Little Berlin has a lot on their plate (literally)

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Little Berlin has a lot on their plate (literally)

Published July 24, 2012 by CSchwartz

North Philadelphia’s quintessential “undefined exhibition space” Little Berlin has been busy breaking ground on their newest project, the Little Berlin Fairgrounds, located just adjacent to their Viking Mill building in East Kensington. The Fairgrounds are one of the Knight Arts Challenge 2012 winners, and the Berliners are currently working to...

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Janet Echelman: Curious, inspired, adventurous

Published July 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Linda Harris, Center City Philadelphia Janet Echelman pursued many subjects in school: Visual Art at Bard College in New York; Counseling Psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Chinese calligraphy and landscape painting at the University of Hong Kong; Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University, where she graduated...

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Squared: examining the symbolic square

Published July 23, 2012 by Katherine Balcerek

This week the McColl Center for Visual Art's (a Knight Arts grantee) exhibition “Squared” is drawing to a close. Featuring the work of Injoo Whang and Caitlin Masley, “Squared” examines the symbolic nature of the square. A gallery reception on Friday July 27th from 6-9 p.m. will mark the end...

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“Nada Del Amor Me Produce Envidia” is an extraordinary one-woman play

Published July 23, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

"Nada Del Amor Me Produce Envidia" ("I Don't Envy Love"), presented by Flor de un Dia, is an extraordinary one-woman play about envy and the profound black shadow of solitude that will come for us, all of us, one day.The Argentinean musical melodrama, which opened during the XXVII International Hispanic...

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Everyone is a suspect at new dinner theater

Published July 23, 2012 by Jonathan Harwell-Dye

Shadows Interactive Dinner Theatre is located on Second Street next to Roasted Cafe and Lounge. Everyone who walks in is a suspect. Why? Because at Shadows Interactive Dinner Theater, which recently opened in downtown Macon, every Friday night is an interactive mystery event. "When you walk...

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What does “sustainability” mean in context of the arts, and who pays the price of preservation?

Published July 23, 2012 by Susannah Schouweiler

Earlier this month, I heard Diane Ragsdale speak at a Twin Cities metro-wide Arts Learning Xchange symposium for arts administrators, artists and arts advocates in Minneapolis’ scenic Nicollet Island Pavilion by the river. A writer and scholar with a background in both arts administration and funding, Ragsdale is best known...

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Taking art to the streets

Published July 20, 2012 by Anne Tschida

Who knows what you may see at the first outdoor Miami Performance International Festival? With any luck, you won’t have to keep too much of a look out for the first “Miami Performance International Festival” (also called “M/P 12”), as it should be right in front...

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Neos Dance Theatre leads off Heinz Poll Dance Festival

Published July 20, 2012 by Roger Durbin

Dancing in the parks. It's a great summertime activity – and it's free. The City of Akron has been putting on free dance performances for 37 years straight now since the former Ohio Ballet offered to tour the metropolitan park system and dance out of doors. It's been a rousing...

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Legendary Detroit artist Niagara brings “War Paint” to Re:View

Published July 20, 2012 by Jeremy Schmall

Few would argue with the notion that war is evil. Some may claim it as a necessary evil, but the qualifier hardly helps. If anything, that it’s necessary makes it all the more terrifying, because that means it is an essential part of our humanity. History would appear to verify...

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Philadelphia Theatre Company finds “reasons to be pretty”

Published July 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Carrie Chapter, Philadelphia Theatre Company Last month, we lived in the kingdom of playwright Neil LaBute here in Philadelphia. The final play in LaBute’s Beauty Plays trilogy, the purposely lower-cased reasons to be pretty closed the 2011-2012 PTC season in a triumphant Philadelphia premiere. In a celebrated standard for...

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Random Acts of Culture™ hits the Aspen Ideas Festival

Published July 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

Random Acts of Culture™ arrived with a bang at the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival as musician Wu Tong surprised the Making Cities Sing panel audience with a traditional flute performance. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on...

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The Circus Comes to City Hall

Published July 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Josh Dubin, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy City of Philadelphia Image courtesy of Amanda Brandt for the City of Philadelphia It's 5:30pm on a Wednesday in the Philadelphia. The City Hall Courtyard, a key pedestrian corridor and public transit access point in...

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Hard truths: debating the art categories primitive, folk and outsider

Published July 19, 2012 by Katherine Balcerek

In the art world classification is paramount. Art historians, critics and curators spend much of their time seeking to contextualize art — to define art and subsequently artists by shared characteristics. Hence we have the categorization of art by time period, geographical region and personal style; and we use terms...

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North Philly abstractions in “Dirty Pretty Things”

Published July 19, 2012 by CSchwartz

In Gallery 102 of the Crane Arts Building, artist Fabian Lopez has organized a group exhibit called “Dirty Pretty Things,” which includes eight artists working in the vein of abstraction. As the curator, Lopez selected artists he knew that lived in geographical proximity to himself and one another. All of...

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Discover Same Stage at “Discover Art! Family Festival”

Published July 19, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

Next Friday, July 27th from 4-8 p.m., experience the inspirational power of art for free at "Discover Art! Family Festival" at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. The 2nd annual Family Festival will feature art and music created by local artists. The Daniel Lewis Miami Dance Sampler...