Five Leeway grantees receive Knight Arts Challenge Grants
Emerging from a field of 1,200 applicants, 43 projects received more than $2 million today as winners of the 2013 Knight Arts Challenge. A program of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the challenge funds the best ideas for engaging and enriching Philadelphia through the arts.
The announcement marks the final year of the three-year initiative, which has funded 114 projects. Knight Foundation, which has invested more than $100 million in the city’s vitality since 1970, will continue to support the city’s vibrant arts scene through its year-round, community grant making program. More arts investments will be announced in the fall.
Five Leeway grantees—Dorothy Wilkie (LTA '07, WOO '04, '02), Elba Hevia y Vaca (ACG ’08), Jeri Lynne Johnson (LTA ’09, ACG ’07), Lee Ann Etzold (WOO ’02, '01), and Maori Karmael Holmes (LTA ’06, ACG ’06, ’05)—received funding for their organizations and/or projects, as well as two of our community partners, Artists U and Taller Puertorriqueño.
LEEWAY GRANTEES
Dorothy Wilkie, Kùlú Mèlé - $20,000
Elba Hevia y Vaca, Pasíon y Arte - $35,000
Jeri Lynne Johnson, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra - $50,000
Lee Ann Etzold, Point Bold - $20,000
Maori Karmael Holmes, BlackStar Film Festival - $50,000
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
