Resource Library: Arts

Reports, research, and web-based resources — created both by McKnight and by our partners and other field leaders — that address the ideas and issues at play in our work.

Limit to McKnight-funded reports
  • John Caddy: 2012 Distinguished Artist
    ​December 2012 - Commemorative publication featuring essays about Caddy's influence as a poet, teacher, and naturalist, a chronology of his work and life, and photographs.
    2012 Distinguished Artist: John Caddy (PDF, 3.3 MB)
  • Ranee Ramaswamy: 2011 Distinguished Artist
    December 2011 - Featuring essays about Ramaswamy's influence as a dancer and choreographer, a chronology of her work and life, and photographs.
    PDF, 5 MB
  • Siah Armajani: 2010 Distinguished Artist
    November 2010 - Featuring essays about Armajani's influence as a sculptor and public artist, a chronology of his work and life, and photographs.
    PDF, 2.5 MB
  • Bain Boehlke: 2009 Distinguished Artist
    Nov 2009 - Featuring essays about Boehlke's influence as a theater artist, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF, 3.8 MB
  • A Study of the McKnight Arts Program: Executive Summary
    August 2009 - Center for the Study of Art and Community. Research and recommendations which informed the 2009 revision of McKnight's arts program guidelines.
    PDF, 49KB
  • Bill Holm: 2008 Distinguished Artist
    Nov 2008 - Featuring essays about Holm's influence as a poet and essayist, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF, 3.5 MB
  • Kinji Akagawa: 2007 Distinguished Artist
    November 2007 - Featuring essays about Akagawa's influence as an artist and teacher, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF (3 MB)
  • Lou Bellamy: 2006 McKnight Distinguished Artist (56 pp.)
    November 2006 - Featuring essays about Bellamy's influence as a theater artist, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF (3 MB)
  • Judy Onofrio: 2005 McKnight Distinguished Artist
    November 2005 - Featuring essays about sculptor Onofrio's artistic influence, a chronology of her work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF (9.5 MB)
  • Bright Stars: Charting the Impact of the Arts in Rural Minnesota
    September 2005 - For many towns in rural Minnesota, the arts and artists have proved to be powerful tools of economic and community development.
    PDF (6 MB)
  • You Are Here
    June 2005 - McKnight's second book about the development of the arts in Twin Cities suburbs asserts that people want arts experiences that are close to home and part of their daily lives.
    Webpage
  • Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: 2004 McKnight Distinguished Artist (56 pp.)
    November 2004 - Featuring essays about Skrowaczewski's influence as a conductor and composer, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    Adobe Acrobat format, 1.3 MB.
  • A Dance Community Gathering
    March 2004 - Meeting notes from a gathering of dance artists, administrators, and supporters, who asked the question: How can we collectively enhance and support our efforts to make Minnesota a place where dance and dance artists thrive? 85 pages.
    PDF, 243 KB
  • Mike Lynch: 2003 McKnight Distinguished Artist
    October 2003 - Featuring essays about Lynch's influence as a painter, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs and art.
    PDF, 8.8 MB
  • Emilie Buchwald: 2002 McKnight Distinguished Artist (57 pp.)
    October 2002 - Featuring essays about Buchwald's literary influence, a chronology of her work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF, 4.1 MB
  • A New Angle: Arts Development in the Suburbs
    May 2002 - Exploration of the arts in Twin Cities suburbs, and of the history, status, and direction of suburban arts activity.
    Web page
  • Dale Warland: 2001 McKnight Distinguished Artist 
    September 2001 - Featuring essays about Warland's musical influence, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF, 1 MB
  • Robert Bly: 2000 Distinguished Artist
    October 2000: Featuring essays about Bly's work as a writer and poet, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF (1 MB)
  • Warren MacKenzie: 1999 Distinguished Artist
    November 1999 - Featuring essays about MacKenzie's influence as a ceramicist, a chronology of his work and life, and original photographs.
    PDF (5.9 MB)