By Ryan Hill, Smithsonian – Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ARTLAB+’s location in the Hirshhorn Museum uniquely connects it’s afterschool programming to an inspiring collection of contemporary art. It only follows, that Caroline Elliott, the Hirshhorn’s Manager of Adult Programs, saw it as a great opportunity to develop a new gallery program around the experience […]
Article · April 12, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By John Jarboe, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret After exploring the iconic legend Marlene Dietrich in our season opener, Marlene and the Machine, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret has traveled even further back in time, all the way to 1861. The Beards newest venture, Wide Awake: A Civil War Cabaret, presented as part of the Philadelphia International […]
Article · April 10, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
A program of The Schubert Club, Theoroi is a select group of arts ambassadors ages 21-35 who attend a curated series of varied arts events. The program aims to cultivate the next generation of arts audiences by sparking curiosity about the arts and spreading this curiously virally through the use of social media. On Wednesday, […]
Article · April 9, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Laura Bruney, Arts & Business Council In front of a sold-out crowd of almost 150 hospitality executives, arts directors and community leaders at the Intercontinental Miami; the Arts & Business Council’s annual Breakfast with the Arts & Hospitality Industry got off to a rousing start. George Neary from the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors […]
Article · April 9, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College Miami Dade College’s (MDC) popular MDC Live Arts series closes its 2012-13 season with Argentina native, Brooklyn-based bassist, bandleader and producer Pablo Aslan and his quintet performing Piazzolla in Brooklyn, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at The Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road. With Piazzolla in Brooklyn, Aslan […]
Article · April 9, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By: Dias Dobson, Harvey B. Gantt Center Experiencing my first opening weekend with the Gantt Center was truly amazing. Being in the presence of the creative genius that is Johnathan Green and David Herman, Jr. were among the many highlights of my weekend. To be in the company of a world renowned artist and discuss […]
Article · April 3, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elizabeth R. Miller, Knight Foundation From her office in St. Paul, Laura Zabel is creating tools to help artists across the country better connect with their communities and get resources The Community Supported Art program, for example, operates like Farm Share – except that instead of people buying shares of fruits and vegetables they get a bushel of locally-produced art. With a […]
Article · April 3, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Lydia Lui, American Composers Forum On two wintry evenings this past March, Mathew Janczewski’s ARENA DANCES closed out their seventeenth season at The Cowles Center for Dance & Performing Arts in downtown Minneapolis with the world premiere of a new work, entitled version, commissioned by Live Music for Dance Minnesota, sponsored by the American […]
Article · April 2, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
Head to the Gables Tuesday, April 9 as Knight Foundation’s VP/Arts Dennis Scholl and Miami-Dade County’s director of cultural affairs Michael Spring discuss “how to keep the arts viable in tough times.” Carol Damian, director of the Frost Museum at FIU, will moderate the discussion promising topics like: What are some of the best strategies […]
Article · April 2, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
Nonprofit Quarterly salutes O, Miami for “innovating with the unexpected.” Click here to read the entire piece and below for an excerpt… “Three years ago, I and a group of friends started to dream up what a lot of people considered impossible: a festival that would bring poetry to all 2.6 million residents of Greater […]
Article · April 2, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elizabeth R. Miller, Knight Foundation Today kicks off National Poetry Month and O, Miami – the biennial, South Florida poetry festival – has lined up a myriad of creative ways to deliver a poem to every single person in the city. So don’t worry if poetry readings aren’t your style (though they’ll be some […]
Article · March 31, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad