When the Concert Association of Florida fell apart in 2007, the major concert venues in this area scrambled to put together good classical series to replace the events that had been hosted by the association. Again this year, the Broward, Arsht and Kravis centers have their own series of classical programs, but there’s another group [...]
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By Akron Art Museum Staff The Akron Art Museum staff has begun our two year project of making our entire collection accessible online. We’ve hired Keith Freund to be our Collections Information Coordinator. Keith formerly managed our donor database as part of the museum’s development department, and has a master’s degree in library and information science [...]
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Way back in the day, when the Wynwood world was quieter, indeed spookier, an art opening at the Dorsch Gallery could be counted on to light up a visual and audio spark in the neighborhood, with its group shows and electronic or sound performances. It was always a little untested, a little raw, a little [...]
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After a busy two years, we took a short program break over the summer months. But now, the Gold Coast Jazz Society is up and running again with the monthly First Friday Jazz Jams program. The Jazz Jams, our monthly jazz jam sessions for student jazz musicians, began again in August. For those who are [...]
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This summer, in partnership with mnartists.org, Springboard for the Arts launched Community Supported Art (CSA). CSA is based on the community supported agriculture model and aims to directly connect artists and art patrons. The CSA program supports artists and creates a community of engaged local arts supporters. CSA supports artists: in the creation of new [...]
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Last year around this time, I complained that the Arsht Center programming was playing it too safe. Today, tickets go on sale for the performing arts center’s fifth season with a slate of shows at the Carnival Studio Theater that takes a few more chances. Most important, this season features more new work from Miami [...]
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School’s back, the heat is (somewhat) waning and September is upon us – time to start thinking season. The Arsht Center is partnering with Knight Foundation, The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald to kick off the 2010-2011 arts calendar via the Fall for the Arts Festival. On Sunday, September 12 from noon to 6pm [...]
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Over the last year artist/curator Alette Simmons-Jimenez at Artformz has been working in collaboration with an artist/curator from Valencia, Spain – Cristina Ghetti. Amazingly enough, or perhaps something more common than one realizes, they met on facebook! Together they have been developing and redeveloping (as hurdles are met and obstacles overcome) an exchange exhibition between [...]
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Paul R. Jacoway’s “Final Edition: Journalism According to Jack and Jim Knight” was presented with a regional Emmy Award on June 19, by the lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The documentary, which first aired on October 26, 2009 in Akron, Ohio, follows the Knight family, from their days of [...]
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Contemporary art in America is often apolitical. While artists don’t shy away from shocking content — violent or sexual or otherwise — there is a tendency to circumvent the overtly political, Shepard Fairey’s Hope poster aside. Maybe it seems quaint, maybe it is to avoid comparisons to work made during the 1960s. But recent dramatic [...]
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