By Ceci Dadisman, director of communications for Palm Beach Opera, a 2013 winner of Knight Arts Challenge South Florida On Dec. 13, we presented our second annual Opera @ The Waterfront concert at Meyer Amphitheatre in downtown West Palm Beach. It was as successful as a company could hope. The crowds came out and enjoyed the […]
Article · January 14, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Tami Katz-Freiman, AIRE Dana Levy, from the series “Emerging from the Swamp”, 2014 As a board member of AIRIE, I have had the privilege and honor to outline and follow the selection of the artistic program for our upcoming benefit event on Saturday, January 24th in Pinecrest Gardens, where we will launch our new […]
Article · January 12, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Emily Myerscough, AIRIE resident The most enduring characteristic of the Everglades seems to be their resistance to being characterized, a theme that came up again and again during the course of my December AIRIE residency, photographing and conducting research in Everglades National Park. As a native Floridian, I’d driven through the Everglades many times […]
Article · January 12, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Susan R. Williamson, Director, 11th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival The 11th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival returns January 19-24. Tickets are on sale for evening readings and performances, interviews, afternoon talks, and a special dance-poetry event, Ballet’s Child, along with the Beloved and Influential Poems Panel moderated by P. Scott Cunningham featuring eight […]
Article · January 12, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
This week, Knight Foundation is celebrating the arts in Charlotte. I’m excited to join Dennis Scholl, Knight’s vice president for arts, in recognizing those organizations – large and small – receiving a combined $1 million in Knight funding as they continue to make Charlotte such a great place to live, work and play. With Patricia […]
Article · January 12, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
The Charles H. Wright Museum won a Knight Arts Challenge grant for a video installation project to illuminate Detroit’s streets with the faces of city elders. Here Jerrard Wheeler provides an update. By Jerrard Wheeler, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History The Wright Museum will be shining a light on the rich and […]
Article · January 8, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Stephen Sokolouski, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra The orchestra rehearses Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4. After years of planning and construction, we held our first rehearsal on the new Ordway Concert Hall’s stage this morning. It’s the beginning of a crucial weeks-long process of acoustical tuning, in which acoustician Paul Scarborough listens carefully from locations all […]
Article · January 8, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Tom Surprenant, Stahl Construction This is Stahl Construction’s first blog entry since being selected by the Knight Foundation as one of its St. Paul Arts Challenge winners. Following a period of fundraising, we will begin conserving some of the great “ghost signs” on the walls of 19th Century warehouses and factory buildings still standing […]
Article · January 7, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Ann Mintz, Reading Terminal Market Reading Terminal Market celebrated the winter holidays throughout the month of December with an unprecedented seven performances: six scheduled, and one popup. The festivities began on Saturday, December 6 with a popup performance by the Philadelphia Freedom Band. The Freedom Band is comprised of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and […]
Article · January 7, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Christopher Tiffany, University of Michigan School of Education The Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit is helping high school students at the Detroit School of Arts (DSA) literally learn the nuts and bolts of theater production. Mosaic was founded in 1992 to bolster arts education in Detroit, and the program now serves more than 1,000 […]
Article · January 7, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Alexys Taylor, Harvey B. Gantt Center Many believe that abstract art is hard to understand and interpret, often leaving the viewer frustrated or confused. Our minds have been trained, since we were young, to find the right answer, leaving no room for creative thinking or interpretation. Unfortunately, this is how many view abstract art, […]
Article · January 7, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad