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Participants from over 25 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and England attended the 7th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival in Delray Beach for six days of poetry workshops, craft talks, readings and social events. Public events at this year’s festival sold out two reading events including Robert Pinsky, past poet laureate... -
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It's still depressing to walk around Wynwood on a Thursday afternoon to look at art, and to find you are very much alone -- on the streets and in the galleries. So while disappointing, it's understandable that some galleries, while officially stating that they would be open, weren't. It's a... -
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Miami Light Project's Here & Now: 2011 presents Si Vas a Sacar un Cuchillo, USAlo -- If you are going to pull a knife, USAlo (USE it) -- you'd better watch out because Carlos Caballero and Elizabeth Doud are not afraid to use it. In this work of theater about... -
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Chris Chrebet won $30,000 through the Knight Arts Challenge to expand Leggo My Demo, a monthly demo competition for electronic music. Chris started Leggo My Demo in 2006 when he found himself with a pile of new electronic music demos given to him at the Winter Music Conference in Miami... -
ArticleWhen the Central Carolina Community Foundation launched a project to help seniors bridge the digital divide, it aimed to help inform and engage residents in Columbia, S.C. The project did that – and more. Through the project – funded by the Knight Community Information Challenge – the foundation amplified its visibility and viability, leading to a greater leadership role locally, more projects benefitting Columbia, and even national exposure. The Park City Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust – very different foundations – had similar experiences with their Challenge projects...
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By Miami Light Project Longtime MLP fans are familiar with our signature commissioning program, Here & Now. Miami Light Project launched Here & Now in 1999 as the first of its kind program dedicated to the commissioning of South Florida based performing and multi-media artists. Since its inception, Miami Light... -
ArticleThe Community Information Toolkit will help community leaders like you harness the power of information to advance their goals for a better community. It offers a process and a simple, easy-to-use set of tools to help you take stock of your community’s news and information flow and take action to improve it. Please visit www.infotoolkit.org
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ArticleThree years into the Knight Community Information Challenge, a new report looks at how community and place-based foundations are helping to inform and engage their communities. The report, by FSG Social Impact Advisors, highlights: • How the field is getting involved: Community and place-based foundations are increasingly engaging in both grant making and non-grant making activities that support community information projects. • What opportunities are emerging: This new work is leading to new impact and offering new opportunities for a heightened leadership role for foundations. • How foundations are making progress: Community and place-based foundations and their partners are beginning to see outcomes both online and on the ground in their communities. • Where challenges remain: While foundations are making progress in reaching and engaging their communities, many projects continue to face two critical challenges: building effective partnerships and addressing sustainability. Download the report: FSG_Reports-from-the-field-2011.pdf (PDF)