Newsroom: All

News, speeches, opinion pieces, and other information that help illustrate our work and explain our position on issues.

• Article: Armajani's distinguished - for mix of art, poetry and politics

  June 28, 2010 - Mary Abbe, Star Tribune. Iranian-born sculptor Siah Armajani has been named the 2010 McKnight Distinguished Artist.

• News Release: Sculptor Siah Armajani receives McKnight 2010 Distinguished Artist Award

  June 28, 2010 - Artist behind the Whitney Bridge has made a worldwide career of connections.

• News Release: McKnight approves over $30 million in second quarter of 2010, including $1.3 million for arts organizations that connect

  June 18, 2010 - McKnight's second-quarter 2010 approved grants.

• News Release: McKnight hires two new staff members

  June 9, 2010 - The McKnight Foundation has hired Aimee Witteman as environment program officer and Bile Daad as accounting assistant.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: McKnight's commitment to out-of-school time support

  June 9, 2010 - Open letter to McKnight's out-of-school time grantees and grantseekers.

• Our Voice: Operating expense reductions in 2010

  June 2010 - McKnight will be closed for eight furlough days this year.

• Our Voice: Kate Wolford: Comments at HUD Sustainable Communities visit

  April 22, 2010 - McKnight president Kate Wolford was one of several speakers kicking off a visit of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Sustainable Communities Initiative to the Twin Cities.

• News Release: McKnight names Ron Kroese to direct environment program

  April 2, 2010 - The McKnight Foundation has named Ron Kroese to direct environment grantmaking program.

• News Release: McKnight approves $7.2 million in first quarter of 2010, including $700,000 to improve neighborhoods

  March 29, 2010 - McKnight's first-quarter 2010 approved grants.

• News Release: Minnesota Compass website launched

  January 27, 2010 - Led by Wilder Research and built on the success of Twin Cities Compass, a new website tracks data statewide to measure progress and inspire action.

• News Release: McKnight Collaborative Crop Research Program selects advisory committee chair

  January 26, 2010 - Agronomist Richard Jones has been named advisory committee chair of The McKnight Foundation Collaborative Crop Research Program.

• News Release: Innovative collaboration puts three new stations on LRT map

  January 26, 2010 - McKnight collaborates with regional philanthropic partners to help ensure local funding for three more light rail stops along the Central Corridor.

• Article: Study finds untapped potential in Native American art

  January 21, 2010 - Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio. A new University of Minnesota study suggests that if helped, Native American artists could become a major economic asset to the state.

• News Release: New study explores Native artists' careers, challenges, and impact

  January 20, 2010 - New McKnight-funded Humphrey Institute study explores Native artists' careers, challenges, impact on art worlds and communities

• News Release: McKnight approves $57.8 million in grants in fourth quarter of 2009, including $1.6 million to protect and restore the Mississippi

  January 6, 2010 - McKnight's fourth-quarter 2009 approved grants.