By Susan Patterson, Charlotte Program Director Strolling through a farmers market at lunchtime in Charlotte is always a treat. Sniffing the just-picked peaches, choosing a perfect ruby red tomato – those are usually the highlights. My visit to Atherton Market was made even better Tuesday when opera filled the air. Yes, I knew a musical surprise was […]
Article · August 18, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
ArtCenter/South Florida is reaching out to artists in the community who are interested and committed to the development of a creative environment. Through the Juried Artist Program, ArtCenter is offering subsidized studio space for emerging artists. Candidates for the program are being selected based on conceptual innovation and technical proficiency illustrated in one’s portfolio. Those […]
Article · August 13, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Levine Museum of the New South currently benefits from two Knight Foundation grants. One provides major underwriting of the exhibit Changing Places: From Black & White to Technicolor which explores Charlotte’s new diversity. The other is helping the Museum re-imagine COURAGE: The Carolina Story that Changed America, an exhibit on Civil Rights and education which […]
Article · August 10, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
Marking a new era in arts education and coming at a time when schools are cutting arts classes, Young At Art Museum has broken ground on a new 55,000 square-foot, LEED Certified Museum and Broward County Children’s Reading Center that will span 11 acres at State Road 84 and NW 121 Avenue in Davie. The […]
Article · August 6, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
2008 Knight Arts Challenge winner The Miami Music Project is looking for six musicians to join its string quartet and brass quintet for the 2010-11 season – read below for details and click here for audition information. Auditions will be held Sept 7 and 8, applications must be received in the MMP office by Tuesday, […]
Article · August 5, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
The Miami Poster Project is not about changing the way people see Miami. People already see Miami in all sorts of ways. The issue is representation. Miami is typecast. It’s stereotyped. It’s got an image issue. Can something be simultaneously stale and moldy? Because that’s what we’re dealing with when it comes to visual representations […]
Article · August 5, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Miami City Ballet This season, Miami City Ballet celebrates its 25th anniversary with the return of live music and the Opus One Orchestra led by award-winning principal conductor Maestro Gary Sheldon. Orchestral accompaniment was cancelled halfway through the 2008-09 season due to lack of funding. The orchestra returns to MCB courtesy of a $900,000 […]
Article · August 5, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Susan Patterson, Charlotte Program Director Since its opening last fall with Steven Martin playing the banjo with the Steep Canyon Rangers bluegrass group, Knight Theater has had diverse programming on its stage. From Alvin Ailey to a Monterey Jazz Festival trio to the locally produced Tosco Music Party, all the performances I’ve attended have had enthusiastic audiences. I […]
Article · August 3, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Gary Farmer, Cultural Affairs Program Manager Another one of my dreams came true: we finally got to present Sarruga, the phenomenal Barcelona street theater team we’d tried to bring for the first Sleepless Night in 2007. Fresh from its U.S. premiere in Chicago’s Millennium Park, Sarruga came to town for a series of free […]
Article · July 30, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jason Swank, Marketing & PR Director at The Akron Symphony Big news on the Porgy and Bess front this week. Not only did we officially announce the chorus and supporting role audition details at last weekend’s African American Festival, but I am really excited to report the first major casting news for the production. The Akron Symphony’s April […]
Article · July 30, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jessie Raynor, Director of the Akron Area Arts Alliance A generous grant from the Knight Foundation is making it possible for the Akron Area Arts Alliance to take an important next-step in converting a historic building into a headquarters for our arts and culture community. The 55,000 square-foot building, which is owned by Summit […]
Article · July 29, 2010 by Valerie Nahmad