By Delta Giordano, Knight Foundation St. Paul Program Assistant I confess that I have put off writing this blog because it would mean admitting that summer is officially over! In St. Paul, the markers for the end of the season are the Minnesota State Fair which runs through Labor Day, with kids starting school the next […]
Article · September 7, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Steve Klotz, Embrace Music Foundation Excitement ripples through the room when teenagers and their mentors — the “Littles” and “Bigs” in the lexicon of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami, which organized the workshop — as soon as they enter. Greeting them is a selection of over 60 percussion instruments, large and small, arranged […]
Article · September 7, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Peter Leggett, Walker West Music Academy On Saturday, September 15th, Walker West Music Academy will open its doors to the community of Saint Paul for “ A Taste of Music” its annual open house to usher in a new season with students, their families, friends and supporters. This year’s open house will feature performances from […]
Article · September 6, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Kathryn Diamond, Detroit Institute of Arts Summertime in the museum is ordinarily a quiet place with visitors coming to wander the quiet galleries to escape the summer heat. Not so this year! On the heels of a positive vote for the tri-county millage on August 7th, a blockbuster exhibition of Five Spanish Masterpieces, and […]
Article · September 5, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Creative placemaking takes another leap forward today as ArtPlace announces its third round of grant applications. A collaboration of 11 foundations, six national banks and eight federal agencies, ArtPlace invests in art and culture to help drive vibrancy and diversity in communities throughout the country. To date, it has awarded $26.9 million in grants to 76 […]
Article · September 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jenifer Mangione Vogt, art and Italian culture writer Anyone familiar with Italy knows there’s a subtext of tension between antiquity and modernity that lies beneath its charming exterior. In relation to art, this tension has resulted in artistic movements, such as arte povera ( “poor art”), led by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Alighiero Boetti, that rejected classical […]
Article · September 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Knight Foundation is celebrating its 1,000+ Random Acts of Culture™ with four big, blow-out performances in San Jose, Detroit, Miami and Philadelphia. The fun kicked off Sunday, Aug. 5 with a 250-person surprise performance in San Jose, continued Friday, Aug. 10 with a 150-person performance at Detroit’s Compuware World Headquarters and hit South Beach Saturday, Sept 1 with a […]
Article · September 4, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Letty Bassart, Thought Loom The idea for Thought Loom began with my memory of James Burke’s Connections. It was circa 1980 when I first watched him urgently address the camera and describe the connection between the hulls of massive ships and Strauss’ Indigo. It changed my entire world view. With a child’s logic, I […]
Article · September 3, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer As in an opera, the curtain has risen and the mystery has been revealed: the Florida Grand Opera has a new CEO. After a months-long worldwide search and lengthy deliberations, the company announced Susan T. Danis, currently executive director of the Sarasota Opera, as its new general director. Florida Grand […]
Article · September 2, 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 · September 1, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Jaime Bramble Schell, Philadelphia Museum of Art While Dancing around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp doesn’t officially open until October 30 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 5 is also key date for the much-anticipated exhibition. It is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Cage (American, 1912-1992), an artist whose […]
Article · August 31, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad