By Serlin Quah, ZERO1 Is meditation performative when a simple technical system is constructed to make visible the performer’s state of mind? This is the question that artist John Slepian asks as he experiments with a new kind of embodiment in the digital world. In Transcendence, the artist is literally levitated through the power of […]
Article · July 14, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer A spark happens when extremes touch, a spark that ignites the radiance of music that endures, a spark that arises spontaneously in Bromas y Lamentos (Jests and Laments), a gourmet production of superlative originality and exquisiteness in which past and present harmoniously converge. Part of the XXIX International […]
Article · July 10, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Alisha Ebling, The Clay Studio As a part of The Clay Studio’s 40th Anniversary events, Iraqi war veterans and artists Ehren Tool and Jesse Albrecht transformed 1,000 pounds of clay into hundreds of military and war-themed cups while onlookers watched and interacted with the artists, provoking discussion on the cultural impact of art. In […]
Article · July 9, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Laura Quinlan, Rhythm Foundation After three years producing the monthly Big Night in Little Haiti, Rhythm Foundation director Laura Quinlan jumped at the chance to visit the source. Getting to know Little Haiti means falling in love with Haitian culture, and Laura was honored to join a National Performance Network cultural tour in Port-au-Prince […]
Article · July 7, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Mary Kerr, Creative Capital Taller means “workshop” in Spanish, so it was fitting that Creative Capital offered Taller profesional de desarollo para artistas at Taller Puertorriqueño in April in Philadelphia. Known as “The Cultural Heart of Latino Philadelphia,” Taller Puertorriqueño is a community-based multidisciplinary arts organization whose work bridges European, African, Caribbean and Latino societies and cultures. They […]
Article · July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kirstin Wiegmann, Forecast Public Art Roosevelt High School, a public school located in the Standish-Ericsson neighborhood of South Minneapolis, has been quietly working on plans for a large scale outdoor sculpture for the school and the larger community. In collaboration with Forecast Public Art and artist Randy Walker, the Connections Gallery is a permanent […]
Article · July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jack Becker, Forecast Public Art After months of planning with dozens of artists and creative business leaders in the neighborhood surrounding Forecast Public Art, the Creative Enterprise Zone (CEZ) was transformed on June 14 into a one-day pop-up cultural park to celebrate the launch of the new Green Line light rail connecting Minneapolis and […]
Article · July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By The Rhythm Foundation One of Haitian music’s true ‘super groups’, Nu Look, headlines an evening full of big news. Celebrate the long-awaited opening of the Caribbean Marketplace, adjacent to the Cultural Center’s plaza, and enjoy music and specialty crafts vendors in Little Haiti’s iconic building. In the gallery, enjoy a selection of photos from recent […]
Article · July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Angelica Arbelaez, Locust Projects Locust Projects selects twenty-five South Florida high school students to participate in the 2014 LAB (LOCUST ARTS BUILDERS) program: LAB 2014Image courtesy of Locust Projects, MiamiImage Credit: Marilyn Loddi Kristen Baldaccini, TERRA Environmental Research Institute, David Baptiste, Miami Beach Senior High, Marco Barbieri, TERRA Environmental Research Institute, Cyrus Blot, North […]
Article · July 3, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Melissa Henry, Studio Echelman Janet Echelman, the internationally-renowned artist who has been commissioned to create an original artwork for Dilworth Plaza, has been selected for a major commission in Boston. The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy selected Echelman from a field of nearly 100 artists to create a monumental aerial sculpture to suspend over the […]
Article · July 2, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sarah Hricko, DANCECleveland From America’s majestic West, to a kibbutz in Israel, to the Carnival spectacle of Brazil, DANCECleveland’s 59th season will continue a tradition of bringing companies noted for unique artistic voices and distinctive styles to stages in northeast Ohio. The 2014-15 performance season will feature five extraordinary dance companies from the U.S. […]
Article · July 1, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad