One of our more exciting Detroit projects has been to fund Live From Orchestra Hall: The digital live simulcast of performances by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The energy is amazing and you feel like you are there. The next simulcast, French Masters: Franck, Saint-Saëns and Debussy, is Sunday, Jan 22 at 3pm EST- click here to register and [...]
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation Vice President/Arts I was honored to be asked to serve on a panel of Miami collectors during Art Basel Miami Beach. Titled “Collector Focus: South Florida: A Decade of Transformation,” the panel was moderated by MOCA director and chief curator Bonnie Clearwater and comprised of the Irma and Norman Braman, [...]
By Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP/Arts Knight Foundation’s Random Act of Culture® program has been seen by over ten million viewers and we just completed our 345th live performance. I’ve watched dozens of them myself, knowing what was about to happen, looking forward to seeing the quizzical looks of the passerbys tuning to the joy of [...]
In another sign of Miami’s emergence as a cultural beachhead, it suddenly has 5, count’em, 5 independent cinemas! In the last few months the community has seen the Knight-funded O’Cinema open in Wynwood, Miami Beach Cinematheque reopen in their brand new home in old City Hall and Coral Gables Cinematheque open in its new facility across [...]
2011 marks the inaugural year of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia, our three-year, $9 million initiative to fund the best ideas for the arts in Philadelphia. Today, we’re pleased to announce the thirty-six winners receiving $2.7 million in new funding. Like you, we believe the arts inspire and enrich communities. Last fall, we asked the [...]
There’s a little celebration going on today amongst the contributors and staffers of KnightArts.org. This is our 1,000th post! KnightArts.org was started by Knight Foundation as a way to inform and engage the community about the Knight Arts Challenge in Miami. It has grown into an internationally read commentary on culture in America. We are [...]
By Dennis Scholl and Tatiana Hernandez Today, the President’s Committee on Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) released its Knight Foundation funded report on the current state of arts education. For those of us passionate about the arts and concerned over recent trends, this report couldn’t have come at a better time. The Committee found that, [...]
I recently hit the road to see and discuss all things Knight Arts. I first went to Akron, then it was off to St Paul where I was joined by Knight Foundation St Paul program director Polly Talen, program associate Stuart Kennedy and assistant Delta Giordano for two days of visits with potential arts grantees. [...]
I recently hit the road to see and discuss all things Knight Arts. First, I spent two days in Akron meeting with potential arts grantees with program director Jennifer Thomas. The visit was highlighted by two sold-out performances of Porgy and Bess by the Akron Symphony Orchestra. I was able to attend the Friday night [...]
On Wednesday, April 13 I was invited to be a panelist at a Christie’s panel discussion titled “A Second Look at the Future of Arts Journalism.” The auction house convened a pretty august group, including Lindsey Pollack, editor in chief of Art in America, a 98-year-old magazine and one of the big three in contemporary [...]
