Air Sweet Air gallery’s delightful show of artist-made dioramas, on view for the St. Paul Art Crawl

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Air Sweet Air gallery’s delightful show of artist-made dioramas, on view for the St. Paul Art Crawl

Published October 8, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

There’s something immediately disarming about a diorama -- engagement comes so naturally. You have lean in, maybe even pick up a magnifying glass, to see all the detail properly; it's impossible to remain aloof and passive when you look one over. And seen up close, a diorama offers a distinctly...

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Small exhibit displays large skill at Macon museum

Published October 8, 2012 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

These works are characteristic of Werger's "citycsapes" series and "suburbanscape" series. Three exhibits are currently on display the Museum of Arts and Sciences, a Knight Arts grantee. The largest of the three is "Ceramics from the Permanent Collection," which features items for the museum's collection of...

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Knight Arts Challenge Miami People’s Choice: LAB Miami

Published October 8, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you.Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000...

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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia: Last chance to get your questions answered!

Published October 6, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

We’re giving you one more opportunity this week to ask questions before the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia deadline at midnight on Oct. 15. Join our live web chat this Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 1 to 2 p.m. at KnightArts.org. Just type in your questions and get real-time answers from Knight...

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‘Trading Places’ puts a premium on the interactive and inspirational

Published October 5, 2012 by Anne Tschida

Dona Altemus covers her new studio in her art. Performance and video artists Antonia Wright invites you to sit on the couch she has brought in to her temporary studio, which is at MOCA, one of five that make up “Trading Places II.” It’s a unique...

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Signal Return: typeface transmissions from the Eastern Market

Published October 5, 2012 by Rosie Sharp

This way to Signal Return: 1345 Division St. in Detroit's Eastern Market. Thursday night was an open-studio meet-and-greet at Signal Return, a community letterpress shop (and Knight Arts grantee) that opened in the Eastern Market this summer, and is seeking to gain purchase within the Detroit...

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Cuyahoga Valley Frackers taking music northward to appear at The Barking Spider Tavern

Published October 5, 2012 by Roger Durbin

The Cuyahoga Valley Frackers, an Akron-based acoustic quartet that plays area clubs regularly, are taking their show on the road. They are heading northward through the Valley and will appear this Saturday night, October 6 at The Barking Spider Tavern. If you are a fan, here's the chance to see...

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Knight Arts Challenge Miami People’s Choice: Arts Garage

Published October 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you.Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000...

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Celebrating craft with American Craft Week

Published October 4, 2012 by Katherine Balcerek

Glass Demonstration by Jason Probstein at Mountain Made in Asheville. American Craft Week is here! This nationwide celebration supports the creative economy and the beautiful handmade art and craft found right here in America. Inspired by the format of Restaurant Week, Craft Retailers & Artists For...

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Campbell McGrath to read at Miami Book Fair

Published October 4, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

Miami is transforming before our eyes, becoming a mecca for artists, drawing crowds of people hungry for culture. Few events in Miami are so eagerly anticipated as the Miami Book Fair, an annual, weeklong celebration of local, country-wide and international writers both new and established. In the 2012 lineup is...

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Two at International House

Published October 4, 2012 by CSchwartz

At the International House Philadelphia, there are two concurrent exhibits of extremely different timbre. First, there is “Faces of a New China,” a documentary photography excursion by Amanda Stevenson Lupke. Just down the hall is “The Woman Represented,” a series of works curated by Reza Ghanad which depicts images of...

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Knight Arts Challenge Miami People’s Choice: FUNDArte

Published October 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you.Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000...

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Winner Profile: Asian Arts Initiative on art-powered community development

Published October 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

A multifaceted arts organization in the heart of Philadelphia’s up-and-coming Chinatown North, Asian Arts Initiative is more than a gallery and performing arts space — and its programming backs up that idea. To provide everyday artistic experiences in nontraditional spaces and unexpected neighborhoods, the initiative is creating site-specific works that...

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Random Acts of Culture™ arrives in Minneapolis

Published October 3, 2012 by Dennis Scholl

I was recently invited to be a keynote speaker at the International Downtown Association. For the first time in my life I was introduced with a haiku! Sam Grabarski, legendary Minneapolis leader welcomed me with the following: “His thoughts are droplets They combine as torrent To flood with culture” Then...

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Actors’ Summit lands new work through National New Play Network

Published October 3, 2012 by Roger Durbin

Actors' Summit, a Knight Arts grantee, got good news. It will be part of the National New Play Network's 33rd Rolling World Premiere — an event that champions the development, production and continued life of new plays. What's even cooler is that the work, "Manning Up" by Sean Christopher Lewis,...