30 maconmagazine.com | October/November 2026
W H A T H A P P E N S I F
A R T I S T S G E T A S E A T
A T E V E R Y T A B L E ?
STORY BY JULIA MORRISON | PHOTO BY MIKE YOUNG
Knight Foundation and Springboard for the Arts are coming
together for the Creative Cities Initiative, a $3.5 investment in
strengthening pathways for how arts and culture influence civic life
in eight Knight communities — and one of those cities is Macon.
Knight Foundation Macon
director Lynn Murphey
(center) speaks during
a Knight convening of
journalists to Macon
during the Online News
Association conference at
McEachern Art Center.
