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66 finalists named in Miami Knight Arts Challenge
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43 Ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive more than $2 million in funding
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New program funded to measure media impact and audience engagement
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Detroit steps up, takes Knight Arts Challenge in record numbers
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Knight Foundation appoints Carol Coletta as Vice President/Communities and National Initiatives
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Bringing Art to Life: New Report Looks at Unorthodox Effort to Deliver Poetry to People
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‘Poetry for all’ comes back to Miami in 2013
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Knight Arts Challenge seeks best ideas for the arts in Detroit
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Applications now accepted for Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia names 2013 finalists
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34 projects to infuse South Florida with art as Knight Arts Challenge winners
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Knight Foundation announces new gifts totaling $23 million for Miami arts
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Knight Foundation invests $19.25 million in Detroit arts
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Join a Chat to Improve Your Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia Ideas
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Who should receive $20,000 for their arts project? You decide!
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ArtPlace grant means business in Miami
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57 Finalists named in Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Best ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive $2.76 million in funding
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New models for arts journalism become reality with NEA and Knight Foundation support
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Charlotte Symphony blends Ravel with digital animation in world premiere
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Detroit Institute of Arts’ popular Inside|Out Program receives Knight support
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Art leaders in Miami and San Jose join Knight Foundation’s National Arts Advisory Committee
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55 finalists named in 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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Miami Science Museum receives $10 million from Knight Foundation for new building in downtown Miami
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Knight Foundation’s Tatiana Hernandez named as emerging arts leader
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United States Artists gives $2.5 million directly to artists
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Best ideas for the South Florida arts receive $2.9 million in funding
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New Models for Arts Journalism Receive Funding
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Dream big and give us your best idea for the arts in Philadelphia
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Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Earns $300,000 Grant Through New ArtPlace Initiative to Revitalize America’s Cities
Knight Blog
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ArtPlaces announces new funding to 44 U.S. communities
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Finding opportunities and addressing needs in Silicon Valley’s capital
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Announcing 66 finalists in Miami Knight Arts Challenge
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Celebrating the 2013 Philly Knight Arts Challenge Winners
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Announcing 43 winners in the Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge
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Detroit shows its creative side in the Knight Arts Challenge - more than 1,400 times
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New partnership designed to strengthen local arts journalism
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Detroit - Don’t leave arts funding on the table in the Knight Arts Challenge
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How to present a winning idea for the Knight Arts Challenge
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Connecting artists to communities
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Ask-Me-Anything Detroit at Thursday night Town Hall
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9 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month
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It's a bird, it's a plane it's a poem!
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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Knight Arts Challenge Detroit: Building on the city’s momentum
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Up In The Sky! It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Poetry!
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Building a better poetry festival
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O, Miami: How a festival infused a city with poetry
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Bringing art to people: 8 ways a cultural event can transcend genre, geography and demographics
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Last chance South Florida: Ask questions about the Knight Arts Challenge
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South Florida - we want your best ideas for the arts!
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A not-so-traditional fairy tale: Sleeping Beauty meets Indian dance
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Using digital tools, literacy to reshape Charlotte
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ArtPlace announces 104 finalists for creative placemaking grants
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Opportunities for funding: Knight Foundation’s open challenges
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Finalists named in Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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Miami, get those art ideas ready
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Knight bids farewell to board member and journalist Rolfe Neill
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Making art general in South Florida: @knightfdn celebrates the local cultural community
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.@recovers_org launches http://t.co/cFwUDkP3tE to help coordinate #OKC #Moore tornado relief. Share needs, volunteer or send supplies.
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National #artplace grants to receive new support include #Miami's own @ArshtCenter and @OCINEMA http://t.co/B3tMB7HGru v @MiamiHerald
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MT @EricNewton1: Civic engagement increases with news and information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We
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MT @skitdaddle: Big things to come at @McCollCenterNC with support from @ArtPlaceAmerica and the @knightfdn | http://t.co/KPjOx7xhuZ
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MT @jpalfrey: Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen Receives Annual PBS ‘Be More’ Award: @pbs: http://t.co/U7pGLQ7158 @ibarguen
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Meet some of new @ArtPlaceAmerica #placemaking projects: @OCINEMA @ArshtCenter @LiveArtsFringe @MACLAarte @MercerYou http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP
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"IRS foot-dragging on tax-exempt status is stifling nonprofit investigative #journalism" http://t.co/B9ch4wrYun v @washingtonpost
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.@ArtPlaceAmerica announces $15.2M in funding for new projects in 44 #communities http://t.co/9dVVW66jlP #artplace #placemaking
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Using stories & data to advance community change http://t.co/rfCrGLU6ue v @TDFcommunity @floodlightstory #opendata #dataviz
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How jschools are helping students develop entrepreneurial #journalism skills http://t.co/HLepj5LsAK v @poynter #education
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Paving the way for 'ecoventions' at the @SchuylkillCtr http://t.co/Lb6xO4dQO2 by @newsworkswhyy v @KnightArts #Philly
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Come work with us at Knight. We're currently hiring for a #systemsanalyst & an assistant http://t.co/rJkUBaUHNK #employment #hr
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Don't miss an opportunity for #funding in #opengov, information tools in Knight Community Info Challenge http://t.co/OoXlMcWmZ8 #infoneeds
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Turn civic health data to useful apps/visualizations: have impact on public decision-making http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ @CivicData deadline 5/19
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.@knightarts finalists show depth of #Miami’s #cultural community, diversity of leaders & outside-the-box ideas http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz
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50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
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Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
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Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
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Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
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Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
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Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
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RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
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Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
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“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
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We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
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Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
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How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn
Publications
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O, Miami: How A Festival Infused A City With Poetry
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Financial Oversight Lessons
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Building the Arts in Miami
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General Assessment Resources & Tools
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Scene Changer: The Story of 1stACT Silicon Valley
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Magic of Music Final Report: The Search for Shining Eyes
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Magic of Music Issues Brief #1: Orchestra & Community: Bridging the Gap
In The News
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Knight grant paves way for 'ecoventions' at Schuylkill Center
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Knight Foundation picks 66 Arts Challenge finalists
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66 finalists named for lucrative Knight Arts Challenge grants
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Mt. Airy orchestra only group to be awarded third Knight arts grant
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Knight Foundation grant empowers theater artist
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Macon Arts, CCJ announce partnership with National Endowment for the Arts grant
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra finds key to revival by engaging community
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Time to rhyme: O, Miami poetry festival starts this week
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Knight challenge seeks great ideas about art in Detroit
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Knight Arts Challenge awarding $9 million over 3 years to Detroit projects
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Knight Foundation contest looks for creative public art ideas
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Art Attack launches on Philly.com
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Website celebrates Black Male Engagement
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The Knight Foundation wants to give you dough for your creative cultural project
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Macon Film Festival: Where creativity meets community
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International Noise Conference celebrates its 10th anniversary at Churchill’s Pub
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A space for sculptors to hone their crafts
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The Knight Foundation launches Miami Knight Arts Challenge 2013
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Got a creative cultural idea to make Miami better? The Knight Foundation wants to give you money
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Artist-designed crosswalks coming to Wynwood
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Jenice Armstrong: The Brothers' Network was created for brainy Philadelphia guys
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Knight Arts Challenge: 4 tech-relevant finalists
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'Taller Puertorriqueño' y 'Pasión y Arte' entre finalistas del Knight Arts Challenge
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia finalists announced
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Knight Arts Challenge 2013 finalists named
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Just in: Knight Arts Challenge announces 69 finalists
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Grant looks to develop public arts programs in Macon
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The Wolfsonian-FIU receives $5 million to increase access to collection
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Knight Foundation celebrates new commitment to the South Florida arts
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Creators have big plans for 8th Borscht Film Festival
Featured Arts Projects (3 of 1,027)
Browse Arts ProjectsArt Education Center
To help catalyze growth of the downtown cultural district by supporting a capital campaign to expand and improve the museum facility, create a new education center, and strengthen the museum's collections and library
Miami City Ballet
To support a major media campaign to increase awareness among South Florida residents about their local Miami City Ballet (MCB), one of the nation's leading ballet companies
Gusman Center Stage Access
To offer three to five local resident companies reduced rates to present performances in a variety of genres at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts through a rental subsidy fund
About our Arts Strategy
@DennisScholl on strategy for Knight Arts
Through its arts program, the foundation seeks to weave the arts into the fabric of Knight resident communities to engage and inspire the people living in them. The foundation believes that the arts are a catalyst for public dialogue, and that shared cultural experiences contribute to a sense of place and communal identity.
The foundation seeks innovative ways to reach, engage and increase audiences for the arts, including through the use of technology.
Over a three-year period, the foundation is funding 1,000 “Random Acts of Culture” to bring artists out of the performance halls and into people’s everyday lives.
As a way to solicit fresh and innovative ideas, Knight Foundation launched community-wide contests in Miami and Philadelphia to seek out and fund the best ideas for the arts. Winners range from individual artists to large institutions.
The foundation has invested more than $66 million in the arts over the last five years.
Staff
Dennis Scholl
VP/Arts
Nicole Chipi
Arts Program Associate
Tatiana Hernandez
Arts Program Associate
Cristina Dumas
Executive Assistant
