St. Paul artist Tyler Olsen has an easy, self-deprecating laugh, and he talks fast — as if his tongue is in a race with his mind. He’s the principal behind a veritable warren of projects, all at various stages of development. Chat with him for a few minutes, and it’s clear he’s busting with still more [...]
By Rebecca M. Gentry, YoungArts From February 22-26, 2012, YoungArts hosted YoungArts Miami, a regional program bringing together the 57 national YoungArts winners from South Florida. Across the four-day period, the students experienced master classes and interdisciplinary workshops with visiting artists including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Michael Tilson Thomas, Edward Villella, Maria Martinez-Cañas, Daniel Arsham, Roberto Juarez, and [...]
By Vincent Geels, The Philadelphia Orchestra I recently sat down with Youngmoo Kim, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University, to talk about the genesis of “iNotes,” the orchestral performance companion mobile app. A graduate of Swarthmore College with dual degrees in music and engineering, Youngmoo has long been fascinated by both [...]
Thursday, March 15th Milkboy Philly played host to WXPN’s The Key Studio Sessions Live concert with three local bands; The Fleeting Ends, Turning Violet Violet and Chill Moody. The free event was the third live concert in the series and was recorded for videotaped for an upcoming audio profile of rapper Chill Moody. About 400 [...]
By Susan Jedrzejewski, McColl Center for Visual Art McColl Center for Visual Art is hosting a Gallery Reception from 6 to 9 PM on Friday, March 23, to celebrate the success of the Converge exhibition. The show highlights the conceptual visions of alumni Knight Artists-in-Residence Quisqueya Henriquez and Sonya Clark, and features the art they produced during their [...]
“It’s not very often that you hear “Carry On” played on bassoon,’’ the high school student sitting next to me at Friday night’s Sixth Floor Trio concert said appreciatively. Darn right, you don’t. And if a Kansas song played on piano, clarinet and bassoon not only sounds unlikely, but truly to be avoided, then surprise: [...]
The Bridge Red alternative gallery continues to live up to its mission, and its 2011 Knight Arts Challenge grant, which supports that to “provide a space for exhibition, documentation and creative exchange of works and ideas by strong and developed local artists who do not get the exposure their work merits.” The latest example is “Sherri [...]
By Sue Arrowsmith, Pig Iron Philadelphia-based Pig Iron Theatre Company will take South Florida by storm for the first time with their OBIE-winning quirky melodrama Chekhov Lizardbrain at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Mar. 23 – 24, at the Colony Theater in Miami Beach, 1040 Lincoln Road. Presented by Miami Dade College’s (MDC) MDC Live! Performing Arts Series, Chekhov Lizardbrain is a unique blend of [...]
At 40th and Walnut Streets in West Philadelphia, there stands a 100-year-old former church. Its early 20th century, neo-classical architecture makes it stand out among the surrounding buildings, but what the archaic exterior beauty doesn’t convey is the wealth of contemporary programming, which happens inside The Rotunda. For 10 years, The Rotunda has provided an alternative [...]
This past Sunday, Caleb Gentry, the most recent resident in “Depe Space” (Department of Public Engagement) at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (a Knight Arts Grantee) hosted “Puppeterium Playhouse Party,” a hands-on puppet party featuring free puppet-making supplies, performance stages and an unlimited supply of imaginative mirth. Said mirth reflected Gentry’s own artwork — [...]
