Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
Best ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive $2.76 million in funding
Thirty-five ideas for the arts in Philadelphia will receive $2.76 million as winners of the 2012 Knight Arts Challenge. Now in its second year, the community-wide challenge funds the best ideas for engaging and enriching Philadelphia through the arts.
Emerging from more than 1,260 submissions, the 2012 winners represent a wide range of Philadelphia’s creative thinkers, including artists Erica Hawthorne and Sean Stoops, small organizations like the Bearded Ladies Cabaret and the Little Berlin collective, and established institutions with innovative ideas.
“The cities that succeed, that offer the greatest quality of life, view every single person as a creative being,” said Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation’s vice president for arts. “We hope the Knight Arts Challenge and its winners provide an added spark that inspires the community to build a better future together.” To date, 71 ideas have been awarded $5.4 million. A third round of the Knight Arts Challenge will open in the fall.
For the full winners list, click on the press release below or visit knightarts.org.
The Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia is open to anyone with a great idea for the arts. The challenge has just three rules: 1) The idea must be about the arts, 2) the project must take place in or benefit Philadelphia and 3) the grant recipients must find funds to match Knight’s commitment.
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| 2012 Knight Arts Challenge winners ceremony in the Great Stair Hall Photo by Susan Beard | 113.63 KB | |
| onna Frisby-Greenwood, Philadelphia Program Director, Knight Foundation Photo by Susan Beard | 54.37 KB | |
| Random Act of Culture performed by Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre Photo by Susan Beard | 120.96 KB | |
| Mayor Michael A. Nutter declares Knight Arts Challenge Day Photo by Susan Beard | 410.53 KB | |
| Dennis Scholl, VP/Arts, Knight Foundation head shot | 580.96 KB |



