Detroit People’s Choice Awards – Teaser from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Here we go, Detroit! Starting today, you decide who will win the Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award. Five up-and-coming organizations are competing for $20,000. Voting via text is open through Aug. 9. We launched the People’s Choice Award to raise the profile of smaller arts organizations and to […]
Article · July 9, 2013 by marika.lynch
The deadline is approaching soon for the Knight Community Information Challenge, offering matching funds to community and place-based foundations supporting news and information projects. So we thought we’d round up information that may help you brainstorm ideas and formulate your application before July 1. First, we have a few posts on how community foundations are: […]
Article · May 15, 2013 by marika.lynch
BMe is a growing network of black men working together to strengthen cities
Article · May 14, 2013 by marika.lynch
Knight Arts Challenge winners foster artistic collaborations, support next generation of creative thinkers and weave arts into neighborhoods
Article · April 29, 2013 by marika.lynch
DETROIT – (April 25, 2013) – Detroiters submitted more than 1,400 ideas to the Knight Arts Challenge – the largest number per capita in the contest’s three-city, six-year history. “One word: Wow,” said Dennis Scholl, VP/Arts for Knight Foundation. “When we decided to bring the challenge to Detroit, we knew the city’s reputation for being […]
Article · April 25, 2013 by marika.lynch
Video: Detroit 2020/Knight Arts Challenge from WXYZ-TV/Detroit With just a few days left to submit an idea for the Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit, we wanted to share all our tips (and a few tricks) to applying in one place. So before you hit the send button for that share of $3 million in arts and cultural […]
Article · April 17, 2013 by marika.lynch
Status update: The Knight Arts Challenge Detroit application period is now closed. Video: Detroit 2020/Knight Arts Challenge from WXYZ-TV/Detroit With just a few days left to submit an idea for the Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit, we wanted to share all our tips (and a few tricks) to applying in one place. So before you hit […]
Article · April 16, 2013 by marika.lynch
Knight Arts Challenge Detroit Town Hall at MOCAD Detroiters who turned out for the Town Hall meeting on the Knight Arts Challenge last week received lots of tips on how to best present their ideas. Here’s what Knight Foundation Arts Associate Tatiana Hernandez shared with the crowd, many of whom are preparing their applications for […]
Article · April 7, 2013 by marika.lynch
In just one week, on March 25, we’ll start accepting applications for the Knight Arts Challenge in Detroit. This year, we’ll be giving away up to $3 million to arts and cultural projects that engage and enrich the city. The deadline is April 22. Get Detroit Arts Email Updates Email (required) First Name Last Name […]
Article · March 15, 2013 by marika.lynch
Choreographer Augusto Soledade sees his work as a dialogue between “home” and… “home.” The first represents his early experiences and discoveries in Salvador, Brazil; the second the adult life he continues to create in South Florida. The result is Afro-fusion contemporary dance reflected in his latest work Cordel, which mixes Argentine tango, American hip hop […]
Article · March 3, 2013 by marika.lynch
Photo by bleedingpalm.com If you’re like, ahem, 90 percent of applicants to the Knight Arts Challenge Miami, you’re waiting until the last minute to submit your ideas for funding. So we thought you might enjoy a few extra tips on helping your application stand out before the March 4 deadline. Here goes: 1) First the […]
Article · February 27, 2013 by marika.lynch