By Trong Gia Nguyen, AIRIE We arrived at the AIRIE residency late Sunday morning on November 25, over two weeks ago. So apologies for this belated post, which comes right after Art Basel week in Miami, where I worked organizing a room exhibit at the satellite fair Aqua, and also helped a colleague man his [...]
By Laura Bruney, Arts & Business Council of Miami The 2012 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach which ended on December 9th featured the perfect marriage of arts and business. Hundreds of high end companies hosted private parties; pop up exhibitions and roving ads on cars, carts and even people. Millions of dollars in art [...]
By Linda Harris, Center City Philadelphia For the first time in 60 years, Philadelphia’s population recently increased, with downtown neighborhoods growing by 16.3% in the last decade, according to the U.S. Census. Center City now has 181,000 residents and hosts 265,000 workers daily. Another indication of Center City’s vitality is the rebound in house prices. [...]
Kids had a chance to learn how to paint like a real artist this weekend at The 567 Center for Renewal’s “Koolaid & Canvas” class. Macon artist Heatherly Wakefield taught the students how to paint a holiday penguin picture on canvas using acrylic paints. One of the students, Karis Burgand, may only be six years [...]
In December 2011, Tuesday Musical Association was selected as a recipient of pro bono design services through TRIAD/Next Level’s Design4Good program. The award provided design and production services for a poster celebrating Tuesday Musical Association’s 125th anniversary. After reaching out to 427 Design, the two agencies decided to work together to produce an original, limited [...]
By Alejandra Serna, Florida Grand Opera The Logan-Hynes family is taking the idea of growing up with classical music to another level by raising their children not just around operas, but in them! The family’s opera journey began in 1999 with Florida Grand Opera’s production of The Tales of Hoffmann and a call for child [...]
Explore a new vision of Miami as Borscht 8 film festival arrives in town Dec 15. The “quasi yearly” film festival features Miami stories made by local and visiting filmmakers. 14 shorts, all made in Miami, will debut at the Adrienne Arsht Center. Get a sneak peek at the festival at the video above, read [...]
By Jodi Farrell, Adrienne Arsht Center Even if you’re not a die-hard gamer, you can appreciate this: Featuring dynamic and compelling video accompanied by a live symphony orchestra and chorus, The Legend of Zelda™: Symphony of the Goddesses will bring the world’s most popular video game series to life at 8 p.m. this Sunday, December [...]
By Larisa Zade, Detroit Institute of Arts As the DIA has written about previously, we have used Inside|Out to build and deepen our relationship with community partners. Our work with the InsideOut Literary Arts Project—a local nonprofit that uses poetry to teach students to think critically and express themselves—is a case study that demonstrates the [...]
By Taylor Thomas, Community School of the Arts Though the holiday season is generally marked by twinkling lights and the celebratory clanking of shopping carts, winter traditions are diverse and wide-ranging among Charlotte families. I smile thinking about the various songs to be sung and decorations to be made within our own family of Community [...]
