By Theresa Reid, Executive Director ArtsEngine Knight Foundation was instrumental in helping to launch a new national initiative to better integrate art-making and the arts into American universities. Knight Foundation provided seed funding for an unprecedented conference, a “Michigan Meeting” hosted in Ann Arbor by the University of Michigan’s ArtsEngine initiative May 4 – 6. […]
Article · June 3, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Margot Helm, Opera San José Imagine, if you will, a completely full house at the theatre- one comprised entirely of individuals who had never seen a live opera before, or not within the last five years. The singers, orchestra and crew are close to the end of a successful run of La bohème—one of […]
Article · June 3, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Artist & Journalist Then and now — Martin Bookspan: ”I miss the embrace of classical music by a large proportion of the human race.” To an entire generation, the rich, unmistakable voice of Martin Bookspan will always be the voice of “Live From Lincoln Center,” the series he hosted on PBS. For […]
Article · June 2, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council With the help of the North Carolina Dance Theatre, the Arts & Science Council (ASC) led a Random Act of Culture® blitz the last two weeks of May that brought a little culture to Center City Charlotte and beyond. On Saturday May 14, choreographer Mark Diamond led a group […]
Article · June 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Brian Woods, The Schubert Club—a member of The Arts Partnership On Thursday, May 26, 2011, downtown Saint Paul office workers and residents were surprised by Random Acts of Culture™ in the city’s skyway system. The Arts Partnership enlisted the talents of two guitarists, winners of The Schubert Club’s Bruce P. Carlson Student Scholarship Competition. […]
Article · June 1, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Julia Berg, Frost School of Music The University of Miami Frost School of Music’s Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra was televised May 12, 2011 on WPBT2’s premiere broadcast of An Evening with Dave Grusin, (also available on CD, Blu-ray Disc and ROBA iPad App), a groundbreaking live program that captures 10 time Grammy Award-winning and […]
Article · May 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jonathan Lewis, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities On May 6th, 2011, before a packed room in the Hotel Palomar in Washington D.C., members from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities unveiled an ambitious new study on Arts Education in the United States. The report, Re-Investing in Arts Education: […]
Article · May 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Christine Podas-Larson, Public Art Saint Paul We’re getting ready to stay up all night June 4 for the Northern Spark Festival. Produced by Northern Lights and its impresario Steve Dietz, this all night festival will present works by 200 artists in Saint Paul and Minneapolis downtowns and along the riverfront! Public Art Saint Paul is […]
Article · May 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Thomas Hollingworth, Artlurker On May 11th, Artlurker, a Miami based contemporary art blog, announced the winner of the Miami Writer’s Prize, an annual prize funded in part by the Knight Foundation and hosted on Artlurker. The prize stipulates that entrants submit one review of a recent art related event. The incentive is an eight hundred […]
Article · May 26, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stephanie Necuze, Florida Grand Opera Opera – a mysterious and at times intimidating world of big voices, extravagant makeup and glass-breaking high notes that many find puzzling. To a child at least, these common misconceptions can create a distorted image of what opera really is–a glamorous, complex and culture-rich realm of true artistry. This […]
Article · May 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Karen Park, Arts Program Manager, Office of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose The San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs in partnership with EmcArts has selected seventeen local San Jose arts organizations for New Pathways for the Arts|San Jose, a model innovation program directed by EmcArts, a leading not-for-profit provider of innovation services for the […]
Article · May 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad