Artformz Alternative announces the award of a 3-year grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Foundation reviewed 1,700 submissions and chose 31 winning projects that demonstrated the power to positively impact Miami’s cultural community. The Knight Foundation Arts Partnership is a five-year, $40 million initiative to transform the South Florida
Archive for December, 2008
Wynwood Alternative Gallery Receives Funding Award
Posted in Galleries on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ultimate Recycling?
Posted in Galleries on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A 43-year-old Beijing artist may have hit on the ultimate in recycling: he fits fragments of Ming dynasty porcelain together like parts of a jigsaw puzzle and sews them with silver wire into full-length dresses. Two of the dresses and a man’s jacket, shirt and tie—all made of ancient porcelain shards gathered over the years