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• FECUND: Planting the seeds of yes

  
  
  

  The dictionary defines fecund as producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertile. For John W. Love, Jr., FECUND is an interdisciplinary art project. This new work is also the recent recipient of the prestigious McColl Award in the very first [...]

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• Emerging student artists at Prelude

  
  
  

  A new gallery downtown is filling a very important niche, and they have some great work on display right now. Prelude Gallery, near 20th and Pine, is a showcase for current students and recent graduates — many of whom were referred by [...]

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• Eric Newton on the four “C”s of community media

  
  
  

  By Eric Newton, senior advisor to the president at Knight Foundation

  Cross posted from KnightBlog.org

  What four qualities does a media business model need to succeed?  In this interview, Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at Knight Foundation, explains the four “C”s of Community Media [...]

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• New academy offers rigorous curriculum for music students

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  Pianists Fabiana Claure and William Villaverde. Photo by Katherine Villari

  Later this month at the Greenery Mall in Dadeland, a husband-and-wife team will open the doors to a new music school.

  But it’s not the kind of casual school you often find affiliated [...]

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• Lazaro Godoy workshop & potluck at Inkub8

  
  
  

  Sometimes the best things in life come late, and they usually happen at Inkub8. And sometimes they include a potluck dinner afterward. Get your dancing shoes on and head over to Inkub8 today (yes, today) at 1 p.m. for an invigorating workshop with [...]

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• Champion of Change at the White House

  
  
  

  Arts education at the White House welcomes a new voice this month as Knight Foundation’s national art advisory council member Aaron Dworkin is named a Champion of Change in Arts Education. Dworkin, the founder and president of the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization and President Obama’s [...]

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• Akron Civic Theatre 2010-2011: By the numbers

  
  
  

  By Val Renner, Akron Civic Theatre

  This has been a busy season for the Akron Civic Theatre. With the support of Knight Foundation, the Theatre hosted 51 events between Sept 26, 2010 and May 28, 2011. Here’s a snapshot of the season:

  51 total events 48,410 [...]
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• Jambalaya, a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo…

  
  
  

  By Jean-Marie Allion, Lead Writer for Home Water

  Did you ever witness an argument between two cooks about what goes into an “authentic” jambalaya? The truth of the matter is… almost anything goes! What makes a jambalaya a jambalaya is the final bouquet resulting from a [...]

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• Reading on the road: Inside the book tour

  
  
  

  By Rick Shiomi, MU Performing Arts

  My east coast book tour for the new anthology Asian American Plays for a New Generation, published by Temple University Press, began in Philadelphia.  I landed on Sunday, July 24th in NYC and caught the Greyhound Express bus [...]

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• Arts criticism for the millennials

  
  
  

  Cross posted from Art Works, the official blog of the National Endowment for the Arts

  Knight Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts are seeking ideas from individuals and organizations for the development of new, sustainable models for arts journalism. Applications for the [...]

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