Locust Projects invites artists age 4-13 to participate in Little LAB, a hands-on program where children create a project amidst our current exhibition: Sunday in the Park by Sarah Crowner with Sari Carel and Exile Books. Saturday, September 20, 11am-1pm Please RSVP: [email protected] or 305-576-8570 ABOUT LOCUST PROJECTS Locust Projects is a not for profit […]
Article · September 12, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers L-R “Fathers & Figures” Qasim Abbas, Ben Sweetman, Mark Sweetman, Rep. Phil Cavanagh, Satori Shakoor, Melvin “Butch” Hollowell II, Melvin Hollowell III, Dwight Stackhouse and Rabbi Yisrael Pinson The Secret Society Of Twisted Storytellers matched its $30,000, two-year grant award in May 2014 after only eight months. Thanks […]
Article · September 9, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie, South Florida freelance writer Photo by Christopher Paquette In spite of the bombardment of images and information that have become a mainstay of life today, Zoe Strauss still believes in the power of that one single image that cements a moment in time and touches lives in unexpected ways. Strauss, a […]
Article · September 8, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Two remarkable new recordings of Elektra, the most intense and condensed Richard Strauss opera honor the Bavarian composer’s 150th birthday with appropriate forcefulness. Probably his greatest opera, at times a blind alley for performers and audiences alike, Elektra comes to us in two versions featuring the same leading […]
Article · September 5, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie Zoe Strauss looks at things differently. For years, the self-taught photographer, installation artist and community activist, has been capturing reality through her lens in ways that others often don’t see. Or don’t want to see. Zoe Strauss. Photo by Flickr user Susan Sarmoneta. Strauss, who began her professional career as a […]
Article · September 4, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lynn Berkowitz, Barnes Collection family and community programs manager What lies just beneath the surface of a painting? How do art elements shape composition? Why do artists do what they do? These guiding questions make for fun hands-on learning as youth aged 7 to 14 virtually roam the rooms and leap into paintings at […]
Article · September 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Becki Kenderes Want to know what Peck Park on Brush Street, the pedestrian bridge over 75 in Southwest Detroit, the Atheneum Hotel, Children’s Hospital, the Federal Reserve Bank, Campus Martius, the Detroit Athletic Club, and the Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church have in common? They all contain works by world renowned Detroit artist Hubert Massey. […]
Article · September 2, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Johanna Lorbach, member of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s club2030 Council Clarinetist Martin Fröst will make his SPCO debut October 9-12, 2014 With The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Opening Night approaching, we invited two members of the club2030 council to look ahead to the coming season and answer some of the questions new audience members might have. To start […]
Article · August 28, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Chaney Harter, Campus Philly One year ago, Campus Philly launched a program that, in the hands of college students, unlocks the entire spectrum of Philadelphia’s arts and culture communities, thanks to the generous funding of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Through free membership in Open Arts, students gain access to free […]
Article · August 28, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Laura Bruney and Sonia Hendler, Arts & Business Council Miami When talking entrepreneurialism, innovation and Miami all roads lead to Matt Haggman. As Miami Program Director for Knight Foundation he is a visionary that is facilitating the growth of a technology and start-up boom in our community. His change making leadership can be seen […]
Article · August 26, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Mary Mattingly, FringeArts.com Mary Mattingly and a group of artists, engineers, and environmentalists have been working together for the past two months constructing the floating, mobile habitat, and public art installation, WetLand. A completely autonomous ecosystem, WetLand has rainwater collection and purification, greywater filtration, dry compost systems, outdoor vegetable gardens, live chickens, and bees. […]
Article · August 23, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad