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    Heads up: Deadlines looming

    Published August 26, 2011 by

    Five local artists will be chosen to live and work in subsidized studios in downtown Miami, in the second year of the LegalArt Residency program, a Knight Arts grantee. The only thing is, the deadline to get in on this unique...
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    Monie in the Middle

    Published August 26, 2011 by

    By Adrienne G. Whaley, The African American Museum in Philadelphia “Monie in the middle! Where she at? She’s at AAMP!” Okay, you caught us – in any other circumstance, that last line would be “In the middle!” but the week in question, Monie Love actually was at AAMP, the African...
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    Prepping for Marshland Security

    Published August 26, 2011 by

    By Meranda Stuart, Matrix Theatre For the past few weeks, Matrix Theatre’s puppet department has focused on the fundraising, production and performance of its original show: Marshland Security. Marshland Security focuses on the current landscape of Detroit and features local Detroit teens. The story follows Dante the frog and his...
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    Detroit’s unsung 300,000-square-foot gallery

    Published August 26, 2011 by

    "We just wanted to make recycling cool," says Matthew Naimi, director of operations at Recycle Here! "Artists and musicians make people come back." Recycle Here! was started in 2005 and now functions as the city of Detroit’s recycling program. Since then, it has recycled more than 4,400,000 pounds of material...
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    Inside AileyCamp Miami

    Published August 25, 2011 by

    By Suzette Espinosa, Adrienne Arsht Center This month, 100 AileyCamp Miami campers, all middle school students from Miami-Dade County, took to the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center for a grand finale performance that reflected personal and artistic growth the young group...
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    Voyages and milestones

    Published August 25, 2011 by

    By Vera Wilson, President & Founder Astral Artists The Knight Foundation’s first and most generous grant for Astral’s Spiritual Voyages Festival on February 18, 2012 has brought our excitement and creativity to a new level. Conceived as a one-day, three-concert festival celebrating the musical and poetic expression of African-, Asian-,...
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    Bookspace

    Published August 25, 2011 by

    Frankford Avenue’s Bookspace offers exactly what it says: books and space. Opened originally as a book warehouse with around 100,000 books, Bookspace sold online until 2008, when it opened its doors to the public. Since then, its taken the warehouse and slowly transformed it into a cultural and performance venue...
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    Bearden’s Centennial Celebration begins

    Published August 25, 2011 by

    Sept. 2 marks artist Romare Bearden’s 100th birthday, but Charlotte begins its celebration of this Mecklenburg County native tonight. Bearden is best known for textured collages depicting scenes of social customs in modern African-American society, often with inspirations stemming from his first home in North Carolina. “LOOKING FORWARD / LOOKING...
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    O, Miami goes national

    Published August 23, 2011 by

    O, Miami, Miami's first monthlong poetry festival, made national news last month as New York Magazine included the Knight Arts grantee in its weekly approval matrix. Agustina Woodgate's O, Miami poetry bombing project is prominently placed at the corner of highbrow & brilliant in the July 11, 2011 issue.
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    Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens

    Published August 23, 2011 by

    Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG), if you’ve been familiar with the city for any amount of time, is quite possibly something you’ve been clued into, if for no other reason than its age and magnitude. You may have only heard about it, or you have passed it while strolling on South...
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    Rocco Landesman meets Random Acts of Culture®

    Published August 23, 2011 by

    On July 18, National Endowment of the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman experienced a Random Act of Culture® firsthand while speaking at the Chautauqua Ampitheater. The Chautauqua Opera Company surprised Landesman mid-speech with music by Puccini to illustrate his point about local, live art events. Enjoy the video above.