Talk about books and art

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Talk about books and art

Published February 9, 2011 by Anne Tschida

There's been a good amount of talk about art books, and talks about art, around these days. Which is all good. It's another sign of a maturing community. And there's good reason for it. For instance, [NAME] publications, funded by a 2008 Knight Arts challenge grant, recently released its latest...

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How can foundations make the challenge match requirement? Knight’s Susan Patterson answers

Published February 9, 2011 by Susan Patterson

The Knight Community Information Challenge is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking matching funding for news and information projects. Join us at 4 p.m. Thursday at www.informationneeds.org/chat for an online Q and A session with Knight program staff, to ask your questions about the challenge. Below, Program Director Susan Patterson answers an often-asked query. Susan Patterson One of the first questions many foundations have when considering an application to the Knight Community Information Challenge is: How can we make the match requirement? The good news is: Many different ways. Knight wants to build a partnership with our foundation grantee but wants you to have “skin in the game.” We also understand that many community foundations have limited unrestricted dollars to invest. What we need from you is the commitment to meet the match and a plan and fairly quick timetable for doing so, once your proposal has been approved.

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Escape this room — or don’t

Published February 8, 2011 by Anne Tschida

What makes a house a home is a multilayered thing. There are private and public spaces, touches from everyone who inhabits or even visits it; it becomes a complex space, worthy of investigation. Which is why art that is shown in houses...

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Exploring the reality – and unreality — of race at Discovery Place

Published February 8, 2011 by bea.quirk

After I visited Discovery Place’s new exhibit, RACE: Are We So Different? I felt that the exhibit name was actually a misnomer of sorts. Yes, the exhibit explores the history of the concept of race and how...

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Legends of contemporary dance, Eiko & Koma, to perform at Colony

Published February 8, 2011 by Neil de la Flor

This Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12, Tigertail Productions will present Eiko & Koma's Retrospective Project at the Colony Theatre on South Beach, along with a panel discussion, a Delicious Movement Workshop and video installation. [caption id="attachment_11517" align="aligncenter" width="599" caption="Raven | Eiko & Koma | Photo by Anna Lee...

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Random Acts of Culture™ overcomes snow in Charlotte

Published February 7, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Aaron Fiedler, Arts & Science Council In January, Knight’s Random Act of Culture® initiative gave hundreds of workers in Uptown Charlotte a little lunch time treat, but not before snow put a damper on the plans. ASC scheduled a Random Act of Culture with North Carolina Dance Theatre for...

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Miami Music Project hosts auditions

Published February 7, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Miami Music Project Staff The Miami Music Project is holding open auditions for the 2nd Annual Miami Music Project Honors Orchestra. It is an excellent opportunity for South Florida's young musicians to perform under the direction of world-renowned conductor James Judd. Audition Information: February 12th & 20th , 2011-...

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Knight and Mozilla Foundations launch partnership to advance media innovation

Published February 7, 2011 by Knight Foundation

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Apply now for the Knight Arts Challenge Miami

Published February 7, 2011 by Knight Foundation

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Link TV’s Egypt content a big draw: Why not carry it on cable?

Published February 4, 2011 by Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation's VP/Journalism Eric Newton was quoted today in the San Francisco Chronicle wondering why Link TV is not on cable. It's a question others have been asking as Link has become a premier place for seeing television feeds from Egypt, both because it is carrying Al Jazeera English and because of its 10-year-old Peabody-award winning news program launched with Knight funding, Mosaic.

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New York Times profiles Random Acts of Culture

Published February 4, 2011 by marika.lynch

The New York Times has profiled Knight Foundation's Arts Program and its Random Acts of Culture series. The piece, written by Carol Kino, begins with a Random Act that popped up earlier this...

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Knight Arts Program profiled in New York Times

Published February 4, 2011 by marika.lynch

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New World to share master classes with world

Published February 4, 2011 by Gregory Stepanich

In 2007, Knight Foundation granted $5 million to the New World Symphony to create the Knight Media Center, helping NWS capitalize on technology and explore new performance formats. Today, Knight Arts’ classical music journalist Greg Stepanich explores some of the initiatives created from the grant... The New World Center is...

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McColl Center for Visual Art welcomes its second Knight Foundation artist-in-residence

Published February 3, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

McColl Center for Visual Art is pleased to announced our second Knight Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Quisqueya Henriquez, from the Dominican Republic who will be in residence at the Center from June 1 to July 20, 2011. Born in Cuba, the daughter of a Cuban father and a Dominican Republic mother, Quisqueya...

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Miami artists arrive in Philly

Published February 3, 2011 by Valerie Nahmad

By Lorie Mertes, Director/Chief Curator of Moore College of Art and Design Miami artists Frances Trombly and Leyden Rodriquez were in Philadelphia last week for the opening of Frances’ latest solo exhibition at Moore College of Art & Design. More than 350 people came out to support Moore’s new show,...