Photo credit: Knight Foundation on Flickr By Mary M. Chapman Growing up in a hardscrabble swath of Detroit’s west side, Haleem Rasul had a start in life that wasn’t all that auspicious. Dance was his escape. Rasul’s cousin got him into Breaking and Popping, dance forms popularized on the East and West coasts. But Rasul fell for the Jit, […]
Article · May 22, 2014 by elizabeth.miller
Sundance Institute Feature Film Program via YouTube By Alexandra Codina Recently, the Sundance Institute brought its New Frontier Flash Lab to South Florida to explore ways to cultivate stories at the convergence of art and technology. I knew that Sundance coming to town would be good for Miami, but ultimately I didn’t know what to […]
Article · March 12, 2014 by elizabeth.miller
By Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at Knight Foundation Great photojournalism is a strange sort of art. Many of its creators do not see themselves as artists, but as truth-tellers who bristle at the notion that they could be creating salable art objects. Yet what they do falls rather easily within the definition […]
Article · February 10, 2014 by elizabeth.miller
Above: Willie Stewart directs children from the Lauderdale Lakes Education Complex and Musicians of the Heart band. Photo courtesy of Dave Muir of DAVIDiPhoto. Knight Foundation recently released a report, “Why Contests Improve Philanthropy,” about managing open contests. Below, Steven S. Klotz, executive director of the Embrace Music Foundation, writes about the impact a 2010 […]
Article · August 16, 2013 by elizabeth.miller
By Elizabeth Miller, Knight Foundation As an artistically-inclined child, Tatiana Hernandez gravitated toward dance. Flamenco and tap helped her find her own rhythm. Years later, her experience working with a group of local artists and performers ignited that same passion. “I wanted to know and do things that were joyous,” Hernandez said of her job […]
Article · June 14, 2013 by elizabeth.miller
With this investment, we hope to bring new energy to the artists and entrepreneurs driving the future of Detroit, so that years from now, when someone asks how we succeeded in our quest to lift the soul and bind the community in Detroit, I hope they’ll point to some of the things we’re announcing tonight: […]
Article · October 24, 2012 by elizabeth.miller
Knight Foundation and its partners are celebrating three Suncoast Emmy nominations today. The first (above) is a series of interviews exploring the digital age’s impact on our communities and our democracy. Nominated in the Interview/Discussion category, the Digital Revolution & Democracy features Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, Reed Hunt, former FCC chair and Paula Kerger, President and Chief Executive Officer […]
Article · October 17, 2012 by elizabeth.miller
Above: Super PAC App. (Mandatory photo credit: Justin Adelson, MIT Sloan School of Management.) Even as the presidential race dominates the news, and we’re asked to vote on everything from mayor to mosquito control board, keeping up with the issues can be difficult. Even those keeping track are left to sort through the noise, sift […]
Article · August 22, 2012 by elizabeth.miller
Today, Knight Foundation named the 57 finalists of the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami, offering an array of ideas that will help bring South Florida together through the arts. The group of finalists is made up of individual artists, small artist-led organizations and local cultural groups whose innovative ideas will help push the boundaries of artistic […]
Article · May 28, 2012 by elizabeth.miller
