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    Amy Toscani’s sculptural, pop-cultural play

    Published March 12, 2012 by

    I’ve been eager to see Amy Toscani’s new show at St. Kate’s University, “Everyday Epic.” I’ve long admired her large-scale public art: a grand, candy-colored “Molecule” on the grounds of the University of Minnesota’s East Bank; the whimsical, many-armed “Rocco,” installed at the wonderful Franconia Sculpture Park; the latter calls...
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    Scholastics Art & Writing Awards highlights young artists

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    Ask any adult artist about their earliest influences and it is likely they’ll answer, “a teacher.” Many a creative spirit was nurtured, challenged and inspired by a special teacher in their formative years. Being a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade art teacher may not be as glamorous or prestigious as teaching privately or at...
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    “The Radio Show” goes silent

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    Alzheimer is one of the most psychologically and emotionally distressing diseases, especially for family members and loved ones who have to watch the disease strip memories. According to the Alzheimer's Association 2009 Facts and Figures report, approximately 5.1 million people age 65 and older suffer from Alzheimer's disease, which means...
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    New works in new homes

    Published March 9, 2012 by

    The migration has finally occurred, and the art galleries and studios that formerly centered on and around Northeast 38th Street in the Design District have moved on. And we now know where some of them have landed, including Locust Projects (a Knight Arts [caption id="attachment_34713" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Natalya Laskis at...
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    Joshua White and Gary Panter’s Light Show at MOCAD

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    Ongoing at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (a Knight Arts Grantee) is the site-specific collaboration between two legendary artists, Joshua White and Gary Panter. Although it’s absolutely accurate to call both White and Panter artists, the term feels a bit staid in this context, and in any case isn’t...
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    Knight at SXSW

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      Photo Credit: John R. Rogers I and several of my Knight colleagues will be at SXSW Interactive in Austin through next week, where we will be involved in more than a dozen events and looking out for experiments helping to move society forward. At Knight, we believe information is vital to communities - and that new technologies are essential to delivering the information communities need on important issues. Four years ago, when we started coming to SXSW, we were seeking journalism and media innovation entrepreneurs. Today, we are expanding our search to community builders interested in using technology for engagement, in addition to artists and entrepreneurs looking to inform and engage communities. We'll be demoing projects Monday and Tuesday at our trade show booth, supporting the accelerator competition and are excited by the Knight-funded projects presenting this year. Here are a few: Tonight at 5 p.m., Knight Foundation Trustee and MIT’s Media Lab director Joi Ito will participate in a panel and demo of some of the most exciting projects at the Media Lab. Also at 5 p.m., PRX CEO and Knight News Challenge winner Jake Shapiro will give a keynote on the Future of Public Media. (His talk follows yesterday’s announcement about the Knight-funded Public Media Accelerator's new director.) Saturday night, we are partnering with Mozilla and MIT’s Media Lab for a media innovation fair at Brush Square Park, showcasing exciting projects. The innovation fair will close with a performance by Filastine. On Sunday, Knight News Challenge winner Kara Oheler, from Zeega, will participate on a panel on public media as transmedia from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. A panel on Civic Media Projects in Latin America will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, and will be led by Knight News Challenge reviewer Luisa Ortiz and Knight News Challenge winners Yesica Guerra, from Crónicas de Héroes, and Miguel Paz from Poderopedia. Monday kicks off the SXSW Accelerator from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Be there to hear the pitches made by this year’s semi-finalists in the News-Related Technologies category. Learn which projects will move to the final stage of the contest on Tuesday, when winners will be announced at 6 p.m.
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    Next Friday night…

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    Inkub8, a recent Knight Arts Challenge recipient, hosts a feedback forum on March 16 at 8 p.m. with emerging South Florida artists Becky Flowers, Jenny Larsson, Katie Meehan & Sam Hanson, Karen Peterson and Dancers and Pioneer Winter. The purpose of the forum is to foster deeper connections between artists...
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    Inside Bass Museum’s TC: Temporary Contemporary

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    By Kristin Korolwicz, Bass Museum The next phase of the Bass Museum’s TC: Temporary Contemporary will begin this month and will feature a group of works that explore interactions and relationships among various sites in Miami Beach. This general theme includes projects that investigate the nuances of communication and interactivity...
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    “Message & Medium” at PhilaMOCA

    Published March 8, 2012 by

    The show “Message & Medium” had its opening at PhilaMOCA on Thursday, March 1. Its name is taken from the famous assertion by Marshall McLuhan that “the medium is the message.” In this exhibit, assembled by artist and curator Gaby Heit, some 20 artists display work, which is in some...