For one of its sparser shows in recent memory, the ever-surprising Knight Arts grantee Vox Populi has an exhibition which showcases a mere four artists, most with only one work apiece — far less than its usual fare. Each artist presents individual pieces of wildly different styles, any of which could almost be a standalone [...]
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As the sun sets on Miami this Thursday and the crescent moon rises, the Miami Dance Festival will open on the grounds of the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, where a choreography of movement by the Florida Dance Theatre will take shape under
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By Vincent Geels, The Philadelphia Orchestra The goal of any successful web program, application, or piece of technology is for the end-user’s experience to be seamless when interacting with the technology. When your web browser starts to get choppy or grinds to a halt, it’s almost as if you snap out of a trance: The [...]
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This weekend’s a big one for the St. Paul arts scene. The days have turned warmer, lilacs are blooming and the trees are leafing out — all cues that it’s time for another Saint Paul Art Crawl. Friday through Sunday, thousands of visitors will traipse through hundreds of galleries and artist studios, browsing through some [...]
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By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College Dubbed the finest state-of-the-art theater in the South in 1926, the Tower Theater is now Miami’s premier art cinema and continues to serve as a historic and cultural gathering place. In fact, USA Today named it one of the “10 great places to see a movie in splendor.” Under the [...]
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The movie “Bully” created a lot of talk and controversy since its recent release — which is a good thing. The difficult topic of childhood bullying got an amazingly moving hearing in this documentary, and coincidentally, another powerful project was being released in Miami aimed at addressing violence and bullying in the schools. Posters were created [...]
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“Detroit Revealed: Photographs 2000-2010,” a multimedia show at the Detroit Institute of Arts (a Knight Arts grantee) will conclude its six-month run next Sunday, April 29. The show features video and still photographs from eight contemporary artists, all taking a view on Detroit in the last decade, and has run in tandem with a series of [...]
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Tiger Strikes Asteroid takes a foray into pastel(er) pastures this month with the show “Bar Sinister” by Michael Macfeat. This solo show, curated by Terri Saulin, is on display in the gallery through April 29. Spaced evenly along the walls are rectangular color studies. On one wall and hanging from the ceiling are simple wooden [...]
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Knight Arts Challenge winners promote wide range of creativity; bring art to neighborhoods and unexpected places PHILADELPHIA – (April 23, 2012) – Thirty-five ideas for the arts in Philadelphia will receive $2.76 million as winners of the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge. Now in its second year, the community-wide challenge funds the best ideas for engaging [...]
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