By Al-Bustan Music Program On Friday, December 9, 2011 Al-Bustan presented the third event of the Arab Music Concert Series, featuringThe Philadelphia Arab Music Ensemble and guest poet Suheir Hammad, to an audience of 320+ who filled the Great Hall of Trinity Center for Urban Life in Center City Philadelphia. The evening opened with The Philadelphia Arab […]
Article · December 29, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Scott Provancher, The Arts & Science Council The Arts & Science Council launched power2give.org four months ago to great excitement in Charlotte. The site’s projects, with a generous match from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, received more than $40,000 in donations during the first week it was live on the internet. Within […]
Article · December 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Eva M. Lewis, Charlotte Symphony At the close of this very eventful year, we at the Charlotte Symphony would like to take this moment to review some of the 2011 KnightSounds highlights. From Tangos and Tapas to Bearden and big band sounds, it’s been a year full of great music, culture and surprises. February […]
Article · December 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Gary Steur, Chief Cultural Officer City of Philadelphia Cross-posted from Arts, Culture & Creative Economy: Much has been written about the decline of cultural journalism in America, an outgrowth of the larger challenges being faced in the journalism sector. The now defunct Columbia University National Arts Journalism Program published a study in 2003 “Reporting […]
Article · December 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
On Wednesday, Dec 21 the Copper Street Brass Quintet surprised shoppers at Macy’s in downtown Saint Paul with a holiday taste of the Nutcracker and Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Enjoy the video above. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed […]
Article · December 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Submitted by Moy Eng, Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) As I reflect on the holiday season and the pervasive, rampant gift buying, the greatest gift we can receive is love. Love given openly, freely, generously. This is what I love about working at a music and art school. Every day, every single day, a […]
Article · December 22, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Just a quick update on the progress of the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, a community based sculpture workshop made possible by a Knight Arts Challenge Grant. So many exciting things have been happening lately: We successfully matched our Knight Arts Challenge Grant through our Kickstarter campaign! Our backers were able to donate in return for “rewards” […]
Article · December 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jane Ramseyer Miller, One Voice Mixed Chorus A few weeks ago, eighty One Voice singers boarded a bus to St. Francis High School to rehearse with their 100-voice Concert Choir in preparation for our collaborative concert in St. Francis on January 9, 2012. It is always a bit unnerving to enter a new school not knowing […]
Article · December 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Christine Cox, BalletX We launched our *eXpand the eXperience* program with our November dance series and it was a huge success. In addition to presenting two original new ballets and a work from our repertoire, we wowed audiences with unexpected performances in the lobby of the Wilma Theater before the shows and in the theater during intermissions. The feedback […]
Article · December 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Grela Orihuela & Bill Bilowit, Founders, Wet Heat Project During Miami’s art fair week of Art Basel Miami Beach 2011– as a companion event to our annual “HOTBED MIami” exhibition of large-scale installations by graduating MFA seniors– we launched “A Piece of Me” to feature a unique cross-generation aesthetic dialogue between New World School of […]
Article · December 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Robin Barnes, Philadelphia Live Arts Philadelphia Live Arts announces the launch of Scratch Night as part of the organization’s year-round programming at the Live Arts Brewery (LAB). Beginning on January 12, 2012 Scratch Night is a monthly salon designed to foster the social, interactive, and accessible qualities of art-making while investing in artists’ creation of […]
Article · December 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad