By Andrea Clark Mason, AIRIE “If a baby rattler gets inside your house, just sweep it out with a broom,” Alan, the head of Pine Island Interpretation tells me. I am neighbors with the deadly coral snake, who likes to sunbathe under blue skies. If I’m bitten, no trip to the hospital will help. I’ll be a […]
Article · October 8, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy On Saturday, September 15th, Walker West Music Academy welcomed more than 75 students, family members, faculty, friends and supporters for “A Taste of Music” Open House. The event began with a performance outside of the building from the American History Band Project led by Walker West faculty member […]
Article · October 8, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Maris Bish, The Wolfsonian-FIU This month, The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents a new exhibit Politics on Paper: Election Posters and Ephemera from The Wolfsonian–FIU Collection. The installation, which showcases election posters and other political ephemera from the United States and Europe between 1918 and 1945, draws from the collections of The Wolfsonian–FIU and the Mitchell […]
Article · October 8, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you.Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000 for their Miami art project. Click here to watch profiles […]
Article · October 8, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
We’re giving you one more opportunity this week to ask questions before the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia deadline at midnight on Oct. 15. Join our live web chat this Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 1 to 2 p.m. at KnightArts.org. Just type in your questions and get real-time answers from Knight Foundation staff. Last week, Philadelphia […]
Article · October 6, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you.Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000 for their Miami art project. Click here to watch profiles […]
Article · October 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you.Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000 for their Miami art project. Click here to watch profiles […]
Article · October 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
A multifaceted arts organization in the heart of Philadelphia’s up-and-coming Chinatown North, Asian Arts Initiative is more than a gallery and performing arts space — and its programming backs up that idea. To provide everyday artistic experiences in nontraditional spaces and unexpected neighborhoods, the initiative is creating site-specific works that double as community-development builders. For […]
Article · October 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sharon Gillberg, Downtown Akron Partnership What better way to welcome autumn than with an evening of strolling entertainers, musical performances and tours of artist studios, galleries and shops? Experience all of this and more at Downtown Akron Artwalk on Saturday, Oct. 6, courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Downtown Akron […]
Article · October 3, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Susan Jedrzejewski, McColl Center for Visual Art McColl Center for Visual Art is pleased to welcome Mel Chin as a Knight Artist-in-Residence from September 23 to December 31, 2012. Both analytical and poetic, Mel Chin’s art evades easy classification. Known for the broad range of approaches in his practice, his work is largely motivated […]
Article · October 2, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Philadelphia’s Bearded Ladies Cabaret is on a mission: to attract new audiences to performance art — and to Broad Street. In creating a series of original and immersive late-night cabarets at the Wilma Theater, the Bearded Ladies hope to use the spectacle, intimacy and informality inherent to the art form to tackle questions of politics, […]
Article · October 1, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad