their new album at the old-school Cadieux Cafe

Published August 27, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

On Friday, August 17, the Cadieux Café hosted a record release party for the album No Man’s Fran from Man Francisco, an oddity of an act that centers around the constant of Francis Jaramillo, who has performed original music since 2008 with various configurations of other musicians, including outside collaboration...

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The Field helps local performing artists receive constructive feedback on works-in-progress

Published August 26, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

Last Friday, I attended a free FieldWork Workshop demonstration facilitated by Octavio Campos. Local artists, including Jenni Person, Priscilla Marrero and Bill Spring, shared work so that performing artists, such as dancers, choreographers, writers, musicians and even puppeteers, who are interested in participating in future FieldWork Workshops could learn about...

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Continuing the thread of artist Jean Matzke’s life and work with a new book, “Fiber Matzke”

Published August 26, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

Jean Matzke, "Silver Tongued Devil or A Way With Words," 1984. Coiling with wool, cotton, metal thread and raffia, linen fringe. Photo by Peter Lee, courtesy of the Saint Cloud Arts Commission Municipal Art Collection When Lowertown artist Jean Matzke died in a fluke accident in...

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Inside Mary Mattingly’s WetLand

Published August 26, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Theresa Rose, FringeArts Anticipated for the summer of 2014, FringeArts will commission Brooklyn-based artist Mary Mattingly to create WetLand, our first major temporary public art project. WetLand will be a visually stunning utopic floating structure with the central intention of igniting imaginations around a sustainable future. Free and open...

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Combat art from Afghanistan

Published August 26, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

"Sketching the Drawdown," art by Rob Bates. “Sketching the Drawdown,” an exhibition at UNC Charlotte’s Center City Building, features freelance war artist Rob Bates’ drawings for American Public Media. In December 2012, Bates received invitational travel orders to embed with the United States Marines as a...

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Macon needs more artist collectives

Published August 26, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

Members of the Smoke School of Art Collective speak at the gallery talk for "Pack a Pistol" at the Tubman Museum. In 2004, I co-founded an artist collective that went on to have exhibitions in Macon and throughout Georgia for more than six years. We called...

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Miami’s Chopin Foundation ups the ante for the best American pianists

Published August 26, 2013 by Gregory Stepanich

Pianist Claire Huangci, who plays a recital Jan. 12 in Miami Beach for the Chopin Foundation. Earlier this week, the Chopin Foundation of the United States, which is based in Miami, announced that its 2015 national competition for American pianists would offer a top prize of...

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CBS Miami names Knight Foundation as a ” Top Organization Giving Back To The Miami Arts”

Published August 26, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Knight Foundation scores a bit of small screen attention this month as CBS Miami names the foundation as a " Top Organization Giving Back To The Miami Arts." CBSMiami.com writes: "Once upon a time in Miami, the only artistic entertainment available was the occasional play, trip to an art museum...

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Akron Art Museum director Mark Masuoka talks museum changes with NPR

Published August 26, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

The Akron Art Museum's new director Mark Masuoka is making headlines. Masuoka recently discussed the museum's future with WKSU’s Mark Urycki - click here to listen to the interview. The Akron Art Museum's Mark Masuoka

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My Everglades

Published August 26, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Harumi Abe, AIRIE Fellow I have been living in South Florida about one third of my life now but I gained a new understanding of its history and landscape in this past month at the Residency. I stayed in a studio style home in the Everglades National Park during...