Knight Arts Challenge: 2012 winners unveiled, include the Hacktory, 3D video mapping

[Adam Kaufman]

http://technicallyphilly.com/2012/04/25/knight-arts-challenge-2012-winners-unveiled-include-the-the-hacktory-3d-videp-mapping 

More than $2.75 million was pledged to 35 organizations at the second annual Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia unveiling Monday, including a handful of technology-driven projects.

See all the projects listed here. Watch video of the winners above. The funds range from $10,000 to a high of $400,000, which was dedicated to the Center City District for art work on a renovated Dilworth Plaza adjacent to City Hall.

Some of the technology community examples:

• Project: Little Berlin Fairgrounds
• Recipient: Little Berlin
• Award: $10,000

• Project: Animated Architecture: 3D Video Mapping Projections on Historic Sites
• Recipient: Sean Stoops
• Award: $20,000

• Project: Corps of Interactive Artist Teachers
• Recipient: The Hacktory
• Award: $40,000

[PJ Santoro]

Daaaamn, congrats Georgia and Co!!

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[Far McKon]

Yeah, it's pretty awesome they won the grant.  There was also a great talk by some of The Hacktory folks at Women in Tech Summit this past weekend too. A good week for that crew.

The only thing is, It's a matching grant. So they need $40K of their own funds to unlock the full $40K of Knight Arts funds. I'm talking to Georgia about doing some classes, If I can run the same class back to back at NYCR and the other at The Hacktory, I can bulk order more parts. 

I might aim to raise $5K through classes myself (which will math-ically become $10K) spread over the next 12 months.  12 students x $70 profit x 2 cities x 4 classes = ~$6200  It's probably over-ambitious, but I think 5K is going to be my goal.

Georgia was joking about crazy fund-raiser ideas, so if you folks have ideas or want to help get some matching funds, I'm sure they can use more help.

hack on,
 - Far