For the past two years two years, we’ve been hiding baritones in shoe departments, and rolling xylophones down supermarket aisles, surprising people across the country with Random Acts of Culture™. It all started as an experiment. With audiences for traditional performances declining, at Knight Foundation we were looking for a way to remind people of how important the […]
Article · September 14, 2012 by Dennis Scholl
It’s the end of an era, as Akron Art Museum director Mitchell Kahan steps down after 26 years. I have had the good fortune to know Mitch for many years through the contemporary art world. In the last few years I’ve been able to tap into his vast knowledge of the arts and how they […]
Article · August 16, 2012 by Dennis Scholl
Photograph © 2012 The Barnes Foundation Knight Foundation supported the building of a new Philadelphia facility to house the Barnes Foundation collection, and a mobile app to provide more access to the world-renowned works. Knight’s Vice President/Arts Dennis Scholl writes about the opening. It was a star-studded night as the Barnes Foundation opened the doors to it new 93,000-square-foot facility on museum mile in […]
Article · May 21, 2012 by Dennis Scholl
Knight Foundation supported the building of a new Philadelphia facility to house the Barnes Foundation collection, and a mobile app to provide more access to the world-renowned works. Knight’s Vice President/Arts Dennis Scholl writes about the opening. It was a star-studded night as the Barnes Foundation opened the doors to it new 93,000-square-foot facility on museum mile in Philadelphia. The […]
Article · May 21, 2012 by Dennis Scholl
This week we hit 2,000 posts on KnightArts.org! We also recently reached 3,500,000 page views and over 850,000 visitors. None of this would be possible without so many of our grantees and bloggers making a commitment to connect each of us to their communities and the unlimited amount of cultural excellence that happens in them every […]
Article · March 13, 2012 by Dennis Scholl
One of our more exciting Detroit projects has been to fund Live From Orchestra Hall: The digital live simulcast of performances by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The energy is amazing and you feel like you are there. The next simulcast, French Masters: Franck, Saint-Saëns and Debussy, is Sunday, Jan 22 at 3pm EST- click here to register and […]
Article · January 19, 2012 by Dennis Scholl
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation Vice President/Arts I was honored to be asked to serve on a panel of Miami collectors during Art Basel Miami Beach. Titled “Collector Focus: South Florida: A Decade of Transformation,” the panel was moderated by MOCA director and chief curator Bonnie Clearwater and comprised of the Irma and Norman Braman, […]
Article · December 15, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP/Arts Knight Foundation’s Random Act of Culture® program has been seen by over ten million viewers and we just completed our 345th live performance. I’ve watched dozens of them myself, knowing what was about to happen, looking forward to seeing the quizzical looks of the passerbys tuning to the joy of […]
Article · June 17, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
In another sign of Miami’s emergence as a cultural beachhead, it suddenly has 5, count’em, 5 independent cinemas! In the last few months the community has seen the Knight-funded O’Cinema open in Wynwood, Miami Beach Cinematheque reopen in their brand new home in old City Hall and Coral Gables Cinematheque open in its new facility across […]
Article · May 31, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
Crossposted from KnightArts.org 2011 marks the inaugural year of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia, our three-year, $9 million initiative to fund the best ideas for the arts in Philadelphia. Today, we’re pleased to announce the thirty-six winners receiving $2.7 million in new funding. Like you, we believe the arts inspire and enrich communities. Last fall, […]
Article · May 9, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
There’s a little celebration going on today amongst the contributors and staffers of KnightArts.org. This is our 1,000th post! KnightArts.org was started by Knight Foundation as a way to inform and engage the community about the Knight Arts Challenge in Miami. It has grown into an internationally read commentary on culture in America. We are […]
Article · May 9, 2011 by Dennis Scholl