Individuals and organizations are invited to apply for funding through the Knight Arts Challenge, an initiative seeking arts ideas and projects that will benefit the local community. Knight looks to build on the momentum in the Miami art scene, sharpening the focus of existing efforts using the community’s unique strengths. We seek the best and the brightest and we encourage arts organizations to reach for the next level in programming and organizational capacity.
For more information about the Knight Arts Challenge visit our Knight Arts Challenge page. Sign up for e-mail updates to receive the latest information about challenge winners, projects and upcoming deadlines. If you have specific questions about receiving an arts grant in Miami, please e-mail our staff at arts@knightfoundation.org.
Want to know how to gain an edge and make your application stand out? Innovation is welcome and encouraged. We also look at whether the applicant has the know-how to get the project done. That said, you or your group might be in need of a breakout push and some help to get there. Go [...]
When it comes to the heart of music, it comes to sound – sheer sound, away from categories, away from genre, away from top-10 lists and opus numbers and Billboard charts. This weekend, the folks at New Music Miami host an American composer whose work has been about this fundamental aspect of the art of [...]
Knight Arts Challenge Miami is open for its fourth year of competition. Until midnight on March 2, we’re accepting applications for any idea to bring South Florida together through the arts. That’s just enough time for you to get your thoughts together and submit your 150-word application. So over the next two weeks, we’ll be [...]
At this juncture in time, Wynwood’s Second Saturdays are about the barbecues, the pop-up sort-of art and the party. Which is all okay, as long as you aren’t really looking to spend some quality time
The Coral Gables Art Cinema celebrates the South Florida Premiere of Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune, this Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune is a musical documentary portrait
Are you ready for a Miami Made Weekend? This innovative festival of dance, music, theater and works in progress comes to the Arsht Center March 3-6, 2011, and it is free and open to the public. The event consists of three initiatives: Here & Now: 2011, showcasing works commissioned by the Arsht Center and Miami [...]
The Knight Arts Challenge is back! During the month of February, KnightArts.org is open for anyone and everyone to submit their best idea about bringing the community together through the arts. To get everybody in the spirit, SocialMiami’s Aaron Glickman sat down with Dennis Scholl, VP/Arts for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as [...]
This week and next, conductor James Judd will be auditioning musicians for his Miami Music Project Honors Orchestra, part of an effort he considers vital to the future of classical music. This coming Saturday, and on Feb. 20, the orchestra will be auditioning young players ages 13-21 for a concert March 26 at the Knight [...]
Spain’s premier dance company, Ballet Nacional de España, returns to Miami, Feb. 23-26, 2011, to the Arsht Center for a week of performances during Flamenco Festival Miami 2011. “The South Florida community enthusiastically embraced Flamenco
This Friday and Saturday, Feb. 11 and 12, Tigertail Productions will present Eiko & Koma’s Retrospective Project at the Colony Theatre on South Beach, along with a panel discussion, a Delicious Movement Workshop and
