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Drexel U + Philadelphia Daily News = Art Attack

January 25, 2013
Image courtesy of Pixeltown In part two of our series catching up with the finalists of the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge, we're heading to the City of Brotherly Love where Art Attack is mentoring the next generation of arts journalists while broadening the scope of the city...

CriticCar and the Art of Detroit

January 22, 2013
"You can't separate the city from the arts, it's all part of the same passion." --- Jennifer Conlin, CriticCar On April 19 of last year, the NEA and the Knight Foundation announced the three finalists of the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge . Each of the finalists...

Embracing the Velocity of Change

October 13, 2011
Mike Henry. Photo courtesy of Mr. Henry I’ve spent the last two days attending the Grantmakers in the Arts conference in San Francisco. These are the largest and most giving foundations in support of the arts. Unlike radio’s myopic focus on 25-54 adults, foundations tend to mine...

Announcing the Winners of the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge

October 10, 2011
Today the NEA and the Knight Foundation announced the five finalist projects for the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge. Watch the video to find out who they are. (You can also read the challenge winner press release in the NEA News Room.) Interested in reading more about new models for...

Why We Still Need Professional Art Critics

August 15, 2011
August 15, 2011 John Ephland. Photo by Kristin Putney When approached by the NEA to respond to the conversation between NEA Senior Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa and the Knight Foundation’s Vice President for Arts Dennis Scholl about the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge, my...

Arts Journalism and the Community

July 27, 2011
Juan Devis (right) interviews urban planner John Arroyo at the confluence of the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco. Photo courtesy of KCET Good criticism reveals layers of hidden meaning, allowing audiences to uncover the relationship a particular work of art has to place and community. A...

Announcing the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge

July 6, 2011
July 6, 2011 Washington, DC Today the National Endowment for the Arts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation launched the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge , a pilot competition in eight communities served by the foundation to inspire new, innovative models for local, high-...