O, Miami, Miami’s first monthlong poetry festival, made national news last month as New York Magazine included the Knight Arts grantee in its weekly approval matrix. Agustina Woodgate’s O, Miami poetry bombing project is prominently placed at the corner of highbrow & brilliant in the July 11, 2011 issue.
Article · August 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
On July 18, National Endowment of the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman experienced a Random Act of Culture® firsthand while speaking at the Chautauqua Ampitheater. The Chautauqua Opera Company surprised Landesman mid-speech with music by Puccini to illustrate his point about local, live art events. Enjoy the video above.
Article · August 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Supporting the arts just got much easier, as the Arts & Science Council launches power2give.org. Supported by Knight Foundation with a $250,000 grant, power2give.org is a website offering a unique way to match cultural fans and funders to local projects. Think Kickstarter for the arts. 501(c)3 organizations and artists will list specific needs (think pointe […]
Article · August 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance Director Summit Artspace visitors can view their city through artistic eyes at Streetscapes, Akron in Plein Air, an exhibition of paintings and photography inspired by our urban landscape. Curated by designer and plein air artist Brian Shellito, the show features works done in open air by 16 local […]
Article · August 22, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Knight Arts’ Random Acts of Culture™ is at 379 performances and counting. As the program moves into its second year and nears its goal of 1,000 performances in three years, Knight Foundation Vice President/Arts and Random Acts of Culture™ founder Dennis Scholl shares the concept & the reactions with Plum TV.
Article · August 22, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
It’s Juneteenth Weekend at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and the community has come out to celebrate! Ned Hector, a Revolutionary War soldier with a musket slung over his shoulder, stands in the museum lobby, engaging families with stories of his life and war service in the late 1700s. On the plaza, topping out at […]
Article · August 19, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Janet Batet, Arts Journalist The Farside Gallery, a quiet blue house located in the suburban Westchester area, far away from trendy art districts, offers the propitious environment for the intriguing artworks of the Cuban-born Miami-based artist Ana Albertina Delgado. The show is a survey on Ana’s drawings production from 1997 to 2011 and a very […]
Article · August 18, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Holly Zinner, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art On Saturday, August 13, over 200 people came to the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art to celebrate Mississippi Women Artists at the museum’s Wine, Women & Song event. The Museum hosted 11 female artists from the great State of Mississippi who gave demonstrations of their crafts to a crowd of […]
Article · August 17, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Colby Damon, BalletX dancer It is always interesting to reflect on a piece recently performed after some time away from daily mental insertion into it’s unique combination of elements. Though it has been three weeks since the Ballet X company members and I performed Roger Jeffrey’s A Soliloquy Among Many for our summer repertory […]
Article · August 15, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Cross posted from fiusm.com, student media at Florida International University By: Heather Armas, contributing writer Starting in August, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will open its virtual museum doors. The vision for the Virtual Frost project was a collaborative effort between Dr. Carol Damian, director and chief curator of the Frost Art Museum […]
Article · August 10, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastián Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Erwin Schrott. His name is German, though his looks suggest a cocky “compadrito” from the Rio de la Plata (River Plate). The young Montevideo-born baritone is one of the undisputed stars of today’s opera scene. To show his versatility, Schrott has recorded a recital paying tribute to […]
Article · August 9, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad