Articles by

Valerie Nahmad

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    Downtown Art Works Gains momentum through collaboration

    Published June 18, 2012 by

    The ongoing Downtown Art Works series launched by the Downtown Akron Partnership with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation continues to gain momentum as the deadline nears for entries for the first Akron Art Prize competition. The energy that surrounded the first Downtown Art Works event...
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    The painter as musician and the musician as painter

    Published June 18, 2012 by

    By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer Two recent DVDs show the relationship between opera and the visual arts from different angles: The Magic Flute, a painter’s vision of Mozart’s opera, and Wagner’s Tannhäuser, where the musician becomes a painter. They both constitute two controversial and absolutely fascinating...
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    One Voice visits 2012 Youth Pride

    Published June 13, 2012 by

    By Craig Coogan, One Voice Mixed Chorus One Voice was proud to exhibit at the 2012 Youth Pride event on Friday, June 8 at Newell Park. Nearly 125 youth gathered for games and fun. We were delighted when a group of students saw the One Voice banner and yelled out...
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    Free Summer Concerts Come to City Hall Courtyard

    Published June 13, 2012 by

    By Josh Dubin, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy City Hall Presents, a new event series supported by a 2011 Knight Arts Challenge grant, is slowly but surely turning Philadelphia's City Hall into one of the most fun and unique places in the city to...
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    Elektra – first public test

    Published June 12, 2012 by

    The Philadelphia Orchestra gave its first-ever performance of Richard Strauss’s opera Elektra on May 10. This 110-minute work astonished concertgoers when it premiered in 1909, and still leaves audiences reeling even today, over 100 years later. Significantly, this concert also marked the first time we opened iNotes testing to the...
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    A closer look at MOCAD’s summer exhibitions

    Published June 12, 2012 by

    By Katie G. McGowan, MOCAD MOCAD’s summer exhibitions Vertical Urban Factory and Post-Industrial Complex both investigate elements of The City. As the show’s name suggests, the former is a study of the historical and contemporary uses of the vertical factory, from an architectural historian’s perspective. The latter is a somewhat...
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    Big Night in Little Haiti nabs “Best Festival” title

    Published June 12, 2012 by

    Knight Arts grantee Big Night in Little Haiti scored big this week, earning the "Best Festival" title from the Miami New Times. The paper recognizes the monthly festival created by the Rhythm Foundation for the "local legends" it attracts and creative projects it creates. [caption id="attachment_40678" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="T-Vice and...
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    ArtPlace: helping creating a sense of place via the arts

    Published June 12, 2012 by

    Today, the national funder ArtPlace announced support for new projects in Miami, Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Paul, San Jose and other communities across the United States. ArtPlace funds projects that put the arts at the center of community revitalization and is supported by Knight Foundation, other leading foundations, banks and government...