Phil Darius Wallace – actor, playwright, director, producer and Flint native – has made a name for himself since his time with Flint Youth Theatre. Wallace attended Central High School for two years, and then spent his junior and senior years at Interlochen Arts Academy for theatrical arts. He was also involved in SUNY Purchase
Take your sweetheart or friend to an early Valentine’s Day date. Performances of “Ragtime: The Musical” are at The Whiting on Friday, February 12 at 8pm and Saturday, February 13 at 2pm and 8pm. In turn-of-the-century New York, the story is of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a bold, young Harlem musician
Saturday, January 23, 2016 is the Flint Institute of Arts’ Community Gala for the exhibition, From Heart to Hand: African American Quilts form the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. The gala will feature a conversation between artist, Yvonne Wells, and Stephanie James, Mott-Warsh Curator and Collection Educator who focuses on contemporary art and art of
Beginning her acting career at age nine as a talking refrigerator, Sarah Sullivan continued her career on and behind the stage with Flint Youth Theatre. There, Sullivan found that she was challenged to participate in many different ways besides acting. By the time she graduated from Grand Blanc High School in 2002, she had experience
Born and raised in Flint, Andrew Ranville began pursuing his artistic education in college. He started studying graphic design, but soon felt that something was missing. “After my first semester of going down the graphic design track, I realized I was much more interested and engaged with projects that were my own, as opposed to
After the three-day weekend of classes from the masters, lectures, luncheons and competitions, the festival ended with a highly-anticipated concert, put on by both teachers and students. Hhosted by Flint Institute of Music, Flint’s Cultural Center and The Whiting, the concert incorporated tap, African, hip-hop artists, and Tapology’s Youth Ensemble. The concert is Tapology’s largest
Believe it or not, October has nearly come and gone. Before the month dances away completely, the 13th Annual Tapology Dance Festival is set to commence this weekend, October 23-25. The most anticipated event of the weekend is of course the Tapology Concert that takes place at The Whiting on Sunday evening at 7 pm.
Flint has been an inspiration to many who have hopes of either improving in their field of endeavor, or improving the city itself. Donovan Entrekin, Director of the Flint Institute of Arts’ Art School, continues to find beauty in his hometown and capture it in his artwork. After graduating from high school, Donovan began his
Imagine the pioneers of Flint’s past greeting you as you submerge into the basement of one of Flint’s oldest houses – a basement currently passing for an artist’s studio. Its inhabitant, Joe Rundell, resides there most of every day, re-capturing Flint’s founding fathers in clay, bronze, and brass sculptures. Among the various tools and hunks
In 2013, the Artomotive Program was formed between the Back to the Bricks Statue Committee, the Flint and Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Greater Flint Arts Council to raise funds for the Automotive Pioneers Statue Project, in which Joe Rundell contributes his statues of Flint’s founding fathers (see p. 46). The “Raise the
Would you consider renting a beautiful piece of art to display in your home or business? The Art Sales & Rental Gallery located at the Flint Institute of Arts offers a great opportunity for local art lovers to rent paintings and prints for just that purpose – and at a low cost. “It’s the only
In June, one of the Flint Institute of Arts’ most adored and valued paintings was painstakingly inspected, packed and cautiously trucked to the highly esteemed Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The painting is titled Garden Study of the Vickers Children by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) and it joined the MET exhibition Sargent:
