April 23, 2010
The Huffington Post
Beirut39 Festival Launches International Careers for 39 Top Young Arab Writers
by Lori Wood
It's 6:00 a.m. in the Riviera Hotel off the Corniche in Beirut and the café is buzzing with conversation. The Saudi Arabian novelist Abdullah Thabit, the Iraqi poet Bassim al Ansar and the Egyptian novelist Hamdy el Gazzar have been up all night, talking. It's been like this for all four nights of Beirut39, an unprecedented gathering of 39 young writers from all over the Arab world. [ read more ]
April 17, 2010
The Peoria Journal Star
Artists' Nostalgic Work on Display: Prairie Center for the Arts features pieces by Adolfo Martinez
by Gary Panetta
A woman with haunting Latin features sits, eyes closed, in dreamy reverie at a bar with a drink in one hand and a cigar in another.... This painting is one of just under a dozen new works by Adolfo Martinez, who is visiting Peoria as a recipient of the Midwestern Voices and Visions award sponsored by the Alliance of Artists Communities. [ read more ]
March 31, 2010
Review: Mid-America's Visual Arts Publication
by T. Abeln
KCArtist Link and the University of Missouri - Kansas City Small Business & Technology Development Center kicked off the 2010 Artist ESP speakers program with a talk by Caitlin Strokosch, the executive director of the Alliance of Aritsts Communities. [ read more ]
February 21, 2010
Twin Cities Daily Planet
IBé Kaba and MayLee-Yan Win Midwestern Voices and Visions Awards
by Jeanette Fordyce
Two Twin Cities literary performers, May Lee-Yang and Ibrahima Kaba, were recently selected from 100 applicants from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin to receive Midwestern Voices and Visions awards. [ read more ]
February 7, 2010
Kansas City Star
Local Artists of Color Honored
by Lajean Keene
Two Kansas Citians were among seven winners of the 2010 Midwestern Voices and Visions awards. The prizes, funded by the Joyce Foundation, come with stipends and short residencies and are presented to outstanding Midwestern artists of color by the Alliance of Artists Communities. [ read more ]
January 3, 2010
Alliance of Artists Communities
Seven Midwestern Artists Honored with Prestigious 2010 "Midwestern Voices & Visions" Awards
The Alliance of Artists Communities is pleased to announce the 2010 Midwestern Voices and Visions awards, presented to seven outstanding Midwestern artists of color. The artists were selected from more than 100 applicants from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. [ read more ]