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66 finalists named in Miami Knight Arts Challenge
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43 Ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive more than $2 million in funding
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Detroit steps up, takes Knight Arts Challenge in record numbers
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Knight Arts Challenge seeks best ideas for the arts in Detroit
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Applications now accepted for Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia names 2013 finalists
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34 projects to infuse South Florida with art as Knight Arts Challenge winners
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Knight Foundation announces new gifts totaling $23 million for Miami arts
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Knight Foundation invests $19.25 million in Detroit arts
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Join a Chat to Improve Your Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia Ideas
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Who should receive $20,000 for their arts project? You decide!
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Coming Sept. 17: Knight Arts Challenge to fund best ideas for the arts in Philadelphia
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57 Finalists named in Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Best ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive $2.76 million in funding
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Art leaders in Miami and San Jose join Knight Foundation’s National Arts Advisory Committee
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Dream big and give us your best ideas for the arts in South Florida
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Best ideas for the South Florida arts receive $2.9 million in funding
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Dream big and give us your best idea for the arts in Philadelphia
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56 Finalists announced in Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Knight Foundation awards infuse Philadelphia arts scene with $2.7 million as thirty-six winners are announced
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Macon’s Yolanda Latimore Joins Knight Foundation Arts Advisory Committee
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Knight Arts Challenge Contest Opens for Applications
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Knight Grand Jury Prize Finalists Announced for Miami International Film Festival
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Sixty-Three Finalists Named in Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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The Kennedy Center to Launch Arts Management Training Program in Miami, Florida
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"Census" Aims to Count All Poets in Miami
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Knight Foundation Awards Infuse South Florida Arts Scene with $3.8 million
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Detroit International Jazz Festival receives $100,000 from Knight Foundation to support DJFʼs Jazz Planet
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Ohr-O’Keefe Museum to Complete Construction with $3 Million from Knight Foundation
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Random Acts of Culture Series Brings Classical Performances into Everyday Lives
Knight Blog
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Announcing 66 finalists in Miami Knight Arts Challenge
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Celebrating the 2013 Philly Knight Arts Challenge Winners
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Announcing 43 winners in the Philadelphia Knight Arts Challenge
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Detroit shows its creative side in the Knight Arts Challenge - more than 1,400 times
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Detroit - Don’t leave arts funding on the table in the Knight Arts Challenge
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How to present a winning idea for the Knight Arts Challenge
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Ask-Me-Anything Detroit at Thursday night Town Hall
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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Knight Arts Challenge Detroit: Building on the city’s momentum
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Last chance South Florida: Ask questions about the Knight Arts Challenge
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South Florida - we want your best ideas for the arts!
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A not-so-traditional fairy tale: Sleeping Beauty meets Indian dance
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Opportunities for funding: Knight Foundation’s open challenges
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Finalists named in Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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Miami, get those art ideas ready
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Making art general in South Florida: @knightfdn celebrates the local cultural community
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34 ideas win Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Announcing new arts funding, projects to enrich South Florida
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Improving the quality, quantity of local arts journalism
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Rising Tide: A Story of Miami Artists
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Bringing new energy to the artists driving the future of Detroit
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Detroit: Building on the city's creative momentum
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Knight celebrates regional Emmy nominations
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Leap of faith accelerates growth of South Florida's cultural community
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How Knight Arts helps build community by binding people to place
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You decide who should win $20,000 for their Miami arts project
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia: Now accepting applications
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Philly on the rise: Young people offer solutions to big city challenges
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Knight Foundation and partners named as powerful leaders in the arts
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50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
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Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
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Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
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Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
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Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
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Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
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RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
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Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
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“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
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We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
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Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
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How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn
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Community #foundations are discovering good info promotes social change, opening up data & experimenting with mobile http://t.co/a1vtIexBRk
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.@GirlsWhoCode hosts Inaugural Teacher Training Workshop in NYC to prep for summer’s programs http://t.co/JscDZuopps #changetheratio
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10 ways civic hacking is good for cities http://t.co/SRG1rtt5ax v @codeforamerica #hackforchange #cfabrigade
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MT @ccoletta: Miami Nice (and @matthaggman nice) is good for entrepreneurship. http://t.co/uw1O8rRhNe @knightfdn #socent
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MT @cksopher: Anyone working with audio: @PopUpArchive launched beta of archive management system. They are awesome http://t.co/b7COdtTRbn
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"There are thousands of black men who are assets to their communities" - @TSatKF http://t.co/FnPftf8bkr v @BMECommunity @BMePhilly
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Insights & info on applying to the Knight Community Information Challenge http://t.co/a1vtIexBRk #infoneeds #philanthropy
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Nearly $200k awarded for community strengthening efforts in #Baltimore http://t.co/mIlvx9lwpK via @baltimoresun @BmeBaltimore
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As consumers increasingly use phones 2 access news & info, #foundations take engagement efforts #mobile http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO #philanthropy
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Less than a week to submit your idea to the @CivicData Challenge. Make civic data useful! http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ #opendata #dataviz
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Legal Hackathon supports #Miami’s #startup culture http://t.co/6nvniMExEg v @PipelineMIA @LegalHackMiami #atthack
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Mobile experiments to inform residents about #environmental issues: a look at @GrowWNY @CFGB @cleanairwny http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO #WNY
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#Leadership award winners: 20 #Philly brothers receive $200k for their community projects, via @BMEPhilly http://t.co/bc5TaOykZR
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Journalism Disrupted: @michaelmaness on models of online & print #journalism emerging in the U.S http://t.co/9FybRD9wlN v @knightakron
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15 #Detroit educators, engineers, designers & community organizers awarded ~$200k to improve city, v @BMECommunity http://t.co/6xdzDLiWKe
Publications
In The News
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Knight grant paves way for 'ecoventions' at Schuylkill Center
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Knight Foundation picks 66 Arts Challenge finalists
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66 finalists named for lucrative Knight Arts Challenge grants
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Mt. Airy orchestra only group to be awarded third Knight arts grant
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Knight Foundation grant empowers theater artist
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Knight challenge seeks great ideas about art in Detroit
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Knight Arts Challenge awarding $9 million over 3 years to Detroit projects
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Knight Foundation contest looks for creative public art ideas
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The Knight Foundation wants to give you dough for your creative cultural project
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International Noise Conference celebrates its 10th anniversary at Churchill’s Pub
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A space for sculptors to hone their crafts
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The Knight Foundation launches Miami Knight Arts Challenge 2013
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Jenice Armstrong: The Brothers' Network was created for brainy Philadelphia guys
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Knight Arts Challenge: 4 tech-relevant finalists
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'Taller Puertorriqueño' y 'Pasión y Arte' entre finalistas del Knight Arts Challenge
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Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia finalists announced
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Knight Arts Challenge 2013 finalists named
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Just in: Knight Arts Challenge announces 69 finalists
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The Wolfsonian-FIU receives $5 million to increase access to collection
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Knight Foundation celebrates new commitment to the South Florida arts
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Knight Foundation donates $23 M. to support the arts in South Florida
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Art Garage receives two Knight Foundation grants
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Art Garage receives two Knight Foundation grants
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KQED, Knight Foundation aim to accelerate media startups
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Knight Arts Challenge 2012 Winners: Sweat Records To Hip-Hop Symphony
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Miami Arts on the Move
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Coming soon in Broward, an easier way to help your local artist
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Sweat Records wins $140,000 Knight grant as $2.8 Million goes to local arts projects
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Knight Foundation to donate $23 Million to Miami arts organizations
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John S. And James L. Knight Foundation announces $23 million to fund Miami arts organization
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Featured Projects (3 of 270)
Browse ProjectsBrowse ProjectsPhilly Urban Theatre Festival
To promote original plays through a free theater festival dedicated to the contemporary African-American experience
Opera in the City: Svadba - Wedding
To offer a more immersive opera experience by launching a series of 50-minute operas, the first of which, about a Serbian wedding, will be followed by an authentic Balkan wedding feast
Knight Detroit Children's Book Fair
To use the arts to foster an interest in reading by weaving interactive cultural experiences throughout the museum’s Children’s Book Fair
About our Knight Arts Challenge strategy
In South Florida, Philadelphia and now Detroit we are seeking ideas and innovation in the arts from nonprofits, companies and individuals. There are three simple rules: The idea is about arts, the project takes place in or benefits the local community, you find other funding to match the Knight Foundation grant. Contest opens seasonally. For more info and to apply: KnightArts.org
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Dennis Scholl
VP/Arts
Nicole Chipi
Arts Program Associate
Tatiana Hernandez
Arts Program Associate
Cristina Dumas
Executive Assistant
