The Knight Arts program is now seeking grant opportunities in Akron that can create transformational and sustainable change through artistic excellence and collective cultural experiences. If you’re interested in learning more about working with Knight in the arts, please contact Akron Program Director Jennifer Thomas.
Acclaimed veteran director Frank McClain has been hired to direct the staging for the Akron Symphony’s upcoming production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess after recently working with Maestro Christopher Wilkins on a similar production in Orlando. Frank McClain served as the Resident Stage Director at the former Orlando Opera Company, where he directed Il Trovatore, L’elisir d’amore, Candide, and Le [...]
By Akron Art Museum Staff The Akron Art Museum staff has begun our two year project of making our entire collection accessible online. We’ve hired Keith Freund to be our Collections Information Coordinator. Keith formerly managed our donor database as part of the museum’s development department, and has a master’s degree in library and information science [...]
Paul R. Jacoway’s “Final Edition: Journalism According to Jack and Jim Knight” was presented with a regional Emmy Award on June 19, by the lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The documentary, which first aired on October 26, 2009 in Akron, Ohio, follows the Knight family, from their days of [...]
In June 2010, the Knight Foundation awarded the Akron Area Arts Alliance a generous $200,000 grant allowing this non-profit, arts advocacy organization to take an important next-step in converting a historic building into a headquarters for the local arts community. Today AAAA director Jessie Raynor checks in with an update…
From September 16-19, 2010 Silicon Valley will morph into a biennial playground as contemporary artists, engineers, designers, musicians, and creative thinkers from around the world participate in the 2010 01SJ Biennial taking place in San Jose, CA the heart of Silicon Valley. Today Doniece Sandoval, of ZER01, checks in with a preview. Read below for [...]
Last year the Knight Foundation made a $1,000,000 grant to United States Artists, an organization that celebrates and supports the individual artist in America. Each Knight award comes with an additional $5,000 grant for the artist to create a community engagement event. Today, our United States Artist Knight fellow Sophiline Cheam Shapiro checks in with an [...]
By Jason Swank, Marketing & PR Director at The Akron Symphony Big news on the Porgy and Bess front this week. Not only did we officially announce the chorus and supporting role audition details at last weekend’s African American Festival, but I am really excited to report the first major casting news for the production. The Akron Symphony’s April [...]
By Jessie Raynor, Director of the Akron Area Arts Alliance A generous grant from the Knight Foundation is making it possible for the Akron Area Arts Alliance to take an important next-step in converting a historic building into a headquarters for our arts and culture community. The 55,000 square-foot building, which is owned by Summit [...]
Welcome to the new KnightArts.org. In celebration of our one year anniversary and the national rollout of Knight Arts grants, we’ve redesigned our site to better serve the local & national arts communities. At KnightArts.org you’ll now find information about artistic endeavors in your city and in your fellow Knight Foundation resident communities. Click the [...]
We talk a lot about community engagement and the arts, but how does a museum truly engage a viewer beyond just hanging the art up on the wall and opening the door and saying “come in.” I recently had a visual art experience that went well beyond the tradition model of museum – viewer interaction. [...]
