Elliot A. Knight, PhD
Executive Director
Elliot Knight is the Executive Director of the Alabama State Council on the Arts. An Opelika, Alabama native, Knight holds three degrees from The University of Alabama, including a bachelor of arts in visual communication from New College, a master of arts in American studies and a PhD in interdisciplinary studies. He co-founded and developed the nationally recognized Black Belt 100 Lenses Program, a participatory photography and arts program that worked with high school students in twelve Alabama Black Belt counties in partnership with the Black Belt Community Foundation and the University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships from 2007-2012. Knight developed and taught several courses in the UA Departments of Art History, American Studies, and in the Honors College. He served as director of the Arts on Campus Living-Learning Community at UA. Knight served as an advisory board member for The Alabama Art Kitchen and the Beauty Amid Destruction project in Tuscaloosa. Dr.
Knight is a Blackburn Fellow, member of the Montgomery Rotary Club, and serves as a board member for the following organizations: South Arts, Alabama Humanities Foundation, Alabama Bicentennial Commission, University of Alabama Community Affairs Board of Advisors, Alabama Tourism Department Advisory Board, and the Montgomery Public Art Commission. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Knight previously held the positions of Visual Arts Program Manager and Deputy Director at the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
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