By Patrick Dewane, Minnesota Opera At the national Opera America Conference in Boston in early May, I moderated a panel titled “Capitalizing on Digital Transmission Technology.” More than one panelist referred to the digital transmission of opera as “The Wild West.” For a gunslinger, The Wild West might sound like fun. But for a shopkeeper, […]
Article · May 25, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Park Square Theatre Today Artistic Director Richard Cook announced that the theatre has raised nearly $3.2 million (75%) of its $4.2 million Next Stage expansion campaign goal. The Next Stage Campaign is a comprehensive effort to transform Park Square, enhancing the theatre’s ability to serve the community by investing in its facility, capitalizing its […]
Article · May 23, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Last fall the PlayGround Theatre received a $100,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant to produce the world premiere of The Red Thread, a children’s play based on an ancient folktale and designed to foster an understanding of Chinese culture. An estimated 16,000 children, teachers, family members and others will make up the audiences for 62 performances […]
Article · May 20, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
McColl Center for Visual Art is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first of three, Knight Foundation Artists-in-Residence. Cuban born Quiesqueya Henriquez, a mixed media artist will be one of the first to start her residency at the Center on June 1. Henriquez will lead a free artist talk at the Center on Saturday, June […]
Article · May 19, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
The finalists for the 2011 Knight Arts Challenge Miami were recently announced and at least one local community is buzzing with excitement. Miami’s dance community represents eight of 56 spots – an achievement recognized by Knight-funded Artburst Miami, Miami’s media bureau for the arts. Artburst editorial director Celeste Fraser Delgado congratulates the eight dance project […]
Article · May 19, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stephanie Norman, Producing Artistic Director of City Theatre Summer Camp. Those 2 words conjure up so many personal memories of late night whisperings, day time activities of swimming, boating, arts & crafts; new friends, bug juice, peanut butter and honey sandwiches, camping, bugs, bugs, bees, big skies of glittering diamonds, red clay that stained all […]
Article · May 18, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Luis A. Croquer, Director + Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit When I moved to Detroit in 2008 to head the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), I was fascinated by the potential of our building to be not only a place for display of challenging and world-class artwork, but also a space […]
Article · May 17, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Mayur Patel, Knight Foundation In 2008, Knight Foundation launched the Knight Arts Challenge in Miami, a five-year, $40m initiative to support the most innovative and transformational arts ideas in South Florida. Since then, 78 grants have been awarded to a range of projects, everything from live concerts to ballet, film festivals and opera performances. […]
Article · May 17, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Tatiana Hernandez, Knight Foundation Two South Florida schools were selected to compete at the 16th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival in New York City. The two-day event runs Friday, May 13 – Saturday, May 14th. Our own Dillard High School and New World School of the Arts are among the […]
Article · May 13, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
By Matthew Stiffler, Arab American National Museum In preparation for the tenth anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Arab American National Museum (AANM), with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has been engaged in a community-led, multi-city project. “Ten Years Later: The Impacts of 9/11 on Michigan […]
Article · May 12, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad
Have you experienced a Random Act of Culture® yet? Knight Foundation’s national program to get culture out of the performance halls and onto the streets is at 266 random acts and counting. The Chronicle of Philanthropy caught a recent Random Act of Culture®: “Shoppers at a Macon, Ga., grocery store were going about their business […]
Article · May 12, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad