The Knight Foundation on Monday announced 69 finalists for its Knight Arts Challenge in St. Paul. Earlier this year, they asked folks for their best ideas for the arts and more than 850 people stepped up to share their projects.

A panel of 10 local artists and arts leaders reveiewed the ideas and came up with the list of finalists. You can see them here:

http://tinyurl.com/lwdura5

Winners will be announced in September.