The 567 Center for Renewal displays the artistry of Macon’s own Daly Smith

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The 567 Center for Renewal displays the artistry of Macon’s own Daly Smith

Published May 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Erica Simmons, 567 Center for Renewal The 567 Center for Renewal has the honor and the pleasure to display the artistry of Macon’s own Daly Smith throughout the month of May. Smith’s exhibit “The American Landscape” showcases his oil paintings of well-known landmarks in Macon and scenes from around...

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What do math, history, and opera have in common?

Published May 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Rebecca Casamayor, Florida Grand Opera Florida Grand Opera’s (FGO) in-school educational programs allow students to engage in the art of the opera without having to leave the classroom. This past Wednesday, May 22, the company’s head of costuming, Camilla Haith, visited Richmond Heights Middle School to talk to students...

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Don’t miss this Queen City musical tradition

Published May 23, 2013 by Katherine Balcerek

Summer Pops, Symphony Park. Photo by Jeff Cravotta, courtesy of Charlotte Symphony Orchestra The Summer Pops Concert Series by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (a Knight Arts grantee) is just around the corner, with the first concert scheduled for June 9 at Symphony Park. Tickets are $10...

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Dance Now! Gala with City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti H. Bower

Published May 23, 2013 by Neil de la Flor

Next Friday, May 31, Dance Now! will host its first annual Gala Fundraiser honoring City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti H. Bower. The proceeds raised from the gala will go towards Dance Now!'s Summer Intensive Program, which offers scholarships for qualified dancers and, most importantly, provides training that fosters the...

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Margarita Cabrera presents “Space in Between”

Published May 23, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Margarita Cabrera burst onto the contemporary art scene a few years ago at Art Basel Miami Beach when she showed a crazy life size VW Bug made out of vinyl (see image below). It was an instant sensation. Cabrera was recently a resident at the Knight Foundation-funded McColl Center for...

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Fleisher 24 Hour Photo crash course with Ahmed Salvador

Published May 23, 2013 by CSchwartz

Have you ever dreamed of being a photographer? And not like the digital Instagram breed, but a real chemistry-and-darkroom Ansel Adams photographer? Well, now is your opportunity to get a crash course in manual photography and developing with “24 Hour Photo: A Crash Course in Darkroom Photography,” courtesy of Knight...

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Dance local: New World professor Peter London’s troupe stages its Arsht Center premiere this week

Published May 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Arsht Center Staff Most local dancers who wanted a career in the arts once had to leave Miami for New York to pursue their dreams. That changed when Peter London, a former principal dancer with Martha Graham and Jose Limon Dance companies, decided to create Peter London Global Dance...

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Mercer University receives ArtPlace America grant to support proposed Tattnall Square Center for the Arts

Published May 22, 2013 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

The former Tattnall Square Presbyterian Church. Photo courtesy of Mercer University The pieces are coming together in Macon's College Hill Corridor, a geographic region comprised of the neighborhoods connecting downtown Macon and the campus of Mercer University (a Knight grantee). The area is in the midst...

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Tribute bands are a Friday-night special at Akron’s Lock 3

Published May 22, 2013 by Roger Durbin

From May through September, Lock 3, in downtown Akron plays host to Akron’s biggest festivals, a weekly farmers market, a large number of community events and the City of Akron's official 4th of July fireworks display. But also, music fans, it features a seemingly unending season of live music –...

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Open studios opens up art

Published May 22, 2013 by Anne Tschida

At the studio of Karen Starosta-Gilinski. The Fountainhead Residency program is one of the better incubators for Miami’s art scene, with about six artists from all over the world coming to work in a house in Morningside for several-month stints. But there is also the Fountainhead...

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“BUSK! – The Heart of Street Performance” premieres at McGlohon Theater

Published May 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

Charlotte's grassroots art scene hit the stage Sunday as the documentary "BUSK! - The Heart of Street Performance" premiered at McGlohon Theater. The 42-minute film was released for free to raise awareness of the benefits of grassroots art can have on a city. Watch it above and share with fellow...

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TU Dance May 2013 update

Published May 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez, TU Dance Center TU Dance is getting ready for the closing of its ninth season at The O'Shaughnessy, May 31- June 2, in Saint Paul, MN. Two new works by Uri Sands: A triptych of duets titled No Middle Name, and Escapades-- an adventurous full-company work...

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Free “Opera under the Stars” La bohème June 14–16

Published May 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad

By Anna Lin, Minnesota Opera In appreciation for five decades of generous community support, Minnesota Opera presents three free outdoor concert performances of Puccini’s La bohème as an encore to its 50th anniversary season. These family-friendly events feature the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus and a cast of opera’s most...

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Northern Spark is rallying community support for this year’s festival in Lowertown

Published May 21, 2013 by Susannah Schouweiler

I'm going to swap my journalist's hat for that of an advocate today, but it's in the service of a good cause (and one, full disclosure, in which I'm a participant as part of my day job with mnartists.org): Northern Spark, the one-night-only, nuit blanche-style, public arts festival will be...

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Artist profile: Robert Sestok is thinking big with City Sculpture

Published May 21, 2013 by Rosie Sharp

Cass Corridor artist and living legend Robert Sestok. Photo courtesy of the artist Robert Sestok contains an awful lot of Detroit’s history for such an unassuming presence. The unraveling of his understated personality reveals an astounding cultural and historical index of Detroit, painstakingly accumulated since his...