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 […]
Spending a ton of time in the studio? Ever wish your artwork could just make itself? Whether or not any of this applies, Little Berlin has a surprise for you this month with its show “Heavily Scripted: Generative Art And Bots” curated by Lee Tusman. Although the artworks here are not exactly self-made, they represent […]
Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at Knight Foundation, delivered the keynote address on April 24. 2014 at the “Innovating the Local News Ecosystem” conference presented by the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Below is an edited version of his speech. Congratulations to Montclair State’s School of Communication and […]
Photo: A DJ provides tunes for the opening night of Akron Film+Pixel at Nightlight Cinema. Photos by Rob Vaughn. By Roger Durbin For years, Akron Film+Pixel showed cutting-edge films in pop-up events around the city – 20 a year on average – filling a void in the one of the largest communities in the country […]
Photo: A DJ provides tunes for the opening night of Akron Film+Pixel at Nightlight Cinema. Photos by Rob Vaughn. For years, Akron Film+Pixel showed cutting-edge films in pop-up events around the city – 20 a year on average – filling a void in the one of the largest communities in the country without an indie […]
Steve Panton, against a backdrop of his adopted hometown of Hamtramck. I first got to know artist, engineer and curator Steve Panton through attending art occasions at his gallery space, 2739 Edwin, which offered consistently original and challenging work and workshops. The more I’ve learned about the goings and doings of this man involved in […]
By Laura Bruney and Sonia Hendler, The Arts & Business Council of Miami The reality of a “divide” between the arts and direct and profitable partnerships with business and specific industries is certainly not a new topic. What is new, however, are ways that arts and businesses are utilizing their unique resources to bridge that […]
I have a confession. I’ve been following the peripheral shenanigans coming out of Sochi – the security concerns and journalists’ hotel horror stories, funny Putin-in-triumph photos – with far more relish than I have the actual games. But when news of a one-night-only performance of “Tonya and Nancy: The Opera” hit my inbox a couple of weeks […]
The legendary Grant’s Lounge in downtown Macon has a history of nurturing up and coming artists. From the early days of partnering with Capricorn Records to the present day of embracing the Grant Jammatron, the legacy continues. Back in the day, Phil Walden was skeptical about new artists crowding the Capricorn Records’ studio. So, he […]
The Blue Mice get ready to stir up some trouble. In his tale of the star-bellied sneetches, Dr. Seuss made a compelling and lasting case against racism and discrimination, and made it fun to read and look at all the while. The arts are ideal for getting complex ideas across, especially to young people, and […]
“Mosaic” from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at Knight Foundation, delivered the keynote address on April 3. 2014 at the 39th Edward R. Murrow Symposium at Washington State University on “The Global Face of Journalism.” Below is an edited version of his speech. ‘Mosaic’ and the future of news […]