Cynthia Binger Boynton Lobby Gallery
Since 2004, The McKnight Foundation has used its lobby gallery to exhibit works that illuminate the range of involvements and
interests of the Foundation's grantmaking program areas.
Now on view
Home Sweet Home Again
Marilyn Lindstrom, Our Home, Where is the Dream?
2004, digital prints
2004, digital prints
Now on view in The McKnight Foundation's Cynthia Binger Boynton gallery: Home Sweet Home Again, an exhibition of art and poetry by local artists about the idea of home.
For more than three decades, the efforts of longtime McKnight grantee the Family Housing Fund (FHF) have been essential to our goal of increasing regional metropolitan development that creates livable communities and expands opportunities for all to thrive. As part of our “homes for all” grantmaking strategy, the Foundation supports affordable housing strategies and systems that increase family stability and link families to opportunities,through transportation-oriented development, locational and energy efficiency,expanded diversity of choice, and increased access to education and employment.
In 2000, to celebrate FHF's 20th anniversary, artists and poets from the Twin Cities metropolitan area were invited to provide art and poetry exploring the issues of homelessness, affordable housing, and the meaning of home. The resulting exhibition, Home Sweet Home
— along with its 2005 follow-up, Home Sweet Home Again — includes more than 100 artworks and poems and continues to travel to various locations throughout the Twin Cities. (View the complete exhibit online at the Family Housing Fund website.)
Since establishing FHF in 1980, McKnight has supported the organization’s pursuit of a clear goal — to make quality, affordable housing available to everyone in the Twin Cities metro area. FHF believes that art and poetry can strengthen its public education efforts and be a powerful vehicle for evoking positive social change. The goal of McKnight's Region & Communities grantmaking program is to increase efficient and sustainable regional metropolitan development that creates livable communities and expands opportunities for all to thrive. In 2012, 27% of McKnight's total payout — about $22.9 million — went to support this goal.
Gallery Hours
Weekdays 8am - 5pm