knight foundation arts program - strategy presentation
DESCRIPTION
We believe the arts help build community by binding people to place and to each other. Done with excellence, the arts inspire and connect people. Our grantmaking strategy in the arts has four initiatives: (1) Creative Placemaking (2) Making Art General (3) Institutional Reform and (4) Spurring Innovation. Find out more at knightfoundation.orgTRANSCRIPT
Knight Arts Program Strategy
Evolution of Arts Program
Fund Momentum
Magic of Music
Capital Campaigns
Endowments
Institutions
Museum Loan Network
Symphonies
Legacy Arts
Crowdsourcing
Contests
Digital Cloud
Innovation
Artistic Excellence
Arts EducationCross Pollination
Audience EngagementSustainability
I am an Artist
Matching Funds
Universities
New Models
Interactive Experience
Strengthened
Out of the Concert Hall
Mobile Apps
Big Ideas
Curate Your Own Experience
Web
Scholarships
General SupportFacilities
Risk Taking Dynamic Leadership
LimitedArts Focus
Supported
Best Arts Ideas
Listen &Experiment
Making Art General
Curating & Networking
Creative Placemaking
Infrastructure
Art for Social Change
Diversity
Geographic EligibilityKnight Arts Program funds projects that
benefit eight ‘resident’ Knight Communities:
• Akron, Ohio• Charlotte, N.C.• Detroit, Mich.• Macon, Ga.
• Miami, Fla.• Philadelphia, Pa.• St. Paul, Minn.• San Jose, Calif.
NATIONAL$22 million
RESIDENTDIRECTORCOMMUNITY
$18.8 million
NON-RESIDENTDIRECTORCOMMUNITY$8.6 million
More than 94% of Arts grants are made in
the 8 communitie
s94%
6%
} 339 GRANTS TOTALING$96.8 MIL-
LION
Creative PlacemakingMaking Art GeneralInstitutional OutreachSpurring Innovation
Strategic Initiatives
Creative Placemaking
Culture and creativity expressed powerfully through a specific place that can create vibrancy.
Creative Placemaking
Creative PlacemakingMaking Art GeneralInstitutional OutreachSpurring Innovation
Strategic Initiatives
Some KnightArts Grantees
Creative PlacemakingMaking Art GeneralInstitutional OutreachSpurring Innovation
Strategic Initiatives
Institutional Outreach
Creative PlacemakingMaking Art GeneralInstitutional OutreachSpurring Innovation
Strategic Initiatives
“Thus we seek to bestir the peopleinto an awarenessof their own true condition, provide inspiration for their thoughts and rouse them to pursue their own true interests.”
– John S. Knight, 1969