By Bonita Buford, Gantt Center Pastor David Williams of Gastonia, North Carolina was the winner of the Harvey B. Gantt Center Imprint Contest, coming closest to guessing the number of plastic water bottles that were recycled and used to create outdoor signage for the Center’s America I AM: The African American Imprint exhibition. Of the […]
Article · December 17, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elissa Weller, VocalEssence 2012 marks the 15th year of the annual Welcome Christmas Carol Contest. Co-sponsored by VocalEssence and the American Composers Forum (ACF), the Welcome Christmas Carol Contest provides composers with the opportunity to compose a modern-day yuletide carol, to be sung, you guessed it, by the VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers. This […]
Article · December 17, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Trong Gia Nguyen, AIRIE We arrived at the AIRIE residency late Sunday morning on November 25, over two weeks ago. So apologies for this belated post, which comes right after Art Basel week in Miami, where I worked organizing a room exhibit at the satellite fair Aqua, and also helped a colleague man his […]
Article · December 13, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Laura Bruney, Arts & Business Council of Miami The 2012 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach which ended on December 9th featured the perfect marriage of arts and business. Hundreds of high end companies hosted private parties; pop up exhibitions and roving ads on cars, carts and even people. Millions of dollars in art […]
Article · December 13, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Linda Harris, Center City Philadelphia For the first time in 60 years, Philadelphia’s population recently increased, with downtown neighborhoods growing by 16.3% in the last decade, according to the U.S. Census. Center City now has 181,000 residents and hosts 265,000 workers daily. Another indication of Center City’s vitality is the rebound in house prices. […]
Article · December 13, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Kids had a chance to learn how to paint like a real artist this weekend at The 567 Center for Renewal’s “Koolaid & Canvas” class. Macon artist Heatherly Wakefield taught the students how to paint a holiday penguin picture on canvas using acrylic paints. One of the students, Karis Burgand, may only be six years […]
Article · December 12, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
In December 2011, Tuesday Musical Association was selected as a recipient of pro bono design services through TRIAD/Next Level’s Design4Good program. The award provided design and production services for a poster celebrating Tuesday Musical Association’s 125th anniversary. After reaching out to 427 Design, the two agencies decided to work together to produce an original, limited […]
Article · December 12, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Alejandra Serna, Florida Grand Opera The Logan-Hynes family is taking the idea of growing up with classical music to another level by raising their children not just around operas, but in them! The family’s opera journey began in 1999 with Florida Grand Opera’s production of The Tales of Hoffmann and a call for child […]
Article · December 11, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Explore a new vision of Miami as Borscht 8 film festival arrives in town Dec 15. The “quasi yearly” film festival features Miami stories made by local and visiting filmmakers. 14 shorts, all made in Miami, will debut at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Get a sneak peek at the festival at the video above, read […]
Article · December 10, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jodi Farrell, Adrienne Arsht Center Even if you’re not a die-hard gamer, you can appreciate this: Featuring dynamic and compelling video accompanied by a live symphony orchestra and chorus, The Legend of Zelda™: Symphony of the Goddesses will bring the world’s most popular video game series to life at 8 p.m. this Sunday, December […]
Article · December 7, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Larisa Zade, Detroit Institute of Arts As the DIA has written about previously, we have used Inside|Out to build and deepen our relationship with community partners. Our work with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project—a local nonprofit that uses poetry to teach students to think critically and express themselves—is a case study that demonstrates the […]
Article · December 6, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad