20 winners emerged from 1,562 applicants today to win $3.7 million in the 2009 Knight Arts Challenge. Winning projects include: * Reinstalling a live orchestra at the Miami City Ballet * Creating an arts incubator Wynwood * Launching an online site for selling & promoting locally-produced music For a complete list of winners click here. […]
Article · December 3, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
December is days away, which means only one thing down here – BASEL. Economy aside, we’re still expecting parties, exhibits and fairs galore. That being said, those on a budget have a new lodging option this year courtesy of The Upper Eastside Garden – Camp Basel. Pitch your tent and camp out at the Biscayne […]
Article · November 18, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Dollar bills slipping through your hands like fish – three days left to write haiku. Send us your best 17 syllables for a chance at $500 with KnightArts.org’s first haiku contest. Just three more days to apply. We’re looking for prose addressing the Miami-Dade County Commission’s review of public arts funding. Feel free to be as political and provocative […]
Article · November 18, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Think out of the (music) box this Friday night and get a taste of musical theater, chorus, jazz, dance, opera and more at the Miami Dade Public School’s Superintendent Benefit Concert Series. Featured performers include the Miami Shores and Norma Bossard Elementary school choruses, the New World & Miami Northwestern Sr High PAVAC Ensemble and […]
Article · November 16, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Get intimately involved in this year’s Scope Art fair by bringing a custom-designed t-shirt to the Omnibot’s Pop-Up Shop Party tonight. From 7pm to midnight enjoy complimentary cocktails and mingle with fellow artists. 2411 Biscayne Blvd, #2; Miami. Can’t make it to the bash? Send your t-shirt via mail by Nov 20.
Article · November 13, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Need more arts funding? Vent via verse at Knight Arts during November. Express your inner poet – and critic – with KnightArts.org’s first haiku contest. We’re looking for prose addressing the Miami-Dade County Commission’s review of public arts funding. Feel free to be as political and provocative as you like – no limits. What: KnightArts.org’s first haiku contest […]
Article · November 11, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
The popular DWNTWN Miami Concert Series returned last month with an eclectic taste of a rich season to come. The 2008 KAC winners checked in with an update & preview of the 2009 season… Season 1 was amazing; we were named the Best Concert Series in New Times Best of Miami 2009 issue. We had […]
Article · November 10, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Alette Simmons-Jimenez of Artformz checks in with a Sleepless Night preview, artist interview and more… This weekend on Saturday Nov. 7th, Artformz will make an appearance at Sleepless Nights on Miami Beach. Three artist’s giant inflatable sculptures from the 2008 Knight Arts Challenge winning project “Giants in the City” will be on view at the […]
Article · November 4, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
By Victor Barrenechea, Visual Arts Blogger One of the advantages [NAME] art books have over the average art object is their ability for wide-spread dissemination (1,000 copies of each book printed) and their tactile nature. You can hold them in your hands, flip through the pages at your leisure. Much in the same way one […]
Article · November 3, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Grab a friend and head to Locust Projects Friday, Nov 6 as the nonprofit hosts its annual Smash N Grab fundraiser. The consistently well attended & reviewed event pairs contemporary artists and collectors (amateur & established). Invest in a $425 raffle ticket and you’re guaranteed to go home with one of 100 works designed by […]
Article · October 28, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad
Art critic Janet Batet weighs in on the Guillermo Kutica exhibit on display at MAM through Jan 17. Guillermo Kuitca is one of the most beloved figures of Latin American contemporary art. His work is the expression of man’s ontological problems that become sensitive in our contemporary age. Kuitca (Buenos Aires, 1961) supports his entire polyphonic […]
Article · October 27, 2009 by Valerie Nahmad