Community Supported Art Detroit has arrived!

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Community Supported Art Detroit has arrived!

Published March 19, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

Community Supported Art Detroit is an exciting new model of investment that supports artists in the creation of new work, while establishing relationships with local art supporters, collectors, and patrons like you. As a valued art supporter, you have been invited to a special pre-sale of shares for the inaugural...

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Spinning the past

Published March 16, 2012 by Anne Tschida

Way way back in the day, when I inherited some albums from my uncle, the world changed. As a kid, the music I could hear after putting a record on my dad's turntable, moving a needle back...

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A cultural blitz: Random Acts of Culture™ meets Miami’s Bayside Marketplace

Published March 16, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

On Feb 19, 2012, The Miami Music Project, the Frost School of Music and the Cuban Classical Ballet surprised shoppers at Bayside Marketplace with a Random Acts of Culture™ cultural bonanza. Performances included Swan Lake, West Side Story and Don't Mean a Thing. Enjoy the video above. Why Does Knight...

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Camp Detroit collaborates with the Movement Electronic Music Festival

Published March 16, 2012 by Jeremy Schmall

On March 14, at the OmniCorpDetroit hackerspace, Camp Detroit held an informative workshop regarding available stipends for collaborative art projects to be built and displayed at the upcoming Movement Electronic Music Festival, which takes place from May 26 through 28 at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit. Movement is an internationally...

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Art, and then some

Published March 16, 2012 by EGuregian

Networking groups for young professionals are nothing new, but one in Akron that has the arts at its center has a different kind of appeal. ArtCetera is a project of the Akron Area Arts Alliance. Under the Arts Alliance's umbrella, it’s reaching out to the younger audiences that every...

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Last chance to apply to 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami

Published March 16, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

Don’t miss your chance to apply to the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami. There’s only a few days left to submit your idea before Monday’s deadline. If you have a great idea in the arts we want to hear from you (and soon!) The challenge seeks to draw the best...

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The second annual [email protected] Festival

Published March 15, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Carrie Chapter, Philadelphia Theatre Company We are tossing our hats in the air here because we just ended our much-anticipated [email protected] Festival here at Philadelphia Theatre Company! Our festival this year brought together unprecedented amounts of artists and audiences; the entirety of this fantastic outcome could not have been...

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Bon Voyage to THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS!

Published March 15, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Carrie Chapter, Philadelphia Theatre Company Dramaturg On February 19th, Philadelphia Theatre Company waved goodbye to the first post-Broadway production of Kander & Ebb’s THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS. Looking back, it’s difficult to believe such an extraordinary team of artists have already come and gone. The audience response to this show...

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Project updates: The University Avenue Project & The Third Place

Published March 15, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Wing Young Huie The centerpiece of The University Avenue Project was a spectacular outdoor projection site where dual outdoor photographic slide shows were projected nightly on billboard-sized screens in a former car dealership lot, accompanied by prerecorded soundtracks by local musicians. Once a month we held live cabaret shows...

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Toomai Quintet salutes Latin American masters

Published March 15, 2012 by Gregory Stepanich

For every group of budding musicians that get together to form a rock band, there seem to be almost as many classical groups these days doing the same. One...

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Theatre Charlotte brings “Around the World in 80 Days” to life

Published March 15, 2012 by carmella.jarvi

The next show in Theatre Charlotte’s 84th season brings “Around the World in 80 Days” to life at its 501 Queens Road location. This comic adventure, adapted by Mark Brown from the Jules Verne classic and directed by Nicia Carla, is good-hearted entertainment for the entire family. “Around the World...

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Tyler Kline’s organic machinery in “Celestial Subterrane”

Published March 15, 2012 by CSchwartz

In a show that is both primitive and idolized, Tyler Kline is currently exhibiting new sculpture and installation as part of “Celestial Subterrane” at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art. His creations are composed of all types of recognizable materials recycled into a new life as part of an immersive, modern day...

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“Moscow” in March

Published March 15, 2012 by Neil de la Flor

We live in Miami. By the ocean. We know tides and waves are fickle and that we shouldn’t turn our backs on the sea. In 1962, Miami — and the United States as a whole — was in flux. Especially momentous for Miami and its sizeable Cuban population were the...

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Knight Arts grantee “Concierto” nominated for national radio award

Published March 15, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

Knight Arts is pleased to congratulate grantee Frank Dominguez for his two 2012 National Hispanic Radio Award nominations: Radio Personality of the Year and Programmer of the Year. DavidsonNews.net reports that Dominguez, the host of Davidson-based classical public radio station WDAV-FM, was nominated for his work as producer and host...

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Knight Foundation film wins audience choice award at Magnolia Film Festival

Published March 15, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad

By Marlon Johnson, Dancing with the Trees producer In late February, The Knight Foundation premiered its latest documentary film, Dancing with the Trees at this year’s Magnolia Independent Film Festival in Starkville, Mississippi. Mississippi’s oldest film festival, “The Mag” was founded in 1997 by a local filmmaker who was dismayed...