Random Acts of Culture™ met the Tango this week as musicians from the Charlotte Symphony partnered with two Tango dancers to perform at the Charlotte Douglass International Airport. This was the fourth RAC performed in Charlotte – click the video below to see the RAC and crowd reactions.
Article · October 21, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
MOCA pairs the fashionable with the unfathomable in its upcoming exhibit Bruce Weber: Haiti/Little Haiti. The exhibition, sponsored by Knight Foundation, is Weber’s first major museum installation and features roughly 75 photographs of Miami’s Haitian community taken between 2003 and 2010. Vogue features the exhibit in its November “People are Talking About” section and quotes […]
Article · October 21, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Macon Film buffs, theater lovers, fans of African American art and others will benefit from projects put on by six cultural groups with $77,000 in Knight funding, the foundation announced today. The grants are among the first in Knight Foundation’s new national arts program, which focuses on Macon and seven other communities where the Knight brothers […]
Article · October 20, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Benjamin Godsill, co-curator One of the most exciting elements of “The Last Newspaper” to me as a curator was the ability to work actively and collaboratively with such a wide range of dynamic groups and individuals in order to realize projects for the first time. What really sets this exhibition apart is its mixture […]
Article · October 19, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Janet Batet, Arts Journalist The internationally acclaimed Cuban born Miami based artist Jose Bedia, has been awarded with the First Award of the IV Beijing International Art Biennale in the category of painting for his diptych: Seguido por la tormenta (Followed by the Storm) and El intrépido (The Intrepid). This influential cultural event, opened […]
Article · October 18, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Today is the last day to enter the LeBron James Poetry Contest – submit your entry today and join the conversation. The contest has solicited over 1,000 entries to date and is being covered by ESPN, the New Yorker and NPR. What do you have to say? Are you so happy (or depressed) that LeBron […]
Article · October 17, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Wow it’s been a busy month around the Arts and Science Council! Since our first Random Act of Culture at the Atherton Mills Market located in historic South End in late August we’ve already been able to do two more. On September 17, our friends at Wachovia/ Wells Fargo hosted ASC and Opera Carolina at […]
Article · October 16, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
The Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation in conjunction with Broward College and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is fortunate to bring performance poet Taylor Mali to South Florida for one night only. On Nov 29, Mali, one of the most well-known poetry slam poets, will take the stage at Broward College. Read on for details… […]
Article · October 14, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
The Akron Civic Theatre is pleased to announce the current line up of Big Night Out events made possible by the Knight Foundation. Knight funding is making it possible for many community-based arts organizations and performers to make an appearance on the beautiful Akron Civic Theatre stage, attracting new audiences for both the theater and […]
Article · October 11, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design have cooked up a series of five exhibitions pairing Philadelphia-based fashion designers with area artists. The result is DesignLab, a lively experiment in couture and creative collaboration on view 24/7 in Moore’s InSights gallery on Race Street. The latest pairing on view through October 16 features […]
Article · October 11, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Young At Art Museum opened a brand new exhibition this month where right brain meets left brain. National traveling exhibition Abracadabra! Everyday Magic, now open through January 2, 2011, beckons visitors to examine, create and participate in hands-on activities that explore math, science and art. Designed for visitors to investigate how what may appear to […]
Article · October 9, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad