By Eric Hankin, DASH teacher, architect & trip organizer Earlier this summer, 30 DASH students traveled to New York City, many for their first time leaving their Miami neighborhoods, to participate in a one-month program sponsored by Knight Foundation. The students spent one week with their teachers discovering Manhattan. Day trips included walks through Union […]
Article · July 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jean-Marie Allion, Lead Writer, “Home Water” This evening, after eight months of gestation and not without some trepidation, our Community Playwright Circle presented our most recently born child to the world. In this particular case, the world turned out to be the studio of Matrix Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, where eight readers shared […]
Article · July 27, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stephanie Necuze, Florida Grand Opera This September, Florida Grand Opera, a Knight Arts grantee, will be launching a new education program called Teen Council. This year-long, career-centric high school program is designed to give students who are interested in the arts a real world look at arts administration and to introduce them to the South […]
Article · July 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council Last month the Arts & Science Council wrapped up its Random Act of Culture® performances for the fiscal year. Opera Carolina, Charlotte Symphony and Passion for Tango all participated in performances on the eve of FY12 . All three groups delighted visitors and shoppers throughout Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Opera […]
Article · July 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By LeToya Stairs, Rhythm of Africa Music Program & 2010 Knight Arts Challenge Winner Summer break usually means an unlimited supply of popsicles and trips to the playground, but at New Mirawood Academy, summer camp means learning about the world in unique ways. The humble multi-ethnic community day care and summer camp, made up primarily […]
Article · July 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
The National Endowment for the Arts releases a free podcast each Thursday featuring one-on-one interviews with personalities ranging from NEA Jazz Masters to leading arts experts to National Medal of Arts winners. This week’s podcast features three of Miami’s cultural organizers, and Knight Arts Challenge winners, discussing the power of art in building community. Beth Boone, […]
Article · July 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Cross posted from Art Works, the official blog of the National Endowment for the Arts By Rainey Knudson, Founder/Director, Glasstire Why does art criticism matter? Art criticism matters because art matters. [If you’re not sure or can’t remember why art matters, I recommend this wonderful interview with Milton Glaser on the website BigThink. He articulates […]
Article · July 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance Director This weekend workmen are finishing floors and moving in furniture to the new Creative Business Center at Summit Artspace in downtown Akron. With a generous capital grant from the Knight Foundation, the Akron Area Arts Alliance (AAAA) renovated the second floor of its growing art center to […]
Article · July 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia First love for theatre usually comes at an early age. The Philly Theatre Casting Couch celebrated that youthful engagement with theatre when it visited the Moorestown Theatre Company’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, at the William Allen Middle School, in Moorestown, New Jersey on July 17th. The Philly […]
Article · July 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Karen Park, Arts Program Manager, Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose The Public Art Network (PAN), the largest advocacy organization for public art in the U.S, presented the City of San Jose Public Art Program with the first-ever Public Art Program of the Year award at its annual conference on June 16 in San […]
Article · July 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
2010 Knight Arts Challenge Miami winner Borscht Film Festival was awarded $150,000 to shape Miami’s cinematic identity by showcasing and creating original films that tell unique Miami stories. This week, FilmMaker Magazine celebrated Borscht’s approach, calling it “the perfect example of local, sustainable filmmaking.” Borscht’s Minister of Agriculture Andrew Hevia contributed a piece to the magazine, touching […]
Article · July 20, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad