By Etain Connor and Laura Bruney, Arts & Business Council of Miami More and more CEOs are looking at the arts to enhance employee engagement. Business professionals who serve on boards or volunteer in the arts learn to be innovators from going behind the scenes and working directly with artists. Kaufman Rossin, one of the […]
Article · October 26, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
Knight Foundation heads west today as VP/Arts Dennis Scholl joins Cleveland’s NPR station WCPN to discuss his Oct 25 appearance at the City Club of Cleveland. Click here to listen to the interview. Scholl is heading to the City Club of Cleveland to discuss what today’s audiences want from the arts. He’ll will give examples […]
Article · October 25, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Nicole Chipi, Knight Foundation Michael Kaiser – the man dubbed “the turnaround king” for his work reviving institutions like Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Royal Opera House – has released the third book of his popular trilogy on creating and sustaining arts organizations. “The Cycle: A Practical Approach to Managing Arts Organizations” […]
Article · October 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Nicole Chipi, Knight Foundation What should every artist know before applying for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts? Knight Foundation hosted a conversation on that topic with Robert Frankel, former NEA director for Museums and Visual Arts. Frankel and Knight’s Dennis Scholl went over the nuts and bolts of the application […]
Article · October 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Neither the vicissitudes of the season opener – Eugene Onegin – nor James Levine’s eagerly awaited return in Così fan tutte, nor the American premiere of young Nico Muhly’s controversial Two Boys managed to overshadow the New York Metropolitan Opera’s revival of three opera productions that in the […]
Article · October 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Pati Vargas, Viernes Culturales Join us for another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular art, music and culture festival for everyone. Come and enjoy the music of Lucy Grau, Latin tropical diva and Vicentico y su Sonera, a touch of Cuban sones. Little Havana comes to life the last Friday of every month, enjoy music, […]
Article · October 24, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
Cross-posted from WyntonMarsalis.com Last night we played our first church, the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. We were presented by Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, the Arts and Science Council of Charlotte and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The church was packed with as diverse an audience as I’ve ever […]
Article · October 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Bryan McGovern Wilson, AIRIE On October 1st, 2013, the Federal government initiated a series of closures for the entire United States, suspending and furloughing many federally run programs, institutions and their employees. The National Parks fell within the crosshairs of this government shutdown. Access was cut off to the Everglades National Park and the […]
Article · October 22, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
Knight Arts grantee Theatre Bizarre nabbed a big headline this month as the Detroit Free Press reports on the performance project. Theatre Bizarre won a $100,000 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit grant to inspire performers and audiences through a large-scale, immersive art installation blending local artists, including acrobats and circus sideshow artists. Click here to read […]
Article · October 21, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jonathan Morschl, Art in the Square + PorchRokr Porches aren’t just for rocking; sometimes they’re for rocking-and-rolling. That spirit filled the neighborhood of Highland Square in Akron this past weekend when more than 130 musical acts lined the streets to treat thousands of visitors to an eclectic mix of music. A chamber orchestra here. […]
Article · October 18, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By David B. Devan, Opera Philadelphia In November, Opera Philadelphia is once again expanding our civic footprint and diversifying operatic experiences for Philadelphia audiences by launching an annual series that will offer fully staged operas in unexpected venues around the city. Opera in the City, which brings the art form outside of traditional opera houses […]
Article · October 18, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad