Keeping communities informed and engaged

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Keeping communities informed and engaged

Published October 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Polly M. Talen, Knight Foundation St. Paul Program Director Keeping communities informed and engaged is a key tenet of Knight Foundation. This month Polly Talen, Knight Foundation St Paul Program Director, writes of this mission, its execution and impact for the Minnesota Council on Foundations. Talen references Random Acts...

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Four-in-one at Vox Populi

Published October 27, 2011 by CSchwartz

In the space of its gallery this month, Knight Arts grantee Vox Populi essentially has four small shows featuring four different artists. Near the entrance is Emily Rooney’s exhibit “All Alone,” then, a room of drawings by Becky Suss appropriately titled “Drawings,” Kikuko Tanaka’s “Traumatic Encounter Forever!” and Piper Brett’s...

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Philly Theatre: Diverse and everywhere

Published October 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Ned Warwick, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia An avid Philadelphia theatre-goer recently took to the Philly Theatre Casting Couch primed with a message for those who rarely attend: ‘take a chance’ and come see live drama. ‘It’s life, that’s the whole thing,” said Roger LaMay, the general manager of...

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The Heart of Philadelphia theatre beats young

Published October 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Ned Warwick for the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia You didn’t have to have the sharpest eye in the theatre to see one of the more interesting demographic features of the recent Barrymore Awards night: the preponderance of young people. Whole bands of them from different nominated plays hooted,...

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KnightArts Philadelphia Q&A Chat Archive

Published October 27, 2011 by Robertson.Adams

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Romare Bearden: an artist remembers his birthplace

Published October 27, 2011 by carmella.jarvi

Sept. 2 marked the beginning of the centennial celebration of 20th century American master artist Romare Bearden. Charlotte, N.C. was his birthplace, as well as an underlying influence in much of his art. There are a number of exhibitions here sharing why Bearden is an artist to be honored, but...

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Set your DVR: Miami City Ballet on PBS Fall Arts Festival

Published October 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

Arts television kicks up a notch this October as PBS launches its nine-part PBS Arts Fall Festival. Sponsored by Knight Foundation, the Fall Festival explores the art scenes in the Blue Ridge Mountain, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. We’re particularly excited about “Miami...

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“Red” is the color of Rothko

Published October 27, 2011 by Neil de la Flor

When I was a student at the George Washington University, I would skip class to hang out at the Hirshhorn Museum, where I would stare at Mark Rothko's "Blue, Orange, Red." I didn't "get" Rothko at the time, but I enjoyed this painting so much that I tried to copy...

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Seat Tweets: Arsht Center’s ‘Media Wall’ encourages active audience

Published October 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Jodi Farrell, Adrienne Arsht Center Pre-show boredom meets its match with the Adrienne Arsht Center’s “Media Wall,” which uses Twitter, Web cams and a giant set of media screens to engage audience members with each other and artists. The Center’s high-tech foray into audience interaction allows ticket-holders to Twitter...

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Random Acts of Culture™ hits the Mall of America

Published October 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Brian Woods, The Schubert Club—a member of The Arts Partnership On a quiet Sunday morning at the Macy’s store at Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, soon after the store had opened, customers and employees were surprised by Random Acts of Culture® as they went about their morning shopping!...

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Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture debuts its Arab music concert series

Published October 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Hazami Sayed, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture is thrilled to be awarded a Knight Arts Challenge Grant in 2011. This grant, along with matching funds from other supporters, has allowed us to implement an idea that was seeded two years ago: establishing an Arab Music Concert...

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The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival presents FOOD COURT

Published October 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Robin Barnes, The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival is thrilled to announce its upcoming US premiere presentation and the only American showing of FOOD COURT, a production by Geelong Australia’s Back to Back Theatre. Back to Back has a 23-year history of creating works by...

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Getting to know the women of Minnesota design by name

Published October 26, 2011 by Susannah Schouweiler

Here we are, more than 50 years past the boys’ club context of the advertising and design world of the “Mad Men” era. While women have taken a much more prominent role in the field since then, they’ve done so primarily in anonymity, their many accomplishments valuable to clients and...

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Knight Arts Challenge Winner Profile: The Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby Gets the Community Moving

Published October 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

Last spring, the New Kensington Community Development Corporation was named a Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia winner for the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby. Founded in 2007, the annual derby strengthens the cultural and economic fabric of the Kensington community by celebrating the talents of local artists in a fun and interactive...

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Art made for different beats

Published October 25, 2011 by Anne Tschida

There's jazz in the photographic imagery hanging in the unlikely venue of a dentist office waiting room. There is music in the truncated snapshots, in the blurred visions, in the dimmed light, of hands and arms in motion, spinning records, a television screen,...