Above: Live@Sundance 1/18 – Host: Shira Lazar via YouTube I’m at Sundance this week in Park City, joined by four filmmakers from Miami and Philadelphia who have been named the festival’s first Knight Fellows. Each of these filmmakers are here to experience the event, meet with industry players, learn from the seminars and get to know each other […]
Article · January 22, 2014 by Dennis Scholl
Above: The 2013 Miami Knight Arts Challenge Winners. Music credit: Knight Arts Challenge Winner Joey Bargsten of meme experi mental ensemble. Tonight, on the New World Center stage, we’re celebrating 49 local artists, the impact they are having on our cultural community and our city, and their big ideas for the South Florida arts. Each is a […]
Article · December 3, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Above: The 2013 Miami Knight Arts Challenge Winners. Music credit: Knight Arts Challenge Winner Joey Bargsten of meme experi mental ensemble. Tonight, on the New World Center stage, we’re celebrating 49 local artists, the impact they are having on our cultural community and our city, and their big ideas for the South Florida arts. Each is a […]
Article · November 26, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Irrigate: Black Dog Cafe and Puppet via YouTube Up and down a six-mile stretch in St. Paul, traffic engineers are busy putting together a light rail line that will connect the Twin Cities. It’s a massive infrastructure project. But instead of suffering with an elongated construction site, a group of artists got together to turn […]
Article · November 6, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Up and down a six-mile stretch in St. Paul, traffic engineers are busy putting together a light rail line that will connect the Twin Cities. It’s a massive infrastructure project. But instead of suffering with an elongated construction site, a group of artists got together to turn the corridor into a public arts project. Irrigate, […]
Article · November 5, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Last night Knight Foundation received its seventh and eighth Emmy nominations (Suncoast region) in the last five years. This year’s first nomination was for a short film Theaster Gates: Soul Manufacturing Corporation. The film arose from Gates’ exhibition at Locust Projects during Art Basel last December. Knight Foundation’s second nomination was for episode 117 of WPBT’s […]
Article · October 4, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Recently, I had the good fortune of being invited to the National Arts Policy Roundtable, hosted by the country’s leading arts advocacy group, Americans for the Arts. The event is an intimate two-day think tank led by the founder of the Sundance Institute, Robert Redford (he said call him Bob, but I just called him […]
Article · September 30, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
I am asked all the time why Knight Foundation funds in the arts. I don’t think I have ever conveyed it as eloquently as this column in the Detroit Free Press, by Rochelle Riley. Riley attended our Detroit Knight Arts Challenge winners event on Tuesday night, where Knight Foundation awarded more than $2 million to […]
Article · September 15, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Detroit Knight Arts Challenge Celebration: A Knight Foundation Flickr set I am asked all the time why Knight Foundation funds in the arts. I don’t think I have ever conveyed it as eloquently as this column in the Detroit Free Press, by Rochelle Riley. Riley attended our Detroit Knight Arts Challenge winners event on Tuesday […]
Article · September 13, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Detroit Knight Arts Challenge Winners from Knight Foundation on Slideshare I’m in Detroit this week, and am excited to announce the 56 winners of the city’s Knight Arts Challenge. They’ll receive $2.1 million for their ideas. Related Link “Detroiters pick community book and record store as winner of Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award“ “Detroit: lifting the soul of […]
Article · September 7, 2013 by Dennis Scholl
Detroit Knight Arts Challenge Winners from Knight Foundation RELATED LINKS “Detroiters pick community book and record store as winner of Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award” — 09/10/13 Press Release“Detroit: lifting the soul of a city” on Knight Blog I’m in Detroit this week, and am excited to announce the 56 winners of the city’s […]
Article · September 7, 2013 by Dennis Scholl