The Knight Arts program is now seeking grant opportunities in Detroit that can create transformational and sustainable change through artistic excellence and collective cultural experiences. If you’re interested in learning more about working with Knight in the arts, please contact Interim Program Director Meredith Hector.
This past Sunday — a balmy summer day I spent biking and sightseeing around Detroit — I happened across the newest addition to the Lincoln Street Art Park: Uncle Frank the Dinosaur, a towering construction of recycled materials found throughout the city. The sculpture was created by Kelly Kaatz, Janice Polzin and Matt Pawenski for [...]
By Bradford Frost, Detroit Revitalization Fellow How would you Reveal Your Detroit? That question, through the support of an innovative grant opportunity with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, empowered the DIA to partner this past spring with 55 of Detroit’s community based organizations and hundreds of Detroit residents to share their perspectives of the [...]
Jill Overacker, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival The 2012 Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival featured world-renowned musicians and up-and-coming ensembles shared their talents performing works by Russia’s greatest composers. Due to the support of a $20,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Festival was able to bring rich artistic collaborations to Metro [...]
There are simply not enough superlatives available to properly laud the work of Access Arts Detroit, the group behind the Belle Isle Public Art Exhibit up now through June 29. The current exhibit features 11 installations — each one site-specific — as well as performances, artist talks, workshops and a panel discussion, all encouraging and [...]
By Gregory Lucas-Myers, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History This past March, I attended “Black Women Rock!” at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Wearing its title proudly, the evening was filled with rock n’ roll music that expressed the energy, passions, and stories of the ensemble of black women behind every [...]
This past Saturday, I was fortunate to be on hand for “Cinema Barbeque VII,” the first event of Corktown Cinema’s summer barbeque series, where I had the pleasure of enjoying two cult classics — “They Live” and “Parents.” Featuring a screen hung on the back wall of a former brass foundry just off Michigan Avenue [...]
Mark D’Angelo is the director of instrumental music at Roosevelt High School (RHS) in Wyandotte, MI. He recently led two RHS ensembles in performances at the DIA during Wyandotte’s InsideOut community free day. In this post, D’Angelo shares his experience of being involved in InsideOut as a community member. On Sunday, April 29, residents of [...]
As a young boy growing up in America, it seemed patently obvious that I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, and even though what I wanted continually changed — shifting from fireman to soldier to NFL player and eventually rock star — my parents, and the culture at large, reinforced the maxim [...]
By Scott Harrison, Detroit Symphony Orchestra With the help of our friends at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, by the end of the summer our Live from Orchestra Hall webcasts will have reached 150,000 viewers in over 75 countries in less than a year and a half “on the air.” But it’s [...]
Summertime and jazz go hand in hand here in Detroit, and this past weekend was no exception. Now in its ninth year, Jazzin’ on Jefferson — sponsored by the Jefferson East Business Assocation (JEBA) — once again brought the community together for two days of jazz performances by artists from Detroit and beyond, along with a host [...]
