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 and most innovative ideas out of […]
Article · March 16, 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 PTC@Play 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 possible without the generous support of […]
Article · 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 was nothing short of tremendous! Every […]
Article · 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 at the site that featured […]
Article · 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 of “Concierto,” a nationally syndicated weekly classical music […]
Article · 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 by the fact that there were […]
Article · March 15, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Victoria Galan, Miami-Dade Public Library System The Miami-Dade Public Library System is in the process of recruiting a dynamic and engaging Young Adult author to be its 2012 Young Adult Writer-in-Residence. The 2012 Young Adult Writer-in-Residence program is designed to encourage teens, 12-18, in the creative writing process during a three-month residency which will run […]
Article · March 14, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kelli Kavanaugh, MOCAD As our exciting winter season progresses, MOCAD looks ahead to summer with a Call for Submissions for Post Industrial Complex, an in-depth survey of contemporary small-scale fabrication and creative service development within the city of Detroit, celebrating the vitality and necessity of the art and industry of the everyday. From the […]
Article · March 14, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
In 2010, The Rhythm Foundation received a Knight Arts Challenge grant for “Big Night in Little Haiti”, a monthly concert series featuring Haitian music. Knight recently asked Laura Quinlan, director of The Rhythm Foundation, what made the organization apply to the challenge, whose attending the monthly concerts in Little Haiti and what their reactions are. Knight Foundation: […]
Article · March 14, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By inkub8 staff inkub8 announces its 2012 Artists in Residence Shaneeka Harrell Niurca Marquez Alexey Taran (ERE Bistoury) Antonia Wright The inkub8 (open-studio) Residency Program, a four-week residency in Miami’s Wynwood arts district that offers time, space, and a modest stipend in exchange for artists teaching classes and exhibiting works. Inkub8 is a hybrid performance | studio space […]
Article · March 13, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By AIRIE staff AIRIE is pleased to present current Artists in Residence in Everglades Dana Sherwood and Mark Dion at Lester’s for an artist talk and info session about the Artists in Residence in Everglades program. Sherwood and Dion will be fresh out of the wilderness, and will tell us about their recent projects and […]
Article · March 13, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad