Three strikes you’re in at Dorsch

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Three strikes you’re in at Dorsch

Published September 6, 2011 by Anne Tschida

Three distinct shows just opened up at the Dorsch Gallery, each with its own space and room to breath. Each is also very different from one another. Not for the first time, Dorsch's sprawling space feels more like a museum than...

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Have a Big Night in Little Haiti

Published September 6, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

The next edition of Big Night in Little Haiti takes place Friday September 16th. Each 3rd Friday since March, the Little Haiti Cultural Center fills with Haitian music, art and culture – and an enthusiastic crowd of more than a thousand people. For the Rhythm Foundation staff and our regular...

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Mosaic Youth Ensemble performs for President Obama

Published September 6, 2011 by vmiller

This Labor Day weekend, Detroiters and metro-Detroiters may have faced power outages, but there was no shortage of exciting cultural happenings. With Knight Arts grantee The Detroit Jazz Festival, Arts, Beats & Eats and the Hamtramck Labor Day Festival keeping the streets alive, the most concerning problem was choosing which...

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Romare Bearden Park will transform a city block

Published September 5, 2011 by carmella.jarvi

Friday September 2, 2011 was a beautiful day in uptown Charlotte to celebrate the groundbreaking of the long-awaited Romare Bearden Park. It was very appropriate, because this particular day marked Bearden’s Centennial birthday. (This celebrated artist was actually born in Charlotte not far from the park site.) [caption id="attachment_23833" align="alignnone"...

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Behind the scenes with Caballero & Doud

Published September 5, 2011 by Neil de la Flor

This past Friday, I had the opportunity to eavesdrop on a rehearsal for "If You’re Going to Pull A Knife, USAlo,” a new play by South Florida artists Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud. The play, which opens next Thursday, Sept. 8 at On.Stage Black.Box Theater at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium,...

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“Art from the Lathe” showcases the sculptural range of woodturning

Published September 5, 2011 by Susannah Schouweiler

“Table legs,” sighs Tib Shaw, chief cook and bottle washer for the American Association of Woodturners’ Gallery of Wood Art. “For too many people, that's the only thing they think of when they think of woodturning. That’s why having this space is so important — we can show visitors how...

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Going behind the curtain at Gallery Diet

Published September 2, 2011 by Anne Tschida

There are 18 pieces from seven artists in "Behind the Curtain, a Lock of Falling Hair." The exhibit opened on Sept. 1 at Gallery Diet. And the interesting thing is, although one piece is a video covering a wall and...

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Spotlight on Detroit artists

Published September 2, 2011 by vmiller

Whitdel Arts galley in Southwest Detroit wanted to kick off its season on a strong note, so it stayed close to home. "We wanted to pay homage to our arts community," "Detroit Artists Feature"...

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Composer Corigliano to guest at SoBe Arts string fest

Published September 2, 2011 by Gregory Stepanich

Contemporary classical composers have a higher profile these days than they did not long ago, which marks something of a return to an older time when the names of living composers were as well-known as performers. One musician who’s helped raise public awareness...

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power2give.org: 4 days, over 40,000 donated

Published September 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council On Monday, the Arts & Science Council launched power2give.org – a project that was more than a year in the making for ASC. The website is an innovative new way to support arts, science, history and heritage projects in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County....

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Kip Deeds offers multiple styles and perspectives

Published September 1, 2011 by CSchwartz

Artist and teacher Kip Deeds has been busy reinterpreting not only the way we see things, but also the techniques he uses for revealing them. Deeds works in a variety of mediums, including printmaking, drawing and painting, to create an ongoing, open-ended narrative. His content often involves pieces of his...

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Sneak peak: The 2011 Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival

Published September 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

The fifth annual Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival is gearing up for three days of great music in Mears Park, Saint Paul. Concrete and Grass welcomes music lovers of all ages and celebrates that people are not one-dimensional in their musical tastes. Thanks to the support from the Knight...

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Akron Art Museum’s Digital Collection is officially ready for exploration

Published September 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Keith Freund, Akron Art Museum The Akron Art Museum Online Collection is now available to explore. Thanks to generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, we have completed initial design and implementation of our website and launched with approximately 500 objects from the museum’s collection....

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Exploring Midtown with MOCAD

Published September 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Carlie Dennis, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Since MOCAD is currently closed for the installation of its next two exhibitions, Stéphanie Nava: Considering a Plot (Dig for Victory) and barely there (part two). We thought we’d use this month’s blog post to share some exciting things going on in...

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September means Bearden, blues and so much more

Published September 1, 2011 by carmella.jarvi

Today is the first day of September. The slight cool nip in the air is a foreshadowing of fall right around the corner. Most kids are back in school. It’s Labor Day weekend, three days off and the last hurrah of the summer for many. It also means some long...