To explore innovative architecture by sponsoring an annual architectural contest resulting in the creation of a temporary structure.
Embodying South Florida’s creative spirit, 27 ideas received $3.8 million today as part of the 2010 Knight Arts Challenge Miami, a community-wide contest to bring South Florida together through the arts.
To foster understanding of Chinese culture by supporting the world premiere of a children’s production based on an ancient folktale.
To help identify and motivate young writers by supporting the Scholastic Writing Awards Program.
To help Miami-Dade students experience South Florida’s cultural richness by supporting an arts field trip in every grade.
To engage South Florida in new contemporary art ideas and national trends by hosting an ongoing discussion series featuring outside arts experts.
To expose new audiences to great music by creating an outreach program for the multigenre orchestra of the University of Miami’s Henry Mancini Institute.
To help arts groups expand their audience by partnering with an online coupon site to offer a cultural “deal-of-the-week.”
To culturally enrich the region by creating the Miami Hispanic Cultural Arts Center, offering multidisciplinary programming in Little Havana.
To advance Miami’s reputation as a regional film center and shape the city’s cinematic identity by creating and showcasing original films telling unique Miami stories.