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    Detroit: Building on the city’s creative momentum

    Published October 23, 2012 by

    Seven of Detroit's cultural institutions will receive support from Knight Foundation as part of its newly announced $19.25 investment in the city's cultural community. ReAD MORE The Detroit Free Press Crain's Detroit Business Detroit News CBS News Detroit Metro Times Chronicle of Philanthropy "Bringing new energy to the artists driving the future of Detroit" on Knight Blog I’m in Detroit tonight, excited to announce $19.25 million in support for the local arts. Since we started funding cultural projects in the city three years ago, we’ve been impressed by how artists, creatives and entrepreneurs are driving the future of the city. We want to amplify that, and bring new energy to the community. As you’ll see below, Knight is investing in seven institutions that, despite recent economic challenges, continue to innovate and pursue forward thinking strategies for engaging audiences. Those investments are only the beginning, though. We’re also excited to bring the Knight Arts Challenge to Detroit. Starting in March, we’ll be asking everybody, and we mean everybody, for their innovative ideas for engaging and enriching Detroit through the arts. Find out more in today’s news release, below. And Detroit, get ready to give us your best ideas in the arts.
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    Detroit: Building on the city’s creative momentum

    Published October 23, 2012 by

    Seven of Detroit's cultural institutions will receive support from Knight Foundation as part of its newly announced $19.25 investment in the city's cultural community. READ MORE The Detroit Free Press Crain's Detroit Business Detroit News CBS News Detroit Metro Times Chronicle of Philanthropy I’m in Detroit tonight, excited to announce...
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    Smash and Grab that art!

    Published October 23, 2012 by

    Farley Aguilar. It’s been 10 years now that Locust Projects (a multiple Knight Arts grantee) has been holding one of the most anticipated auction and party nights of the season. Yep, it’s “Smash and Grab” time again – the raffle, the fest, the amazing array of...
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    Adults, let’s dance

    Published October 23, 2012 by

    Join professional dancer and teacher Ana Bolt at the North Miami Arts Collective for a four week session of adult ballet. Yes, adult ballet! No matter how old one claims to be, adults can learn new tricks and new movements that are good for the body and soul. [caption id="attachment_47170"...
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    Vox Populi from painting to trade show tropes

    Published October 23, 2012 by

    At Knight Arts grantee Vox Populi, October is divided amongst four artists of very different predilections. Becky Suss examines representational painting and its effect in recalling her deceased grandfather and his subsequently demolished home. Fellow Vox Populi member Piper Brett utilizes the idea of a ‘punctum’ or wounding and altering...
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    Ballet without limits at the North Carolina Dance Theatre

    Published October 22, 2012 by

    Jane's "Shelter" featuring Jamie Dee and Gregory DeArmond. Photo by Jeff Cravotta “Limitless,” the North Carolina Dance Theatre’s season opening performance, features a collection of three ballets, ranging from classical to contemporary. “‘Limitless’ is a very diverse performance,” said choreographer and Artistic Director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. “We...
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    Harriet Bart’s exhibition at Macalester College on all that’s lost but not forgotten “Between Echo and Silence”

    Published October 22, 2012 by

    Installation view, "Between Echo and Silence." Pictured: "Lustral Bowls" and "Pendulum" by Harriet Bart. Photo courtesy of Macalester College Harriet Bart’s “Between Echo and Silence” is the first major exhibition in Macalester College’s new Law Warschaw Gallery, situated in the school’s beautifully renovated Janet Wallace Fine...
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    City of Biloxi Center for Ceramics Ribbon Cutting and Art Fair ExtraOHRdinaire at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art

    Published October 21, 2012 by

    By Barbara Johnson Ross, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art On September 15, 2012 a ribbon cutting by Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway, Harrison County Supervisor Windy Swetman, Biloxi City Councilman George Lawrence, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art Board President Larry Clark and Emeritus Board Member Jerry O’Keefe officially opened the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum’s new...