By Susan Myers, Project Manager, Fairmount Park Art Association In preparation for the Knight-funded public art project Open Air by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, the Art Association’s Project Manger and Development/Communications Manager recently had the opportunity to travel to Montréal and view Lozano-Hemmer’s installation, Articulated Intersect, commissioned as part of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal’s […]
Article · January 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Iris Shiraishi, Mu Daiko Artistic Director Mu Daiko is three weeks from the opening of its 15th anniversary concert at the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre! Rehearsals are in full swing – we’re premiering three new works and are in the process of resurrecting and polishing long-standing audience favorites. And, we’re commemorating this milestone concert with […]
Article · January 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Nora LeRoux, Teatro del Pueblo This March, in collaboration with Pangea World Theater, Teatro del Pueblo will bring the Twin Cities theater community, Outside the Circle, a new play by Andrea Assaf and Samuel Valdez, examining the nature of love, and what happens to love when we internalize society’s phobias. In the story a straight […]
Article · January 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Robin Barnes, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe Headlong Dance Theater will premiere their newest work This Town is a Mystery at the 2012 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. But first, they must find four Philadelphia households to participate. It could be in your home. You could be the star. Combining movement, stories, music, […]
Article · January 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Dream big South Florida – it’s almost time to send in your best ideas for the South Florida arts! On Tuesday, Feb 21. the application period for the next round of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami will officially open. The challenge, now in its fifth year, is a community-wide contest to find the best ideas for […]
Article · January 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance Director Summit Artspace Gallery opened its 10th anniversary season with Unmonumental Landscapes, an exhibition by emerging artists Debra DeGregorio, Coe Lapossy, Sommer Tolan and Chelsea Blackerby. The young women explore personal understandings of the contemporary world through landscapes created from collections of ideas, objects and images. The group […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Tessa Retterath, Theori On January 10, the Theoroi group attended its fifth event of the season. Theoroi is a group of young individuals who attend local cultural performances together and spread the word about their experience using interactive media. This event was a Schubert Club International Artist Series recital featuring mezzo soprano Susan Graham […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
DANCECleveland, a Knight Foundation grant recipient, is thrilled to be presenting Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company this weekend at Playhouse Square. In addition to the main stage performances, we are hosting: Pre-performance lecture: Saturday, January, 28 at 7:15 pm or Sunday, January 29 at 2:15pm. Join us in the Ohio Theatre for a […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Mosaic Theatre Mosaic Theatre is excited to produce its first world premiere play, as the theater has commissioned famed playwright Joe Calarco. A Measure of Cruelty (April 19-May 13) is inspired by actual events of 2009, when a 15-year-old boy was doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire by four teenagers, a tragic event that impacted South Florida’s […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Naomi Fisher, Bas Fisher Invitational The Bas Fisher Invitational is excited to present a talk by Dr. David Lee, author of Nature’s Palette: the Science of Plant Color about the connection between Nature, Science, and the Arts. He is interested in exploring with artists how that relationship is experienced and presented creatively, to help […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Alejandra Sans, Florida Grand Opera Rigoletto is one of Verdi’s most beloved works, not only for its iconic music, which includes the well-known “La donna e mobile,” but also for its twisted tale of revenge. For Florida Grand Opera’s (FGO) production, the company is taking a step further in designing the famous, deformed court […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad