By Shelby Thomason, One Voice Mixed Chorus Last month our two new staff members, Josh Wise, executive director, and Shelby Thomason, operations manager, managed their first season-concert. Eat, Drink & Be Married was as much a performance as it was a celebration to honor individuals and organizations who have worked to secure civil rights for […]
Article · February 14, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Amy San Pedro, guest film curator for the Museum of Fashion, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner Photo by Amy San Pedro Not that long ago the entire country looked to Miami for its style. This history lingers in the signs that read “Fashion District” marking the perimeter of Wynwood. Winter styles in Miami […]
Article · February 13, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Fernando González, Miami-based arts and culture writer At one point, as Amanda Keeley retraces her steps the past few months and her list goes on and on and on, the classic image of a dozen clowns stepping out of a Volkswagen Beetle comes to mind. She pauses and chuckles almost apologetically. “Well, yes, I´ve […]
Article · February 13, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Once a year, the fellows of the New World Symphony orchestra dare to be soloists. They choose a piece and compete for the chance to play a starring role at a special concert. This year, the outcome was once again outstanding: excellent from every angle, from programming to […]
Article · February 13, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
Lisa Toy, educational coordinator of Village of Pinecrest – Pinecrest Gardens, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner. When the opportunity came along for Pinecrest Gardens to apply for a grant to host a six-week traveling museum exhibition, we jumped at it. The exhibition, “The Way We Worked,” is created in partnership between the Smithsonian Institution […]
Article · February 13, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Fernando González, Miami-based arts and culture writer Artists and urban planners collaborate on an ambitious public art master plan for Opa-locka, Fla. Photo coutresy of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation. The images of Opa-locka, a small, blue-collar city 10 miles north of downtown Miami, speak of hard times — but also possibility. The Knight […]
Article · February 12, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Rhett Del Campo, managing director of Seraphic Fire, a 2013 winner of Knight Arts Challenge South Florida Knight Foundation has invested $100 million in South Florida the last seven years. The cost of all cultural facilities South Florida has built in the last 10 years totals almost $1 billion. It’s hard to imagine any […]
Article · February 11, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Leslie Graham, Macon Arts Alliance Amplify, a program of the Macon Arts Alliance, is connecting a network of creative entrepreneurs and professionals in the middle Georgia area. Creatives can join this network through two levels of membership, a basic creative membership and a “level 2” membership. Casie Trace, a Macon illustrator and Amplify member, […]
Article · February 9, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer It’s not a farce or a comedy or, much less, a divertimento. To be precise, it is a tragic farce, a cynical comedy and a sinister divertimento, a metaphor that lays bare the human condition beneath a cloak of compassion that fails to conceal Amadeus’ derisive cackle. More […]
Article · February 9, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Angelica Arbelaez, Locust Projects Locust Projects is pleased to announce the 2015 Locust Talks lecture series lineup. Locust Talks brings curators and directors from innovative institutions in the US and abroad to Miami to discuss critical issues and ideas impacting artists and their communities. Visiting lecturers also meet with Miami artists in their studios. […]
Article · February 5, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Karla Arguello, The Rhythm Foundation Thirteen is lucky this year, because it’s the 13th edition of the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival! The annual music event explores modern world music from the great cities of the Atlantic rim – Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America — and features artists working in the beautiful collision […]
Article · February 5, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad