By Evy Schiffman, Community School of Music and Arts It’s Saturday afternoon, and the ceramics instructor at the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) is prepping students for their first experience with throwing clay on the wheel. One of the teen students, Jordan, is particularly excited to explore this new artistic outlet after his […]
Article · September 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Gregory Lucas-Myers, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History August was quite a month for The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, as we used it to bring attention to the breadth of African culture with both new and old traditions. I am not usually fazed in my mezzanine office as […]
Article · September 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Susan Jedrzejewski, McColl Center for Visual Art McColl Center for Visual Art is pleased to welcome the arrival of its newest Knight Artist-in-Residence, Susan Lee-Chun from Miami, Florida. Lee-Chun begins her residency on September 6, 2011 along with six other residents from across the country. Fascinated with the power of humor and its capacity to grab […]
Article · August 31, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Neal Hecker, GableStage It was a typical rain soaked afternoon, summer in Miami, as I stood, drying out in the empty theatre space at GableStage that would soon be transformed into a “mythical” Louisiana Bayou, courtesy of the imagination of Tarell Alvin McCraney. McCraney is a product of Miami, quintessentially Miami if such a thing […]
Article · August 31, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastián Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Five years after Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s untimely death at 52, Harmonia Mundi releases a magnificent tribute to the lamented American mezzo-soprano. On two generous CDs, it’s a remarkable compilation of several recordings the singer made between 1989-1995 under conductor Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, a partnership […]
Article · August 31, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastián Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer For the Miami ensemble’s second CD, Patrick Dupré Quigley, Seraphic Fire’s founder and artistic director, could have picked a “lighter,” easier work. Instead, he accepted the challenge of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem. Many will be surprised that this somber masterpiece comes out in late summer, by way of […]
Article · August 31, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Arts television kicks up a notch this October as PBS launches its nine-part PBS Arts Fall Festival. Sponsored by Knight Foundation, the Fall Festival explores the art scenes in the Blue Ridge Mountain, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Look for full-length performances, artist & performer profiles, behind-the-scenes documentaries and […]
Article · August 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
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 American Museum in Philadelphia, a […]
Article · August 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
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 journey into the city of […]
Article · August 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
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 garnered during a six-week full scholarship camp at the […]
Article · August 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
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-, and Latin-American cultures, we look […]
Article · August 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad