Highlights from the 2011 Knights Arts Challenge Miami awards ceremony Dream big South Florida – it’s almost time to send in your best ideas for the South Florida arts! On Tuesday, Feb 21. the application period for the next round of the Knight Arts Challenge Miami will officially open. The challenge, now in its fifth […]
Article · January 26, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Madama Butterfly. Photo Credit: Opera Omaha Nearly 4,000 people will have a chance to enjoy their first-ever opera performance in Charlotte this week – for free. In effort to bring opera to new audiences, last fall Knight Foundation announced it would reserve all the seats to Opera Carolina’s Jan. 28 performance of Madama Butterfly and distribute the […]
Article · January 23, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
This weekend, innovation in the arts continues in Detroit. On Sunday, starting at 3:00 p.m, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will present a live digital simulcast of its performance, French Masters: Franck, Saint-Saëns and Debussy. The simulcast is free to all online users who register. Dennis Scholl, vice president/arts at Knight Foundation, blogged about the upcoming […]
Article · January 20, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
The Old Well at UNC Chapel Hill. Photo courtesy Flickr user kf4lnq. If you’re interested in identifying ways to increase local accountability journalism, you may want to tune into a discussion taking place in North Carolina on Friday. Beginning at 9 a.m., the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy is holding a day-long workshop, […]
Article · January 19, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Silver Anniversary Award winners Amy Perko and David Robinson. Credit: NCAA Photos The NCAA recently honored Knight Commission’s Amy Perko and former NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson for their professional and civic contributions that followed their time as college athletes. Presented during the NCAA’s annual week-long convention, the Silver Anniversary Award recognizes six distinguished […]
Article · January 19, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
In December, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Knight Foundation announced the winners of the ‘Apps for Communities Challenge,’ which awarded $100,000 in prizes for software applications that bring actionable, local information to underserved communities. “To provide applications of real value to low income Americans and others who are adopting broadband at a lower rate”, is how […]
Article · January 17, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Infographic by Wm. Pitzer for Knight Foundation. Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake illustrated ways that new technologies can help in disaster relief. A new report issued yesterday – on the quake’s second anniversary – provides the first in-depth study of mobile giving behind the successful “Text to Haiti” campaign. “Real Time Charitable Giving” tells the story behind […]
Article · January 13, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
This fall, as a way to encourage dialogue about the most critical issues facing Florida and the nation, the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida launched an interactive civil debate wall. Known as “The Wall,” the series of interconnected touch-screen panels allow students to share ideas and present solutions to pressing civic questions. […]
Article · January 11, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Earlier this year, more than 1,000 artists and artist-run groups pitched their big ideas for the Philadelphia arts. And on Tuesday, we’ll be announcing the finalists of the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia. This year’s finalists offer a wide array of innovative ideas to engage and enrich Philadelphia’s communities. The Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia is a […]
Article · January 6, 2012 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Recently in Miami, thirty-one ideas were selected as winners of the 2011 Knight Arts Challenge. Below, Colin Foord talks about how the teaming up of Coral Morphologic, one of the challenge winners, and the Miami Science Museum will build excitement for its arrival downtown at Museum Park by collaborating on a multimedia art-science project at Miami International Airport.
Article · December 30, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller