I recently hit the road to see and discuss all things Knight Arts. I first went to Akron, then it was off to St Paul where I was joined by Knight Foundation St Paul program director Polly Talen, program associate Stuart Kennedy and assistant Delta Giordano for two days of visits with potential arts grantees. […]
Article · May 4, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
Cross-posted from Knightarts.org On Wednesday, April 13 I was invited to be a panelist at a Christie’s panel discussion titled “A Second Look at the Future of Arts Journalism.” The auction house convened a pretty august group, including Lindsey Pollack, editor in chief of Art in America, a 98-year-old magazine and one of the big […]
Article · May 4, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
I recently hit the road to see and discuss all things Knight Arts. First, I spent two days in Akron meeting with potential arts grantees with program director Jennifer Thomas. The visit was highlighted by two sold-out performances of Porgy and Bess by the Akron Symphony Orchestra. I was able to attend the Friday night […]
Article · May 3, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
A packed crowd filled the New World Center Friday, April 29 for it’s first poetry event as the month-long O, Miami poetry festival wound down. The crowd for Poetry and Persona was there for the headliner, the peripatetic movie star/ poet James Franco, but just as rock trumps scissors, President Obama’s drop-in to Miami trumped […]
Article · May 2, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
We’re less than one week into the Knight-funded O, Miami poetry festival and the impact is already being felt throughout the city. The countywide festival aims to give every single person in Miami-Dade County a change to encounter poetry this April. The festival got one step closer to that goal Saturday night with the launch […]
Article · April 4, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
O, Miami’s month of poetry is upon our community with a vengeance. The Knight-sponsored project seeks to impact all 2.5 million Miamians with a poem in the month of April. Here’s a great start – one of Miami’s best restaurants, Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink, has kicked off the festivities with a poem by MacArthur […]
Article · April 3, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
Who represents the next generation of break-out visual artists in Miami? Where will the next Naomi Fisher, Jim Drain, Hernan Bas, Daniel Arsham, Mark Handforth, Dara Friedman, Bert Rodriguez and/or Michael Vasquez come from? They’ve all had international careers, multiple gallery shows and museum opportunities. Who might be the next group of artists to reach that level […]
Article · March 4, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
The Knight-funded New World Symphony opened its new performance space in Miami Beach last week, to great reviews for both the music and the Frank Gehry-designed building. Here Knight’s Dennis Scholl offers his thoughts. What if the alphabet ended at m? It does at the New World Symphony’s new venue. No seat is higher that […]
Article · February 2, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP/Arts and Miami Program Director We’re just one week into 2011 and it’s already promising to be a banner year for arts, particularly in the eight communities in which Knight Foundation concentrates its arts funding. Here are some signature events in the eight cities, that I am looking forward to in […]
Article · January 7, 2011 by Dennis Scholl
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP Arts/Miami Program Director I love a good top ten list, and this year has been a year of transformative experiences for the Knight Arts program. So I thought I’d take a minute and list some of the amazing cultural events that took place this year in the eight cities […]
Article · December 27, 2010 by Dennis Scholl
Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed and engaged communities. To that end, we strongly believe in the potential of the arts to engage residents, and bring a community together. Hearing Handel, or seeing the tango in an unexpected place provides a deeply felt reminder of how the classics […]
Article · December 2, 2010 by Dennis Scholl