Susan Crawford, Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University, during the closing lunch presentation at the Knight Foundation’s Media Learning Seminar 2015, held at the Biscayne Bay Marriott Hotel. Photo by Patrick Farrell. Think of a smart city, only smarter. A city where a deluge of data generated from sensors, smartphones, and economic […]
Article · May 20, 2015 by marika.lynch
Sree Sreenivasan, chief digital officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, at the 2015 Media Learning Seminar in Miami. Photo by Patrick Farrell. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a 175-year history, three locations, a storied collection – and now a 70-person digital team thinking of new ways to connect the physical with the virtual. […]
Article · May 18, 2015 by marika.lynch
Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar, 2014. From left; Alberto Ibarguen, President & CEO of Knight Foundation, Kelly Ryan, CEO of Incourage Community Foundation, Chris J. Dagget, President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Emmett Carson, CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, discuss ideas during a plenary session. While the digital age […]
Article · May 13, 2015 by marika.lynch
2014 Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul winner Annanya Dance Theatre. The Knight Arts Challenge St. Paul deadline is approaching May 18, and we want to make sure you have all the info you need to apply in one place. Here goes: Application tips: Past challenge winners offered a range of tips on putting together a […]
Article · May 11, 2015 by marika.lynch
Today, the New World Symphony launches a video-based exploration of the work of John Cage, one of the 20th century’s most influential and provocative composers and visual artists. Part of a free, online resource, the archive grew from a 2013 celebration of Cage on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and allows viewers to experience […]
Article · April 27, 2015 by marika.lynch
By Mary M. Chapman From video art that shines a light on darkened city streets to an arts incubator and Hip-Hop Mardi Gras Parade, Detroiters have dreamed big, submitting fresh ideas to the Knight Arts Challenge. With those projects taking shape in the city’s neighborhoods, the community-wide contest is now open for the third time […]
Article · March 16, 2015 by marika.lynch
The MBAD African Bead Museum, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner. With the Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit around the corner, we’re organizing a series of events we hope will answer all your questions about the contest. This year, for the first time, we’re hosting a launch party and pitch session from 6 to 8 […]
Article · March 11, 2015 by marika.lynch
The MBAD African Bead Museum, a 2014 Knight Arts Challenge winner. With the Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit around the corner, we’re organizing a series of events we hope will answer all your questions about the contest. This year, for the first time, we’re hosting a launch party and pitch session from 6 to 8 […]
Article · March 11, 2015 by marika.lynch
Professor Thomas Sleeper conducts University of Miami Frost School of Music students in ‘The Marriage of Figaro.’ Credit: Jenifer Day Clark, 2012 By Alberto Ibargüen Each year, Knight Foundation’s trustees visit different Knight communities, to see and feel the work being done in the cities where Jack and Jim Knight once owned newspapers. This year, we […]
Article · March 9, 2015 by marika.lynch
With the Feb. 23 deadline approaching for the South Florida challenge, Knight Foundation will be holding office hours from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, at Panther Coffee in Wynwood, where applicants can ask questions of Arts Associate Nicole Chipi. No appointment needed – just show up to Panther, 2390 NW Second Ave., […]
Article · February 17, 2015 by marika.lynch
The Hyper Interactive Hip Hop Carnival – A Detroit Collaboration from DETROIT LIVES! on Vimeo. More than 5,000 people came out to see last fall’s Interactive Hip-Hop Carnival in Detroit, a visual and aural spectacle that combined b-boy dancers in lights, island-inspired Mardi Gras costumes and music, a dancing crowd and more.Related Link Knight Arts […]
Article · February 3, 2015 by marika.lynch