By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer She’s only 23, her name is Nadine Sierra, and she is a rising star in the operatic universe. That was the final impression of those who attended her Miami recital, the last concert of this year’s Sunday Afternoons of Music at UM Maurice Gusman Hall, which was [...]
Cedric Tai doesn’t think Detroit is a blank canvas. (That controversial metaphor gets tossed around quite a bit these days by people who champion the city’s remarkable creative potential at the expense of its complex present and recent past.) The Detroit-born artist and Kresge fellow does think the city is filled with bad graffiti. To [...]
“Cracks,” the debut film by Jordan Scott, daughter of legendary director Ridley Scott, will premiere at the Coral Gables Art Cinema on Friday, June 10 as part of the Out in the Tropics Festival presented by
By Jessie Raynor, Akron Area Arts Alliance Director The Altered Book Project, on display at Summit Artspace Gallery from June 17 through July 30, showcases the creativity of 17 top Akron artists. Altered books can be defined as books that have been recycled and repurposed creating works of art by gluing, painting, collaging, rubber stamping, [...]
North Carolina artists, along with Project Art Aid, are joining The American Cancer Society in “Making strides against breast cancer.” The culmination of this work is the Project Art Aid Goes Pink Premiere Exhibition and Auction on Friday, June 17 in the Wachovia Atrium at 301 S. Tryon St. in uptown Charlotte. Project Art Aid, the [...]
This past Sunday, I headed out to a local movie theater to catch a live broadcast of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in an all-Brahms afternoon under conductor Gustavo Dudamel. There was a sizable crowd in the theater (in southern Palm Beach County), and they seemed to really enjoy the concert, which was well presented by [...]
By Holly Zinner, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art is changing their current exhibitions the weeks of June 13 and June 20, 2011. These exciting new exhibitions feature both photographs and multi-media works. Residents & visitors can look forward to these three new exhibits: Above All, Enjoy the Music: Jazz Photography by Herman [...]
By Rick Shiomi, Mu Performing Arts About two years ago, Josephine Lee, a professor of English at the University of Minnesota, contacted me regarding the possibility of putting together an anthology of plays with Mu as one of the main connections. Since I was just coming up for air from directing the David Henry Hwang version [...]
By Letoya Stairs, Rhythm of Africa Music Program & 2010 Knight Arts Challenge Winner Seventeen children. Two schools. One hour of rehearsal. Thirty minutes to shine. Many Beats. One Rhythm The challenge seems complex, but the mission is simple. Share the power of the arts with children and watch them discover who they are and how [...]
Gesamtkunstwerk, usually translated as “total art work,” has become a universal term, one that still sounds so much nicer than “multi-disciplinary project.” Yet, its essence remains fundamentally German: From the dramatics of Richard Wagner, who wanted people to sit uncomfortably for hours on end on hard, wooden seats to hear his operas, to the cross-breeding [...]
