Newsroom: Articles

News stories about issues and developments in McKnight’s many areas of interest, collected from local, national, and international media outlets.

• Article: State of the Artist blog

  February 14, 2012 - In honor of the 30th anniversary of our artist fellowships program, McKnight has launched an online conversation about artists.

• Article: Housing groups struggle against foreclosure wave

  November 14, 2011 - Chris Newmarker, Finance and Commerce.

• Article: Feds supported Minn.'s affordable housing in recession

  November 14, 2011 - Jessica Mador, Minnesota Public Radio.

• Article: Head of Northern Communities Land Trust in Duluth honored with $10,000 award

  September 24, 2011 - John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune. The McKnight Foundation of Minneapolis named Jeff Corey one of six recipients of this year’s Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service.

• Article: Nurturing young Somali girls: Woodbury, Minn., woman wins McKnight award

  September 15, 2011 - Riham Feshir, Woodbury Bulletin. After Fartun Osman fled her civil war-torn country of Somalia, she didn’t quit trying to help others overcome destructive social and cultural norms.

• Article: Project will place art along Central Corridor light-rail line

  September 15, 2011 - Pioneer Press

• Article: NEA seed money to help art projects bloom along light-rail corridor

  September 15, 2011 - Mary Abbe, Star Tribune. St. Paul receives $750,000 for arts and economic development - and hopes to leverage more.

• Article: Consortium sees arts as engines of recovery

  September 14, 2011 - Robin Pogrebin, New York Times.

• Article: Leading Muslim girls onto the field

  September 9, 2011 - Jean Hopfensberger, Star Tribune. A pro basketball player from Somalia is opening doors for Muslim girls to play sports.

• Article: McKnight Dance and Choreography Fellowships reborn at Northrop

  August 25, 2011 - Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio.

• Article: McKnight dance program moving to Northrop

  August 25, 2011 - Rohan Preston, Star Tribune. A McKnight Foundation fellowship program for dancers will be run under the aegis of Northrop Auditorium performance series.

• Article: Malawi farmers benefit from ICRISAT-NASFAM-McKnight project

  June 2011 - Article from Happenings newsletter, published by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), a McKnight Collaborative Crop Research grantee.

• Article: Ranee Ramaswamy named 2011 McKnight Distinguished Artist

  May 27, 2011 - Marianne Combs, Minnesota Public Radio.

• Article: This dancer blazed a path straight to the heartland

  May 26, 2011 - Kathy Berdan, Pioneer Press.

• Article: Dancer gets McKnight prize

  May 26, 2011 - Graydon Royce, Star Tribune. Ranee Ramaswamy has built Ragamala into one of the nation's premier dance companies.