By Laura Bruney and Etain Connor, Arts & Business Council of Miami A true renaissance man, Dennis Scholl is a philanthropist, art collector, and entrepreneur, four-time Emmy winner for his work in cultural documentaries, CPA and lawyer. His out of the box thinking has captured the imagination and interest of business leaders, artists and creative […]
Article · October 6, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Mary M. Chapman, Detroit-based freelance writer The epiphany came when Jonathan Lewald was enjoying a projected light installation at the nighttime arts festival Dlectricity. “Detroit’s coming back, baby,” he turned and yelled to no one in particular, his face flecked with dancing reflections. “This is what we do!” As Detroit seeks to regain its […]
Article · October 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Andrew Simonet, Artists U Artists U’s fall schedule of free workshops and events is out, including: A book talk: Making Your Life as an Artist in Charleston, SC. (October 22) Our free downloadable book has been read by over 70,000 artists in 150 countries. (We only need only 30,000 more to reach our goal […]
Article · October 1, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kim Hunter, Woodward Line Poetry The Woodward Line Poetry Series was one of 56 winners chosen from 1400 applicants to the Knight Arts Challenge Detroit THE STORY Detroit has more than a great literary “scene,” it has a literary community whose roots stretch back at least to 1965 with Dudley Randall’s internationally noted Broadside […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
Akron is having a musical moment & the Huff Post has noticed. Reporter Daryl Rowland writes: “Imagine a great night to go out to hear music and great city to do it in. Were you thinking Monday Nights in Akron, Ohio?You may be surprised to learn that some of the most accomplished musicians and songwriters […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
The Magic City enjoys the sounds of the Motor City as Detroit’s Sphinx Virtuosi plays at the New World Center Tuesday, Sept 30. Sphinx Virtuosi is a chamber orchestra dedicated to diversity in the performing arts, programming well-known repertoire together with works by African-American and Latino composers. Experience this year’s annual performance at the New […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elizabeth Shannon, Bass Museum of Art If you happened to be strolling around near the Bass Museum of Art about a month ago, you might have seen a man in Walgreens’ storefront windows drawing vigorously on an unusually long chalkboard. This industrious gentleman was the artist Michael Scoggins, the creator of a sizable new […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Amy Bareham, Arts & Science Council A Sign of the Times of the Carolinas presents a community education program about Kwanzaa, 2013. Vocalist Toni Tupponce is pictured center. Credit: A Sign of the Times of the Carolinas. If art is a universal language, then music is a dialect of compelling strength and influence. Charlotte […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stephen Sokolouski, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Former SPCO Director of Music Christopher Hogwood passed away last week at age 73. By the time he first conducted the SPCO in 1986, he had established himself as one of the leading forces in historically-informed performance—the idea that the music of Mozart, for example, should be […]
Article · September 30, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Christopher Tiffany, University of Michigan This summer, students at the Detroit School of Arts—a performing and fine arts public high school in Midtown Detroit—got a jumpstart on the school year. For two weeks in August, nearly 100 entering freshmen participated in the JumpstART Academy. This summer’s JumpstART Academy student mentors The JumpstART Academy is […]
Article · September 27, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Fernando González, Miami-based arts & culture writer When art and technology meet, the collision is bound to create sparks of inspiration. That’s what happened during the Art Hackathon, which took place Sept. 20-21 in Miami. The hackathon was a collaboration of The LAB Miami and The YoungArts Foundation with the support of the Knight […]
Article · September 24, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad