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ArticleBy Tatiana Hernandez, Knight Foundation If you have a great idea in the arts in South Florida, we want to know! The next round of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami is launching in just a few short weeks. Beginning on Feb. 4, 2013, we’ll be looking for the best and...
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ArticlePhoto credit: Flickr user Wallyg If you have a great idea for the arts in South Florida, we want to know! The next round of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami is launching in just a few short weeks. Beginning on Feb. 4, 2013, we’ll be looking for the best and most innovative ideas from local individuals and organizations that seek to weave the arts into South Floridian’s everyday lives. To help get you thinking about your idea, we compiled a list of resources and strategies on how to best apply. Here they are: A recent multimedia Knight Arts Report explored the impact the challenge is having on South Florida. Watch video profiles of past winners and download the full report about the ways the challenge is bringing the community together through the arts. If you’re looking to get inspired, check out the nearly 100 projects that have been funded in the past three years alone. Here’s a list of each of the winners from 2012, 2011 and 2010. If you’re already working on an idea, be sure to read this advice that offers ways to help make your application stand out. Remember, we love it when people think outside the box - innovation is encouraged.
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ArticleBy Steve Klotz, Rhythms of Africa The Big Day is Saturday afternoon, January 12, at the Adrienne Arts Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. Thirty--five youngsters from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami take the stage for the first time ever, performing as a percussion ensemble accompanied by professional...
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ArticleHaving met its year-end financial fundraising goal, Penumbra Theatre is set to resume performances this spring. After a little over a year of evident financial troubles – including many canceled shows and significant staff lay-offs – some very good news came from Knight Arts grantee, Penumbra...
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ArticleAn "I Love Macon Day" proclamation announcement was made in Rosa Parks Square on Tuesday, January 8. Yesterday, Macon Mayor Robert Reichert proclaimed the day to be "I Love Macon Day." An event was held in Rosa Parks Square, across the street from city hall, to...
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ArticleDon’t tell anyone, but Tuesday Musical, a Knight arts grantee, and The Cleveland Orchestra have been having an ongoing affair for nearly one hundred years. And their bond is as strong as ever. The orchestra was founded in 1918, and records show, according to Barbara Feld, executive director of TM,...
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ArticleBy Augusto Soledade Brazzdance Augusto Soledade Brazzdance is pleased to announce its return engagement to The Adrienne Arsht Center on February 8th & 9th at 7:30 p.m. in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater in the Ziff Ballet Opera House. Augusto Soledade Brazzdance, formerly known as Brazz Dance Theater, will be...
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ArticleBy Lauren Reskin, Sweat Records Sweat Records' in-house label Sutro is excited to announce the second release in our local 7" series - a brand new single from Miami dance-rock quartet KRISP! They have played tirelessly around South Florida since 2011, earning a reputation as one of the best bands...
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ArticleIf you want to laugh your head off and learn something about cat ladies, existential loneliness,racism, hording and pick-up artists, see Kristina Wong in Mad Cat Theatre Company's production of “Cat Lady” at The Lightbox at the Goldman Warehouse through January 20th. PPhoto credit Aran S....
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ArticleWhen driving around Philadelphia, there are many things that the visually attuned may note. There are trolley tracks and the occasional cobblestones, old architecture nudged right up against brand new apartment buildings, bikes, worn-down industrial fixtures and bars. In reference to that last one, AIGA Philadelphia has taken it upon...
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ArticleRafael Ferrer at Castillo. The recent works from Rafael Ferrer, in this case painting on paper bags, that will arrive at the David Castillo Gallery this Saturday have been a long time coming. The Puerto Rican native (and incidentally, the younger brother of the 1950s actor...
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ArticleArtPlace named Miami Beach and Philadelphia two of America's top ArtPlaces today. ArtPlace, a collaboration of national foundations, banks and federal agencies, identified Miami Beach and Philly as being "communities that successfully combine the arts, artists and venues for creativity and expression with independent businesses, restaurants and a walkable lifestyle...
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ArticleBy Trong Gia Nguyen, Artists In Residence in Everglades (AIRE) I thought I wasn’t going to have to post anything else, Mayan apocalypse and all, but now, post 12-21, the post must post. I had wanted to do a weekly write-up, but lacked any real desire to leave my sanctuary...
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ArticleBy Artists in Residence in Everglades Now in it’s thirteenth year, Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), proudly announces the 2013 AIRIE Fellows. This year AIRIE has selected a diverse group of local and national artists across several disciplines, including, painters, sculptors and installation artists, photographers, writers, performance artists and...
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ArticleBy Barbara Johnson Ross, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art The desire to repurpose materials led Terry Tjader from Petal, Mississippi to create an entire collection of sculptures and vessels, many turned from the wood of trees damaged in Hurricane Katrina. Through his woodworking, he has been able to create something new...