By Kelsye Gold, Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold comes to the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre stage December 13th through January 1st! It’s “CSI:Bethlehem” as Sister takes on the mystery that has baffled historians for ages–whatever happened to the Magi’s gold? “We know that Mary used the […]
Article · December 8, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Chip Schwartz, Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof, The Artblog We’re going to do something really great for Philadelphia art thanks to a prestigious Knight Arts Challenge award–and you!!! We will host First Friday van tours to bring new people to Philadelphia galleries that are off the beaten path and full of excellent art. We’ll […]
Article · December 7, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Keith Freund, Akron Art Museum Most of the photography we do to document our collection at the Akron Art Museum is accomplished in a studio setting with the highest-quality equipment. We hire a photographer and set up a professional studio in our storage areas and galleries to capture our prints, paintings, and sculptures looking […]
Article · December 6, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Andrea Stevenson, Community School of the Arts Last month, dozens of Community School of the Arts students attended their first opera, thanks to our new Knight Artistic Engagement Fund. The Fund connects underserved music and art students with outstanding professional music concerts and art exhibitions at no cost to children or their parents. For these […]
Article · December 5, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Adrienne Arsht Center staff As thousands of people flocked to Art Basel Miami Beach Dec. 1-4 to check out the newest work generating buzz in art circles and beyond, a group of Miami-based artists used music to focus attention on the local art scene. Their project: Pop-Up Miami Piano 2011. Eleven pianos, donated by Steinway Piano […]
Article · December 2, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Carrie Chapter, Philadelphia Theatre Company Here at Philadelphia Theatre Company, on November 13th, we sadly said goodbye to John Logan’s Red – our first show of the 2011-2012 season. But, now we’re able to relax in the memory of a truly fantastic run! For those of you unfamiliar with the play, Red re-imagines a […]
Article · December 2, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Val Renner, Akron Civic Theatre The Akron Civic Theatre comes alive with the hustle and bustle of the season. The sounds of glee fill the air when children experience the magic of the Nutcracker. It has become a Holiday tradition for many of the families in the area. We have been told as many […]
Article · December 2, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Rick Shiomi, Mu Performing Arts Mu Performing Arts is in the third round of our Jerome New Performance Program. This program features Mu collaborating with individual artists from fields other than playwriting to create new works from the outsider perspective. It has been an amazing program for Mu because it has brought so many different artists […]
Article · December 2, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Brian Woods, The Schubert Club—a member of The Arts Partnership Random Acts of Culture™ greeted weary travelers, returning and departing from their Thanksgiving holidays on Sunday, November 27. They were surprised by opera arias and duets ringing throughout Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport! The Arts Partnership presented resident artists from the Minnesota Opera singing duets […]
Article · December 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Michelle Berra, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Since the start of the 2011-2012 school year, more than 32,000 M-DCPS students have had the opportunity to experience Miami’s vibrant cultural atmosphere through Cultural Passport. Cultural Passport is an innovative educational initiative designed to provide all Miami-Dade County Public Schools students in grades K-12 with a different […]
Article · December 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Susan Jedrzejewski, McColl Center for Visual Art Kicking-off the winter session in January 2012, McColl Center for Visual Art will host “Converge” featuring renowned artists Quiesqueya Henriquez and Sonya Clark and the pieces they created while in residence as Knight Artists-in-Residence. Exploring themes of identity and inclusion, the work showcased in the exhibition will […]
Article · December 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad