Mercer University’s Art Department will host a closing reception Friday, February 8 at 10 a.m. in the Hardman Hall Gallery for “Laboratory of Light: Some Results of Unorthodox Imaging.” The exhibit, which opened on January 14, features multimedia works by artist and faculty member Craig Coleman, exploring expanded forms of photography and light projections. “All [...]
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On Friday, February 1, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) (a Knight Arts grantee) held the opening reception for their latest show, the highly conceptual “When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes.” The exhibit features contributions from 80 contemporary artists and more food for artistic thought than could rightly be absorbed in an opening preview. [...]
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There’s a small but noteworthy exhibition on view now in Metropolitan State University’s Gordon Parks Gallery. “Black and White” includes work by three artists – the gallery’s namesake, Gordon Parks, St. Paul-based artist and community activist; Ta-Coumba Aiken; and acclaimed printmaker Joseph Norman. (Incidentally, the latter two are teaming up for a companion show at [...]
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Today, we’re excited to begin accepting applications for the 2013 Knight Arts Challenge Miami. Each year, we’re in awe of what South Florida comes up with – innovative ideas, truly Miami ideas, ideas to engage our neighborhoods in the arts. Because of the quality of your submissions, we recently decided to extend the contest for [...]
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On April 12, 2012, Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president of the Knight Foundation, posted an article on the Knight Foundation website titled, “Why we need new models for arts journalism.” The article coincided with the launch of the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge that we’ve written about recently on this blog. In his [...]
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Hialeah is a state of mind as much as a physical place. A badge of honor to some, it also has been ridiculed as a wasteland. What’s great about the city (it’s the fifth largest in Florida) is that it has a bit of everything – it’s quirky and kitchy, a working class town with [...]
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Sometimes visual artists – sculptors among them – can come across as slightly vague when talking about their works and what they mean. Take Joe Bartram, who created a large space installation in Summit Artspace, a Knight Arts grantee, for public viewing but especially as part of First Night Akron (the big New Year’s Eve [...]
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As temperatures continue to drop, it’s as good a time as any to catch up on your cinema. The Detroit Dreaming Film Festival (DDFF) took place over the course of last weekend (Jan 25-27). The festival, hosted by the Matrix Theatre Company covered a wide range of Detroit-centric topics in feature and short-length presentations. Detroit political oppression [...]
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Shira Abergel has wings and she plans to use them to fly over the Appalachians during Miami Light Project’s Here & Now: 2013 — a Knight Emerging Artist Series — at The Lightbox at Goldman Warehouse. During the festival, Abergel will debut
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The always engrossing Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) is currently showing the work of six photographers for their exhibition “99 Days.” This Knight Arts grantee may be gearing down from its gigantic Philly Photo Day project from late last year, but that certainly doesn’t mean putting the brakes on its other programming. In “99 Days,” [...]
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