Artists and Advocates Celebrate 2009
Knight Arts Challenge Winners
20 Projects Receive $3.7 Million in Funding
More than 300 people gathered at the Knight Concert Hall Monday to celebrate the winners of the 2009 Knight Arts Challenge – a community-wide contest to find the best ideas for the arts in South Florida.
Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen presented the 20 winning ideas with a total of $3.7 million. The projects include putting an orchestra back in the pit during the Miami City Ballet’s 2010-13 seasons, creating an incubator for the arts in Wynwood (a joint Miami Light Project – Goldman Properties effort) and expanding audiences for the Florida Grand Opera by giving away more than 2,000 tickets to a production of Carmen.
The Knight Arts Challenge is a $40 million initiative to bring together South Florida’s diverse community through the arts.
“The arts, like few other things, can connect people and provide the experiences that build great cities.” said Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation’s Miami program director, who leads the challenge.
The judges of the contest, led by Scholl, included Rosa Sugrañes, Karla Ferguson, Susie Wahab, Bonnie Clearwater, Evelyn Greer, David Castillo, Teddy Abrams and James Judd.
For more about the challenge, visit www.KnightArts.org
Knight Arts Challenge 2009 Winners
Recipient: BankAtlantic Foundation
Award: $100,000
For information, visit www.bankatlantic.com/bafoundation/.
Recipient: Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Award: $70,000
The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival is truly a vacation from ordinary film. Visit www.FLIFF.com.
Recipient: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Award: $200,000
Visit www.fairchildgarden.org
Recipient: Florida Grand Opera
Award: $200,000
Visit www.fgo.org.
Recipient: Friends of the Bass Museum
Award: $240,000
Visit www.bassmuseum.org.
Recipient: Girls’ Club
Award: $10,000
Visit www.girlsclubcollection.org.
Recipient: The LightBox at Goldman Warehouse
Award: $400,000
Visit www.miamilightproject.com
Visit www.goldmanproperties.com.
Recipient: Hannah Kahn Poetry Foundation
Award: $15,000
Visit www.hannahkahn.org.
Recipient: Kathleen Hudspeth
Award: $150,000
Recipient: Locust Projects, Inc.
Award: $100,000
Visit www.locustprojects.org.
Recipient: Miami City Ballet, Inc.
Award: $900,000
Visit www.miamicityballet.org.
Recipient: Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Award: $125,000
Visit www.miamilighthouse.org.
Recipient: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Award: $20,000
Visit www.miamidadearts.org.
Recipient: New World Symphony
Award: $75,000
Visit www.nws.edu.
Recipient: The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
Visit www.arshtcenter.org.
Recipient: Sweat Records, Inc.
Award: $150,000
Visit www.sweatrecordsmiami.com.
Recipient: Teatro Avante
Award: $150,000
Visit www.teatroavante.com.
Recipient: UNCF/United Negro College Fund
Award: $80,000
Visit www.uncf.org.
Recipient: The Wolfsonian/Florida International University Foundation
Award: $500,000
Visit www.wolfsonian.org.
Recipient: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Award: $80,000
Visit www.vizcayamuseum.org.