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    Ask-Me-Anything Detroit at Thursday night Town Hall

    Published April 1, 2013 by

    Photo credit: Flickr user micn2sugars. This Thursday, I’ll be at MOCAD in Detroit, to talk with folks and answer questions about the Knight Arts Challenge, which is offering a share of $3 million to local arts and cultural projects.  We’ll be talking a lot on Thursday about how to make your application stand out, in addition to the nuts-and-bolts of challenge requirements, and whatever else is on people’s minds.  What we won’t go into is what kind of ideas we’re looking for. Here’s why: We mean it when we say that we believe artists and cultural orgs in Detroit know their communities best, and have the most innovative and culturally relevant ideas. In challenges in Miami and Philadelphia, we’ve funded hundreds of ideas we would have never come up with on our own. As long as your idea fits within our three rules, it’s game.  That said, here are a few things to think about when shaping your idea:
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    9 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month

    Published April 1, 2013 by

    Today kicks off National Poetry Month and O, Miami - the biennial, South Florida poetry festival - has lined up a myriad of creative ways to deliver a poem to every single person in the city. RELATED LINKS Interactive Report: knightarts.org/omiami Downloadable Report: O, Miami Report PDF   So don’t worry if poetry readings aren’t your style (though they’ll be some of those too). There will be plenty of other ways to participate. Join the opening ceremony with legend Trick Daddy, pair poetry and tattoos with ink master Duke Snyder and poet Tom Healy, or take in a new dance/poetry piece by Merce Cunningham alumni. Here are nine more ways to engage in this year’s festival: Write a 100-word poem (in English or in Spanish) that contains the line “That’s so Miami.” If participating on Twitter or Instagram be sure to tag it with #thatssomiami. Poems will be played on WLRN 91.3FM and the best ones published in a book. Submit a 50-character poem to [email protected] One winning poem flown up and down Miami Beach on April 27 and 28.  
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    9 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month

    Published March 31, 2013 by

    By Elizabeth R. Miller, Knight Foundation Today kicks off National Poetry Month and O, Miami - the biennial, South Florida poetry festival - has lined up a myriad of creative ways to deliver a poem to every single person in the city. So don’t worry if poetry readings aren’t your...
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    It’s a bird, it’s a plan, it’s a poem!

    Published March 30, 2013 by

    By Elizabeth R. Miller, Knight Foundation Just in time for National Poetry Month a new report chronicles the rise of Miami’s art scene and the unorthodox ways it brought the art form to life. Exploring how festival organizers dropped poems from helicopters, sewed them into clothes and even shouted them...
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    Debuting the spring lines from the museums

    Published March 29, 2013 by

    Salvador Dalí "Cuillére avec montre-peigne (spoon with comb)." Several museums just opened up shows in time for springtime, and in fact many of them have a light touch to them, or at least don’t feel too heavy. MOCA (a Knight Arts grantee) unveiled its 15th anniversary...
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    It’s a bird, it’s a plane it’s a poem!

    Published March 29, 2013 by

      Just in time for National Poetry Month a new report chronicles the rise of Miami’s art scene and the unorthodox ways it brought the art form to life.   Exploring how festival organizers dropped poems from helicopters, sewed them into clothes and even shouted them out of a Ferrari (#thatssomiami), the report offers insights into how to engage new audiences in the arts. RELATED LINKS Interactive Report: knightarts.org/omiami Downloadable Report: O, Miami Report PDF   “O, Miami: How a festival infused a city with poetry” centers on O, Miami’s efforts to bring poetry to the 2.6 million residents of one of the most diverse cities in the country. Divided into three parts, the report looks at the role of the festival in Miami’s growing arts scene, how the festival was built and the ways it was irreverent, playful and subversive. It also offers insights for any cultural organization trying to engage new audiences and reframe art for their own communities. Scott Cunningham, O, Miami festival’s co-founder and director recently wrote about eight ways to bring art to new audiences. Some of his insights: Make the Internet your friend, the audience the star, and more.
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    Abhinaya Dance company: Spring 2013 update

    Published March 29, 2013 by

    By Mythili Kumar, Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose Abhinaya Dance company productions for Spring 2013 start off this weekend with the restaging of Gandhi on Sunday, March 31st at Ohlone College at 4pm and on Saturday April 6th at Cabrillo College at 7pm. This repeated performance of our fall...
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    Puzzle Piece Theatre spring 2013 update

    Published March 29, 2013 by

    By D.B. Schroeder, Puzzle Piece Theatre You know that moment when you have something really important you want to share, or you've had a hellish day and need to vent- what do you do? You reach for the phone. Since I left my home town of St. Louis to begin...