By Sharon Gillberg, Downtown Akron Partnership Downtown Akron’s arts district will be bustling with activity September 1 courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Downtown Akron Partnership. Three exciting arts initiatives, Downtown Akron Artwalk, Downtown Art Works, and Akron Art Prize will combine to spotlight Akron’s vibrant creative side. The district, which due […]
Article · August 30, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Abdo Sayegh, TU Dance Center It was one year ago that we launched our educational program at TU Dance Center, — as the Center is bustling with the energy of our summer intensive students– we reflect on a remarkable first year of classes and training. TU Dance Center first educational open house entertained more […]
Article · August 30, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Viernes Culturales Join us on August 31, 2012 for another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular arts and culture festival. Enjoy music, discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th Street and SW 15th Avenue, and visit the many fine art galleries along Calle Ocho. […]
Article · August 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Barry’s Blog, a leading arts blog published as a “service of the Western States Arts Federation,” has honored several Knight Arts leaders in its fifth annual listing of the 50 most powerful and influential people in the nonprofit arts. Each year, national leaders anonymously submit nominations for influential and powerful leaders in arts administration and organizational […]
Article · August 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By David Brown, Urban Tour Host During the 2011-2012 school year, The Urban Tour Host featured its Urban Parks of Greater Miami Tour highlighting the Ecology and History of Miami’s Downtown Region. Four parks in the City of Miami were featured including: Simpson Park, Miami Circle Park, Bayfront Park and Lummus Park. This program toured approximately 800 […]
Article · August 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Laura Zabel, Springboard for the Arts What we’ve learned about the Community Supported Art model is that it is tremendously malleable to fit the needs of communities of very different sizes, geographies, and artistic disciplines. As long as a few core values are in place, all the rest can be changed and adapted. For […]
Article · August 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
Now in its third year, the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia will call for your best ideas for the arts in Philadelphia Sept. 17. – Oct. 15. The $9 million initiative seeks the most innovative cultural ideas to engage and enrich Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Launched in 2010, the challenge has awarded $5.4 million to 71 ideas to […]
Article · August 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
After a summer full of performing, fundraising, and a lot cardboard, The Bearded Ladies are finally ready to begin our Cabaret Revolution! Like any healthy revolution, this one is starting slowly with a few people and a lot of books and meetings. The Bearded Ladies begin our year-long project with a German Expressionist cabaret we are […]
Article · August 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College In celebration of the newly renamed MDC Museum and Galleries of Art + Design (formerly the Art Gallery System) and in support of Miami DDA’s DWNTWN Art Days,Miami Dade College kicks off its 2012-13 season with two exhibitions by two extraordinary artists – Jaimie Warren and Elena Sisto. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, Sept. […]
Article · August 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Gustavo Matamoros, Sound Artist/Artistic Director of the Listening Gallery On September 5, 2012, the Listening Gallery—A Knight Arts Challenge public art project on Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road—will unveil a new sound installation in celebration of John Cage’s Centennial. Sounding Thru Empty Words IV is my multichannel adaptation of John Cage’s 1991 performance of his […]
Article · August 26, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad
By Linda Harris, Center City Philadelphia Janet Echelman’s columns of atomized water that are featured in her public sculpture Pulse will be more than beautiful and imaginative public art once the $50 million transformation of Dilworth Plaza is completed in 2014. The unique artwork will communicate in real time the comings and goings of three […]
Article · August 24, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad