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Above: Jérémy Gobé, Installation view at bassX in Miami Beach. Photo: Christiaan Lopez-Miro. This post is part of series on how Knight Arts Challenge winners have taken their arts projects from idea to fruition. You can find the entire series linked below. The thought of reaching out to, seeking help from, or working with a city agency may induce visions of bureaucratic webs. Certainly, as with any partnership, and especially one that involves the public sector, there can be stumbling blocks. But four Knight Arts Challenge winners have worked their way through the system to build fruitful relationships. We checked in with four grantees, Miami Beach’s Bass Museum of Art, South Florida-based choreographer Hattie Mae Williams, Detroit’s Skyspace Project and a public art project in St. Paul, to gather insights on how they worked with local governments to pull off their ideas. The Detroit SkySpace. Map design by Eric McClellan. 1. Pick a partner as excited as you are about the project Last year on its 50th anniversary, the Bass Museum of Art embarked on a year-long renovation of its Miami Beach facility. But instead of depriving visitors of the museum experience, an ideal collaboration surfaced: bassX, a hybrid concept based primarily in the Miami Beach Regional Library, which happens to be next door. The library now showcases projects, exhibitions, talks and education programs stemming from the museum, and expanding and redefining the library’s role at a time when such institutions are under siege. The idea for bassX came out of a casual conversation with Michael Spring, head of the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. “From day one, they were so happy that we were going to build a gallery in their lobby,” Silvia Cubiñá, the museum's executive director and chief curator, said. “And I think that is the most important ingredient: that your partner really must want this to happen. They can’t be halfway. And we’ve had a very excited partner.” So much so, that what initially emerged as a temporary idea may just grow into something more permanent at the library, Cubiñá said. Hattie Mae Williams. Credit: Alex Markow. 2. Seek and find the right support Through her Miami Sites Project, choreographer Hattie Mae Williams took her creativity to specific sites in South Florida with the purpose of showing how spaces could be reclaimed and reintroduced to communities through art, dance, film, music, photography and installations.