The group show plays a pivotal part in amplifying the visibility of emerging artists. While a fledgling artist may not have the body of work or name recognition to warrant a solo exhibition, the group show facilitates a move into the gallery that enables the art world to get a glimpse, which in turn may [...]
A special exhibit at the North Chinatown Asian Arts Initiative takes a close look at what it means to be an Iranian woman, challenging both Eastern and Western notions of femininity. This Knight Arts grantee is currently displaying the show “That Person Who Is Your Creation: Iranian Women Exploring the Feminine Self” curated by Philadelphia [...]
Last week I was fortunate to be invited to speak at the Knight-sponsored SphinxCon event. A gathering of national leaders in Detroit to discuss the issue of diversity in the arts. Speakers ranged from Delroy Lindo to Maria López De León, the director of NALAC. Knight Foundation National Arts Advisory Committee member and Sphinx founder Aaron [...]
By Bonnie Marshall, American Composers Forum Video game scoring has grown in breadth and complexity in the last decade. Long gone are the chompy synthesizers of Pac Man. Today’s gaming music involves highly creative composers, full orchestral pieces and sophisticated compositions that interact with the player’s actions and situation. To bring this burgeoning world to [...]
By Roofless Records 2013 is shaping up to be even busier than 2012. International Noise Conference 2013 (10 Year Anniversary) We’re only just now recovering from the 4 day marathon of madness that was the 10 year anniversary of recent Knight Arts Challenge winner Frank “Rat Bastard” Falestra’s International Noise Conference. Every year the festival [...]
Co-dependence is like a binary star-system where two stars orbit one another around their center of gravity. They can’t escape, and they’re stuck in an almost eternal dance until they exhaust their nuclear reactors. However, if the two
Salon Saloon is a monthly “live action arts magazine” put on by the interdisciplinary collaborative team at Works Progress and hosted by Springboard for the Arts staffer, artist and raconteur Andy Sturdevant. The show is “filmed before a live studio audience” on the fourth Tuesday of every month (they’re raising funds to edit and distribute [...]
February is the shortest month of the year. The 28 days seem to fly by, and before one even realizes four weeks have passed, March arrives. In Macon, the beginning of the month brings one of the community’s most treasured events—First Friday. The event, held on the first Friday of each month, is a celebration [...]
For the second year in a row, the Deering Estate has taken a chance with an outdoor (and some indoor), site-specific sculpture, part of its Festival of the Arts. It’s well worth the jaunt down south. On opening night, the works were lit up, creating a glowing ambiance in the gorgeous grounds on the bay. [...]
By Megen Balda, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Students in the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies have unparalleled opportunities to collaborate with professional musicians, and at the upcoming Concertino and Philharmonic Community Concert, audiences will enjoy the fruits of a collaboration with Minnesota Orchestra Violinist Michael Sutton who will perform Saint Saëns’ fiery Introduction & [...]
