Challenge Documentary Debuts This Month on WPBT
MIAMI (Feb. 19, 2010) The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is now accepting applications for the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest that aims to bring South Florida together through the arts. Have a big idea for the local cultural scene? Submit it through March 15 at KnightArts.org.
Artists and art advocates interested in applying for the challenge’s third round also are invited to a town hall meeting at 5:30 p.m. March 9 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, 260 NE 59th Ter. Miami Program Director Dennis Scholl, who leads the challenge, will answer questions.
“Dream big. We want your ideas to push the envelope and enrich this community culturally,” Scholl said.
Continue reading 'Knight Arts Challenge Opens Contest, Hosts Town Hall Meeting'
By Kathleen Carignan, executive director, LegalArt
Light and color, sound and noise, knives and sickles, masks and drinking straws—these images and articles make up the work of LegalArt’s first residents. With funding from the Knight Arts Challenge, LegalArt is creating the first Live/Work Residency Program in Miami, expected to open later this spring in the Downtown Arts and Entertainment District. Many talented artists applied and we have selected the six Miami artists that will live in the residency this year: Carlos Ascurra, Pachi Giustinian, Jiae Hwang, Alvaro Lizarbe, Manny Prieres, and Jen Stark. I am thrilled to see what they will create in the residency designed by artist Daniel Arsham and architect Alex Mustonen. Large windows, multiple power sources, and exhaust for each studio—these studios have been designed by an artist for artists. The space is clean and open with polished concrete floors and lots of natural light. The artists will have their own studio with a shared kitchen, dining and lounging area to encourage collaboration and interaction.
The artists will live and work in the space for a year, participating in LegalArt programming, collaborating, and spearheading a give-back program for the community.
Each artist brings a unique element to the residency. Carlos Ascurra is part of the intriguing group Viking Funeral playing with sound and public exhibitions to create a dialogue with the audience. Pachi Giustinian, an artist who plays with light and materials, recently moved to Miami from Argentina last year. She made an impact with her part in the group show Littlest Sister at Spinello Gallery during Art Basel 2009. She will be having a solo show at Spinello later this spring. Jiae Hwang’s delicate and mathematical explorations of the world will benefit from a dedicated live/work studio and she looks forward to the collaboration with other artists. Alvaro Lizarbo will continue to use mask and tribal elements in his designs and imagery. Manny Prieres is looking forward to expanding his sculptures in the large studio space and continuing to push himself to explore outside his comfort zone. Jen Stark will use the residency to create larger works and further explore different textures she creates with her work.
With one-on-one counseling, collaboration with visiting artists and curators and LegalArt’s professional education SeminArt programs these artists will grow as professional artists and create new connections around the world.
Pachi Giustinian
On Wednesday June 10, Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen gave a keynote speech at the League of American Orchestras National Conference held in Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
The audience was encouraged to adapt music performance so that indeed the art form does not die, but instead persists in a digital medium enhanced by greater communal accessibility. Find his speech here.
MIAMI (April 10, 2009) - The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced the finalists of an experimental contest that aspires to bring together South Florida’s diverse community through the arts.
The 45 finalists of the Knight Arts Challenge – which include galleries, an opera company and an independent music store – rose above a field of more than 1,500 applicants. Knight Foundation will announce the winners next fall. They stand to receive a total of $4 million in matching arts grants. Continue reading 'Finalists in Knight Arts Challenge announced'
Knight Foundation seeks the best ideas for the arts in South Florida with second round of the Knight Arts Challenge
MIAMI – On Feb. 1, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation launched the second round of the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest to fund the best art ideas in South Florida. The deadline for applications is 9 a.m. March 2.
The Challenge, part of a five-year, $40 million initiative, aims to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts.
Continue reading 'What's your idea?'
