Congratulations to ArtPlace’s 104 finalists for 2012-13 creative placemaking grants. The finalists represent 72 communities in 33 states, including the Knight resident communities of Charlotte, Detroit, Macon, Miami, St. Paul, Philadelphia and San Jose. The finalists were selected based on their potential to transform communities, art and culture. The 104 named today were chosen from 1,225 […]
Article · January 16, 2013 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
The 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami is bigger and better than ever with the addition of its first People’s Choice Award. Knight Foundation has selected five local nominees from this year’s group of finalists – the rest is up to you. Vote for your favorite and the winner will receive $20,000 for their Miami art project. Click here to watch profiles […]
Article · September 24, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, street crowd. Photo by George Feder. Today marks the year-three launch of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia, and we’re ready to hear your best ideas to engage and enrich the city’s vibrant arts scene. Applications are now being accepted right here through Oct. 15. We believe the arts can engage and […]
Article · September 17, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Barry’s Blog, a leading arts blog published as a “service of the Western States Arts Federation,” has honored several Knight Arts leaders in its fifth annual listing of the 50 most powerful and influential people in the nonprofit arts. Each year, national leaders anonymously submit nominations for influential and powerful leaders in arts administration and organizational leadership. […]
Article · August 29, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement at City Hall Presents; photo by Josh Pelta-Heller Now in its third year, the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia will call for your best ideas for the arts in Philadelphia Sept. 17. – Oct. 15. The $9 million initiative seeks the most innovative cultural ideas to engage and enrich Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Launched in […]
Article · August 27, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Knight Foundation is celebrating its 1,000+ Random Acts of Culture™ with four big, blow-out performances in San Jose, Detroit, Miami and Philadelphia. The fun kicked off Sunday, Aug. 5 with a 250-person surprise performance in San Jose and continued Friday, Aug. 10 with a 150-person performance of “Ode to Joy” at Compuware World Headquarters. Child and adult choristers, […]
Article · August 13, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Random Acts of Culture™ – San Jose, California from JD Andrews on Vimeo. Knight Foundation is celebrating its 1,000+ Random Acts of Culture™ with four big, blow-out performances in San Jose, Detroit, Miami and Philadelphia. The fun kicked off Sunday, Aug 5 with a 250-person surprise performance at the Target Pops Summer Festival at San Jose State University. There were […]
Article · August 9, 2012 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Free Gospel Sundays at the Adrienne Arscht Center in Miami, just one of the cultural projects individuals can contribute to on power2give.org Wednesday, Dec. 14 marks a new beginning for Miami’s arts community, as power2give.org launches its new, online fundraising platform. Developed in partnership with the Charlotte-based Arts & Science Council, power2give.org enables individuals to connect directly with arts organizations […]
Article · December 13, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Knight Foundation won its second regional Emmy Saturday, Dec 3 as Ideas in Motion won a 2011 Suncoast Emmy Arts/Entertainment-Program award. The 30-minute documentary follows five Knight Arts Challenge Miami winners on their journeys to realize their artistic visions. Highlighted artists include the Florida Grand Opera, Teatro Avante, Kathleen Hudspeth of Turn-Based Press, Lauren “Lolo” Reskin of Sweat Records […]
Article · December 5, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
The following is crossposted from KnightArts’ blog: Charlotte’s arts journalism takes a leap forward this month as the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance launches. Funded by a $100,000 Community Arts Journalism Challenge grant awarded by Knight Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance is a partnership between the Charlotte Observer, public radio station WFAE, television station WCNC, UNC Charlotte, Qcitymetro.com and CharlotteViewpoint.org. Its […]
Article · November 21, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel
Knight Foundation is celebrating a Suncoast Emmy nomination for its “Ideas in Motion” short program. The 30-minute documentary follows five Knight Arts Challenge winners on their journeys to realize their artistic visions. Highlighted artists include the Florida Grand Opera, Teatro Avante, Kathleen Hudspeth of Turn-Based Press, Lauren “Lolo” Reskin of Sweat Records and Free Gospel Sunday at […]
Article · October 18, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad Schimel