By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer “It makes a little sound, like music,” the toddler whispers in her mother’s ear as she gazes, wide-eyed, engrossed, at El Anatsui’s gigantic piece, which seems about to devour her. And that gaze, which perceives the secret flutter, which sees better than any adult, is perhaps the best […]
Article · April 29, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By SPCO Paul Neubauer and Aaron Jay Kernis This past weekend, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra continued its tradition of championing new works and supporting modern composers with the premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’s Viola Concerto. Co-commissioned by the SPCO, with the leadership support of Linda and Stuart Nelson, Idlyllwild Arts Academy, Chautauqua Institution, and […]
Article · April 28, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kira Obolensky, Ten Thousand Things Writers are often asked impossible questions. We might nod when we hear an impossible question. We might shrug or mumble an incoherent answer or remark upon the question-asker’s spiffy shoes. Impossible questions are almost always connected to the source of the creative work at hand. Every writer I know […]
Article · April 28, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Uri Sands, TU Dance Dear Friends, For me, one of the highlights of this 10th anniversary season has been the chance to collaborate with an artist I have long admired, master wood block print artist Hiroki Morinoue. The result is a new work, Hikari, which has been commissioned by the Ordway for the upcoming […]
Article · April 27, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Fernando González, Miami-based arts & culture writer Those who argue for the transformative power of the written word will be hard pressed to find a more potent, or moving, argument than the life of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. His childhood story suggests a Dickensian tale set in the American Southwest. Baca was born in […]
Article · April 27, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Dana Levy, AIRIE Every morning of the first week of my residency in the Everglades National park, I got into my rental car and drove to a different part of the park: the 1st day I rode a bike around shark valley, the 2nd day I kayaked at Flamingo, and the 3rd day I took a […]
Article · April 27, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Here’s a riddle. What’s new but came of age a long time ago, bears the name of a composer but includes the work of others, is always held on Sunday but sometimes on Saturday, marks the end of the classical music season but stretches into summer? You’re right! […]
Article · April 25, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Eric Mullis, Triptych Collective Since the Triptych Collective’s artistic home is in a former mill village in Charlotte N.C., last summer I started doing extensive research into southern textile mill culture. I wanted to know who worked in those factories and lived in the small mill houses, what their lives were like, and how […]
Article · April 24, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
Jamie Bennett was named executive director of ArtPlace America in early 2014. This month, the New York Observer profiles Bennett in a piece titled: “Changing Places: A Veteran of MoMA, the NEA and the Department of Cultural Affairs Is Using Art as a Tool for Social Transformation.” Click here to read the complete story and below […]
Article · April 23, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Christina Catanese, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education We are thrilled to announce the four resident artist projects for our new LandLab residency program. Launching this spring, LandLab projects will create innovative, art-based installations that prevent or remediate environmental damage while raising public awareness about our local ecology. LandLab is a unique artist residency […]
Article · April 23, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kathleen Maloney, IFP Minnesota Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota is proud to announce the first of a six-part Master Class Series made possible by a generous grant from the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation. IFP MN’s Master Class Series offers the local film community privileged access to film and media innovators who are […]
Article · April 23, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad