HAVEN trio (Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet; Lindsay Kesselman, soprano; and Midori Koga, piano) release their newest album, TWINGE, on Blue Griffin Records with a concert and talk on Sunday, October 4 at 4:30pm EDT over Zoom.
The University Musical Society has announced its full cohort of Digital Artist Residency artists, each of whom will explore timely themes through an array of new creative projects being developed specifically for the digital frame.
The University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities will begin installing the work of Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama on the facade of the U-M Museum of Art Sept. 28.
In response to the overwhelming need for emergency financial assistance in the creative community, the coalition of organizations administering the Artist Relief fund has announced it has raised nearly $20 million and will extend grantmaking through December.
ArtsEmerson, Boston's leading presenter of contemporary world theatre and the professional presenting and producing organization at Emerson College, will commit the 2020/21 season to being the Year Of Experimentation, focusing on the development and programming of its new digital venue, and providing support to international artists.
While the Covid-19 pandemic has shuttered many performing arts organizations around the world, Long Beach Opera (LBO) has been industriously devising live innovative performance opportunities for both its artists and audiences.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Jerome Robbins Dance Division announced today that it has acquired the Trisha Brown Archives. Brown was the first woman choreographer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (1991).
Syracuse Stage has announced plans for adjustments to the 2020/2021 season in order to address the continuing impact of the Covid-19 virus.
Three previously announced plays will be replaced in the six show season. The Cold Read Festival of New Plays returns with additional enhanced experiences. A series of community focused performances and conversations will be added and subscribers will be given access to a series of special interviews and behind the scenes looks guided by Syracuse Stage artistic leadership.
The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, launched and administered by the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazine & Presses (CLMP), and the National Book Foundation, will be distributing $3,530,000 million in emergency funding to 282 nonprofit literary arts organizations, magazines, and presses across the nation that have experienced severe financial losses due to COVID-19. The organizations and presses to receive support reported $27,635,559 in financial losses to date and are projecting $48,137,391 in financial losses in the year ahead.
The Theater will revisit the play as part of the its 'Two River Rising' online benefit series with Leigh Silverman directing. Act 1 will stream live on Wednesday, September 16 and Act 2 with a Q&A on Thursday, September 17 at 7:00pm EDT.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today three new Civic Practice Partnership Artists in Residence: Jon Gray, of the artistic and culinary collective Ghetto Gastro in the Bronx; Mei Lum, of the W.O.W. Project, a community-organizing and arts space in Manhattan's Chinatown; and musician and composer Toshi Reagon, of Crown Heights.
Thirty Midwestern arts and culture organizations received new COVID-19 relief grants today from Arts Midwest through the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund. The Resilience Fund's goal is to invest in historically under-resourced arts and culture organizations across the United States as they work to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts announces the highlights of their 2020 fall season, including virtual performances, artist talks, workshops, video screenings, a sculpture, film, and virtual studio tour.
Over the last three decades, the celebrated East Village-based Canadian poet/performer Adeena Karasick and Grammy Award-winning composer/trumpeter Frank London have each transformed the worlds of poetry and music with work that is sensual and political, steeped in Jewish mysticism, exploding notions of high and low culture.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced its Fall/Winter Looking Forward Season featuring more than 70 virtual events and programs to engage with and respond to audiences in Washington, D.C-metropolitan region and nationally.
The Zimmerli Art Museum's upcoming exhibition Angela Davisa?"Seize the Time is postponed due to the pandemic, but the 192-page exhibition catalogue, which documents Davis's life, influence, and enduring activism over the past 50 years, is available from Hirmer Publishers beginning September 15. Details are available here from The University of Chicago Press.
The Dramatists Guild of America has announced the promotion of Emmanuel Wilson to Managing Director. In this newly-created role, Wilson will oversee the staff, operations, and systems of the Dramatists Guild.