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    Where to find informal, dip-a-toe-in adult arts education

    Published April 2, 2012 by

    Nonprofit, discipline-specific organizations (like the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Northern Clay Center, Textile Center, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, etc...), arts colleges and universities — these are the places I suspect most first think of when they’re in the market for classes and other educational arts opportunities for adults, and...
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    Studio Ohr at the Ohr-O’Keefe: Focus on fiber arts

    Published April 2, 2012 by

    By Barbara Johnson Ross, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art offers a free event on the second Saturday of each month. The event, called Studio Ohr, focuses on a variety of art demonstrations, hands on activities and other educational opportunities for children and adults. Artists from all...
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    Mapping: Time + Space + A Rubber Chicken

    Published April 2, 2012 by

    Art cannot be tamed. It should be as wild and as free-range as possible. That's what we got Sunday (April Fools' Day) at "Mapping: Time + Space" at Art/Center South Florida (a Knight Arts grantee) — an exhibition that loosely interprets and represents the relationships between objects on a physical,...
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    Signal-Return March update

    Published March 31, 2012 by

    By Megan O'Connell, Signal-Return, Inc “Begin anywhere”, instructs American composer John Cage. In compiling an overview of the goings-on at Signal-Return, the swath of what we are actualizing looks so wide and seamless, it is challenging to know where to start. As a crossroads and meeting place, Signal-Return is thriving....
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    In the dimensions, from floor to ceiling

    Published March 30, 2012 by

    Expect to be floored, and ceiling-ed, when visiting the Farside Gallery and the accompanying art space in the lobby of Mosquera Orthodontics. But don't expect to be overwhelmed with color and dramatics. The two architecturally based interventions are...
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    Inside Cleveland Orchestra Miami’s education concerts

    Published March 30, 2012 by

    March was a busy month for the Cleveland Orchestra Miami delivering educational activities throughout Miami-Dade County. The centerpieces of the Cleveland Orchestra’s comprehensive array of educational activities presented in Miami each season are the Education Concerts at the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht...
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    Believe

    Published March 30, 2012 by

    “Stop! Convince me that those shoes are magic.” It could only be one pair of famous shoes that director Myron Lewis is talking about: Dorothy’s. On a recent weeknight in the gymnasium of Akron’s Arlington Church of God, Lewis rehearsed the students of YEPAW (Youth Excellence Performing Arts Workshop) as...
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    Two Knight Arts grantees win 2011 Sally Awards

    Published March 29, 2012 by

    By Delta Giordano, St. Paul Program Assistant Knight Foundation congratulates TU Dance on their Sally Award, presented on March 26 at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul. Since 1992, the Sally Ordway Irvine Awards have honored individuals and institutions that strengthen and enrich our entire state with...
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    Five ways to celebrate National Poetry Month

    Published March 29, 2012 by

    If you love poetry, then you probably know that April is National Poetry Month. In honor of the magic of poetry. In Miami, we're celebrating with O, Miami, a biennial poetry festival created by the University of Wynwood and Knight Foundation, which aims for every single person in Miami-Dade County...