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• And the winners are…

  The Mint Museum (a Knight Arts grantee) announced the three winning artworks from its Vote for Art campaign this past Friday at a swanky event appropriately called the Ballot Ball. The Vote for Art campaign began in September and coincided with the Democratic National Convention. In an [...]

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• Robert McDuffie Center for Strings to get a new home in Macon’s historic district

  The Bell House will soon be the home of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings.

  One of Macon’s musical and educational treasures, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, will soon have a new home. Mercer University announced in a press release Friday, November 9, that the Atlanta-based Robert [...]

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• A night of cotton-candy theater with “Nellie Oleson” at CAMP Bar’s cabaret theater

  The work you’ll find in St. Paul’s grand performance halls – like the Ordway and O’Shaughnessy, Fitzgerald Theater and Landmark Center – commands such a large share of critical and audience attention, it’s easy to overlook what’s happening on the smaller stages. And we have so many terrific, intimate venues [...]

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• Bernarda Fink: With the soul in her voice

  By Sebastian Spreng, Visual Artist and Classical Music Writer

  The voice knows no borders or nationality; neither does the soul. Bernarda Fink brings worlds together with hers, a voice of endless nuances and facets that above all, reflects “soul.” Whether it’s Schubert or Piazzolla, Bach or Berlioz, she captivates through her nobility, [...]

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• Elisabeth Condon’s paintings and her punk L.A.

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  Elisabeth Condon’s “Cracked Actor.”

  The frenzied art season is here. Many of the exhibits opening up this weekend in the galleries and institutions will be their Art Basel shows, like the solo one at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood (a Knight Arts grantee), Elisabeth Condon’s “The Seven [...]

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• GroundWorks DanceTheater brings new contemporary dance to Akron-Summit County Public Library

  GroundWorks DanceTheater will be performing again in Akron. That’s always great news, for having this singular contemporary dance company do its innovative thing is a great sight to behold.

  Artistic Director David Shimotakahara added a concert at the Akron-Summit County Public Library a couple of years ago in order to [...]

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• “FabergĂ©: The Rise and Fall” brings exquisite craftsmanship to the DIA

  Since the successful passage of the County Art Institute Authority millage in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has extended free general admission to any residents of these counties who present a valid ID. It’s a terrific gift and an afternoon well-spent, but attendees would do [...]

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• Catch swampy critters at MDC’s Freedom Tower for Art Basel

  By Sue Arrowsmith, Miami Dade College

  Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art + Design has big plans for this Art Basel. As part of FOREVERGLADES, an environmentally-minded public installation by William Sweetlove and other members of Cracking Art Group, large-scale recyclable plastic alligators, sea turtles, frogs, and bunnies will be installed [...]

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• Holiday Show with the Charlotte Art Collective

  Charlotte Art Collective Holiday Show & Sale flyer.

  Sculpture, photography, pottery, handmade books, glass art, prints, paintings, jewelry and so much more are all to be found at the Charlotte Art Collective’s Holiday Show & Sale this Saturday November 10 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. With as many as 25 [...]

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• Francesca Pastine and Jackie Tileston at Pentimenti

  Pentimenti Gallery in Old City has double the visual intensity throughout the month of November. On display right now is a two-person show by artists Francesca Pastine and Jackie Tileston that plays with colorful, fluid forms in both abstract painted manifestations and appropriated constructions made from physical [...]

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