By Michelle Hauske, DIA Inside|Out coordinator Planning for the next round of Inside|Out is always challenging. Every installation is unique, and each city has its own requirements for obtaining approval to install. The DIA has a multi-step process that gets the reproductions from the warehouse to the walls and involves communities along the way. We […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jaime Bramble Schell, Philadelphia Museum of Art The Philadelphia Museum of Art is home to the largest collection of work by Marcel Duchamp in the world, with visitors from across the globe drawn to these galleries year after year. One such visit in the late 1950s was so meaningful that without it, the Museum’s […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Carrie Chapter, Philadelphia Theatre Company Rodgers & Hammerstein gave us a great tune from their 1956 musical, The King & I which really exemplifies, for me, how theatres welcome a fresh crop of creative teams into a new season. If you recall, Anna sits amongst the children of Yul Brynner, her Victorian poof of […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Angela McQuillan, Little Berlin On September 22nd 2012, Little Berlin hosted the EverNever Night Market, a pop-up interactive art space held for one night only at the Little Berlin Fairgrounds. The EverNever Night Market was organized and curated by Kathryn Sclavi and Melinda Essig, and consisted of art, performance and culinary exhibitions held inside of box […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Robert Harkins, South Florida Folklife Center, HistoryMiami As part of its Heritage Spotlight Series, the HistoryMiami South Florida Folklife Center is ready to launch its third artist residency. Our new featured artist will be Mieko Kubota, a master practitioner of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. Mieko has crafted ikebana pieces for more […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
On Sept 14, the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami held an open house for the five artists selected to be part of Trading Spaces 2, MOCA’s innovative two-month residency program.Through the program, five South Florida artists, Dona Altemus, Onajide Shabaka, Magnus Sigurdarson, Rick Ulysse and Antonia Wright, will give up his/her studio in exchange for an exhibition […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Rick Shiomi, Mu Performing Arts As I took the stage to accept my Ivey Award for Lifetime Achievement, I thought about my journey at Mu, from the days in the early 1990s when I wondered if an Asian American theater company was even possible in Minnesota, to the last few years when Mu entered our “golden […]
Article · September 28, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
As applications are rolling in for this year’s Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia (due date: Oct. 15), it’s a great time to check in with winners from the first year of the Challenge and take note of the kind of lasting impact their winning ideas are having on the community. One success story is that of Fresh […]
Article · September 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College Award-winning choreographers and founders of the renowned Nuevo Ballet Español, Angel Rojas and Carlos Rodríguez, will present Cambio de Tercio for the first time in the U.S. as part of Miami Dade College’s MDC Live Arts performing arts series at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 – 6, at the Miami-Dade County Auditorium. Nuevo Ballet Español will present […]
Article · September 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Have a question about the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia? We’re giving you two opportunities to learn more and get your questions answered before the Oct. 15 application deadline. Bring your questions directly to Knight Foundation reps, who’ll answer them in person at our Philly Town Hall Meeting (October 3) — or join us for a […]
Article · September 25, 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. […]
Article · September 23, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad