Miami City Ballet Regains Live Orchestra;
Wynwood Gets Arts Incubator;
Indie Record Store Expands Community Programming
MIAMI (Nov. 30, 2009) – Emerging from 1,562 applications, 20 winners today received $3.7 million in the 2009 Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to find the best ideas for the South Florida arts. The winners' projects include:
- Putting an orchestra back in the pit during Miami City Ballet's 2010-2013 seasons;
- Creating an incubator for arts groups in Wynwood by opening a communal office, performance and gallery space at The LightBox at Goldman Warehouse;
- Launching an online site for selling locally-produced music and expanding community programming at Sweat Records, a store and center for independent music in Little Haiti.
Knight Foundation created the five-year annual contest in 2008 to help bring the South Florida community together through the arts.
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