The Knight Arts program is now seeking grant opportunities in Charlotte 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 Program Director Susan Patterson.
When was the last time you attended a Charlotte Symphony performance? How about the last time you ate dinner out? If you have not experienced a live orchestral show, was it because you thought it wasn’t for you? Actually most of us have listened to classical music for years. Are you a moviegoer or vintage [...]
By Andrea Stevenson, Community School of the Arts As the new year begins, Community School of the Arts looks forward to a remarkably busy spring for its Knight Artistic Engagement Fund. The Fund, which provides tickets to outstanding professional performances and exhibitions for low-income children in CSA’s music and art programs, has enabled CSA to purchase tickets for a [...]
Don’t let Mondays get you down. There’s much to do at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (a Knights art grantee). It is open on Mondays when some of Charlotte’s other visual art institutions are not. You only have one more week to experience an exhibit quite unique to Charlotte, “Remembering Cascade: Tinguely’s Last Sculpture.” [...]
The new year is both a beginning and end. This month also marks your last chance to see a major Romare Bearden retrospective this coming weekend before it heads out on a national tour. The Mint Museum Uptown (a Knight arts grantee) is once again celebrating Bearden with a gift of a free weekend — [...]
Matrimony, a band that started in Charlotte, played at the Visulite Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 29 to a packed and happy crowd. This was their first show at home since touring the past four or five months — not to mention a great way to end the year. Matrimony’s music blends indie rock with subtle [...]
By Scott Provancher, The Arts & Science Council The Arts & Science Council launched power2give.org four months ago to great excitement in Charlotte. The site’s projects, with a generous match from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, received more than $40,000 in donations during the first week it was live on the internet. Within [...]
By Eva M. Lewis, Charlotte Symphony At the close of this very eventful year, we at the Charlotte Symphony would like to take this moment to review some of the 2011 KnightSounds highlights. From Tangos and Tapas to Bearden and big band sounds, it’s been a year full of great music, culture and surprises. February [...]
When it comes to memories, sounds are often as powerful a trigger as smells are. What is the soundtrack of your youth? Your first slow dance — or first kiss — was to which song? Do you know the words to most Journey tunes? Remember when music videos and MTV were the latest and greatest? [...]
Painters Ruth Ava Lyons and Katherine Ace have an exhibit through this Friday, Dec. 23 at Hidell/Brooks Gallery in Charlotte that encourages contemplation. At first glance these two artists are quite different. Yet look deeper and see there are similarities between their work. Both explore dichotomies and have metaphors embedded within their paint layers. Although [...]
Friday, Dec. 16 The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (in partnership with American Institute of Architects Charlotte) presents “Koolhaas HouseLife.” It is this month’s Architecture + Film Series screening at The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (a Knight arts grantee). Koolhaas is a creator of modern, yet contextual, designs. The 2008 documentary takes a look [...]
