Knight Foundation

Nico Berardi Nico Berardi, managing director of Accelerated Growth Partners, a Miami-based angel investment group supported by Knight Foundation, is stepping down from the post to complete his MBA at Harvard Business School. Raul Moas, who served as executive director of Roots of Hope, Raíces de Esperanza, an international network focused on youth empowerment in Cuba, has been tapped as …

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Left to right: Courtney Fink, Stephanie Sherman and Annie Shaw of Common Field.   The impact of Art Basel in the ecology and business of art in Miami is undeniable. The catch for artists and arts organizations now is not to be made invisible by such success stories. Survival and growth were very much subjects …

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When art and technology meet, the collision is bound to create sparks of inspiration. That’s what happened during the Art Hackathon, which took place Sept. 20-21 in Miami. The hackathon was a collaboration of The LAB Miami and The YoungArts Foundation with the support of the Knight Arts Challenge, which The LAB won in 2012. About eight teams worked over …

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The New World Symphony, Miami Beach, presenting Project 305 Think of the city as an orchestra – a rhythm section of cars and buses; the brass sounds of a factory; the emotions played out by a string section, told in the sounds of water; a choir of voices, perhaps in many different languages, all at …

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Willie Clarke, co-founder of Deep City Records. Photo by Larry G. Warmoth.  Well before Miami Sound became a brand name, there was a Miami sound. It came together in the mid-’60s and it was soul and funk as only Miami could make it. It was raw and gritty. It was built on the sanctified grooves …

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