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. […]
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 […]
By Joanne Green, Akron Symphony Orchestra The Akron Symphony Orchestra officially kicked off its 2012 Random Acts of Culture™ program on May 1st. Akron Symphony Orchestra musicians enthusiastically performed at several popular and highly visible locations around Akron. Tuesday was a particularly great day to be out and about in Akron. If you kept your eyes (and […]
The ongoing Downtown Art Works series launched by the Downtown Akron Partnership with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation continues to gain momentum as the deadline nears for entries for the first Akron Art Prize competition. The energy that surrounded the first Downtown Art Works event on May 5, 2012 has […]
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council With a Random Act of Culture™ last Saturday at Atherton Mills Market, the place where we did our first, we completed our 62nd RAC since we started the project in August 2010. We started out the month of April with Opera Carolina at Queens University of Charlotte. The […]
After months of poring through more than 1,100 applications, we’re excited to finally share the 34 winners of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami. This year, we’ve seen some interesting trends. First, the winners will help spread the art deep into South Florida’s communities, whether through Miami Dade College’s new art center in Hialeah, an Opa-locka festival, or a […]
On Friday, April 27, four ballerinas inspired by Degas surprised travelers at Miami International Airport by performing a moving painting. Enjoy the video above and read on for information about Knight Foundation’s Random Acts of Culture™ program. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, […]
On Saturday, April 28, the Opera Company of Philadelphia surprised diners at Geno’s Steaks with a side of Verdi as Random Acts of Culture™ arrived at a Philadelphia icon. Enjoy the video above. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed […]
Jessye Norman and New World fellows in John Cage’s “Song Books.” Photo by Rui Dios-Aidos There are concerts and there are concerts, and then there are explosions of art, bursts of concentrated, disciplined energy that sweep in like a wind and leave everything leveled and changed. Such was the performance I saw Feb. 9 at […]
Knight Foundation received its third consecutive regional Emmy Award Saturday night. Co-producer/directors Dennis Scholl, Marlon Johnson and Kirmaya Cevallos traveled to Atlanta to receive the Southeast Regional Emmy Award for Dancing With the Trees, a 39-minute documentary about the Frank Gehry-designed Ohr O’Keefe Museum. The film competed in a field of over a dozen submissions […]
On March 13, travelers at the Miami International Airport added some spice to their trip with a Random Act of Culture™ performance by Vencunigja drummers. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed and engaged communities. To that end, we strongly […]
By Beverly Blake, Knight Foundation Program Director/Macon Recently at the annual meeting of the Georgia Arts Network in Macon, a Random Act of Culture™ surprised the National Endowment for the Arts’ Chairman Rocco Landesman and the 200 people gathered to hear his remarks. Above, Chuck Leavell, the musical director and keyboard player for the Rolling Stones (and a tree farmer and environmentalist to those who […]
Recently at the annual meeting of the Georgia Arts Network in Macon, a Random Act of Culture™ surprised the National Endowment for the Arts’ Chairman Rocco Landesman and the 200 people gathered to hear his remarks. Above, Chuck Leavell, the musical director and keyboard player for the Rolling Stones (and a tree farmer and environmentalist to those who know him best […]
By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council On August 17, 2010 we set out on a two-year journey with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to bring arts and culture to the people of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County through Random Acts of Culture™. On that day, 11 performers from Opera […]
Photo credit: Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra Tonight, I’m at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, excited to announce the 43 winners of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia. Related Link “Celebrating the 2013 Philly Knight Arts Challenge Winners” – A Storify This year, we were once again delightfully surprised by Philadelphia’s creative minds. I think you’ll see why. […]
