Challenge Documentary Debuts This Month on WPBT MIAMI (Feb. 19, 2010) The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is now accepting applications for the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest that aims to bring South Florida together through the arts. Have a big idea for the local cultural scene? Submit it through March 15 at KnightArts.org.

Artists and art advocates interested in applying for the challenge’s third round also are invited to a town hall meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 9 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, 260 NE 59th Ter. Miami Program Director Dennis Scholl, who leads the challenge, will answer questions.

“Dream big. We want your ideas to push the envelope and enrich this community culturally,” Scholl said. So far, 51 individual artists, small nonprofits and the area’s largest institutions have won funding from the challenge.

In addition, on Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m., South Florida viewers can tune in to a half-hour documentary about the contest, produced by local Emmy-winning filmmaker Kirmaya Cevallos along with Knight Foundation. The documentary will air on WPBT Channel 2. It highlights several projects, including Leggo My Demo, which showcases new electronic music in South Florida, and New World School of the Arts’ ArtSeen, a Wynwood studio where seniors have the space to explore and create their final projects. To see footage from the documentary, visit www.KnightArts.org/documentary.

The Knight Arts Challenge’s application is designed to be simple to attract a wide range of applicants, including those who are not traditional foundation grant seekers.

There are only three rules: The idea is about the arts; the project takes place in or benefits South Florida; and applicants must find other funding to match the Knight Foundation grant. Individuals, nonprofits and for-profit organizations are eligible to apply. For more on the Knight Arts Challenge, visit KnightArts.org.

About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed, engaged communities and lead to transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.   Contact: Marc Fest, 305-908-2677; [email protected]About the ChallengeFrequently Asked QuestionsEspañolKreyólApply