By Lillian Dunn, SPACES Artist Residency The SPACES Artist in Residence program at The Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia has opened its Call for Artists for SPACES Cycle 2, to begin in June 2015. Building on the discoveries of the first cycle, the residency period has been extended to 6 months. Cycle 2 SPACES Visiting Artists […]
Article · January 5, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Rhett Del Campo, managing director of Seraphic Fire cross-pol·li·na·tion noun 2. Influence or inspiration between or among diverse elements I stood at a panoramic wall of windows in the new and stunning Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). My gaze alternated between thought-provoking works of art and the colorful, trance-inducing Miami skyline as it reflected on […]
Article · January 3, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Thomas Wolfinger, Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus performed 5 school assembly programs in the fall of 2014 as a part of the PGMC Outreach Program thanks in part to funding received from the Knight Foundation. In October, the PGMC performed at Abington Junior High School, Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP) […]
Article · January 2, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
By Thomas Wolfinger, Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus As a part of the Outreach Program the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus offers FREE concert tickets to LGBTQ students and their Allies . As a bonus, we also have a mixer for the students with cheese steaks that are generously provided by Geno Vento of Geno’s Steak’s after […]
Article · January 2, 2015 by Valerie Nahmad
During National YoungArts Week, which takes place in Miami each year, approximately 170 YoungArts Finalists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts to work with distinguished master teachers and mentors in their field. Each night these talented young artists will wow audiences through performances, film screenings, an art exhibition, writers’ readings and a jazz […]
Article · December 24, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elizabeth Shannon, Bass Museum of Art Possibly the best part of being the Bass Museum’s Knight Curatorial Fellow has been the opportunity to get to know Miami’s art community. Along with attending exhibitions, talks and other events, one of the most important ways to get to know what’s going on in a place is […]
Article · December 21, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Amy Bareham, Arts & Science Council Cultural & Community Investment Intern We are all curators of powerful stories. From childhood to old age or brokenness to victory, we fill the pages of our lives with characters that have tales of their own. And at the intersection of all these stories are groups like the […]
Article · December 19, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Elizabeth Shannon, Bass Museum of Art According to Marcel Duchamp, “all artists are not chess players — all chess players are artists.” Visitors to Collins Park can now put this assertion to the test by playing chess on Miami-based artist Jim Drain’s newest work, Chess Tables (2014), located just off 22nd Street, opposite the […]
Article · December 19, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer There comes a dire moment when you realize it was a mistake to have undertaken a journey, when you question the whys and what-fors. But once you’re at the dance, you dance. You resign yourself to a journey that for Miamians takes place at a home that has […]
Article · December 19, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
By Locust Projects Locust Projects is pleased to announce that artist Ron Terada has been selected to create a new commissioned work for Art on the Move, part of an ongoing public commissions initiative, by the project’s guest curator Dominic Molon, Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island […]
Article · December 19, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad
There are artist residencies, and then there is this idea out of Detroit: Artists-Musicians Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller, the couple behind the electro band ADULT., are inviting musicians from around the country into their home to collaborate on an album. Starting this month, the selected musicians will get to know the city, have a […]
Article · December 18, 2014 by Valerie Nahmad