McKnight npe Carolyn Holbrook
2025 Distinguished Artist

"Carolyn tsis yog tsuas yog tus kws sau ntawv zoo xwb tab sis tus kws qhia lub siab loj uas nws qhov cuam tshuam dhau mus dhau ntawm nplooj ntawv."- DEANNA CUMMINGS, ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

"Carolyn yog tus kws ua yeeb yam zoo nkauj thiab tus thawj coj uas tau tsim txoj hauv kev rau lwm tus kws ua yeeb yam thiab txhawb nqa cov kab lis kev cai ntawm Minnesota thiab peb lub teb chaws," said Tonya Allen, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm McKnight Foundation. "Peb zoo siab los ua kev zoo siab rau nws ntau qhov kev koom tes thiab nws txoj kev coj noj coj ua hauv kev txhawb nqa zej zog thiab tsim kom muaj sijhawm rau lwm tus kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg coj noj coj ua thoob plaws peb lub xeev."

Holbrook lwm phau ntawv suav nrog Ordinary People, Extraordinary Journeys: How the St. Paul Companies Leadership Initiatives in Neighborhoods Program hloov lub neej thiab zej zog, phau ntawv Lub ntiaj teb Angels, thiab Cia siab nyob rau hauv lub Struggle, ib phau ntawv uas nws tau sau nrog Arleta Little txog Minnesota pej xeem cov cai icon Dr. Josie R. Johnson. Holbrook's essays tau tshwm sim hauv ntau yam kev ntseeg suav nrog Blues Vision: African American Sau los ntawm Minnesota thiab Lub Sijhawm Zoo rau Qhov Tseeb: Kev Sib Tw hauv Minnesota.

Nws cov khoom plig suav nrog Minnesota Book Awards 'Kay Sexton Award hauv 2010, Hamline University Tus Xib Hwb hauv 2014, Ua Kev Zoo Siab rau Sistas hauv 2020, thiab Paj Tam Sim No! Hauv 2024. Holbrook tuav Ph.D. hauv Creative Writing thiab Creative Arts Leadership (Union Institute & University 2002). Nws yog leej niam ntawm tsib, pog muaj yim, thiab yawm txiv ntawm tsib.

"Carolyn tsis yog tsuas yog tus kws sau ntawv zoo xwb tab sis tus kws qhia lub siab loj uas nws cuam tshuam dhau ntawm nplooj ntawv," said DeAnna Cummings, Arts tus thawj coj ntawm McKnight Foundation. "Ib tiam ntawm cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab cov thawj coj thoob plaws cov haujlwm tau txais txiaj ntsig Carolyn los pab txhim kho lawv txoj kev taug kev. Nws txoj kev siab dawb siab zoo, kev txawj ntse, thiab kev txhawb nqa tsis muaj zog tau qhib qhov rooj thiab teeb txoj hauv kev rau suav tsis txheeb."

Hauv nws qhov kev xaiv tsa ntawm Holbrook, tus kws sau ntawv Shannon Gibney tau hais tias, "Kuv ntseeg siab tias tsis muaj leej twg tau ua ntau dua rau kev sau ntawv hauv Minnesota - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv BIPOC thiab cov zej zog uas tsis muaj keeb kwm - dua li Carolyn Holbrook.

Cov neeg ua haujlwm ntev ntev thiab tus sau Diane Wilson tau hais tias, "Dab tsi ua rau Carolyn yog ib tus kws kos duab tshwj xeeb thiab tib neeg yog nws lub peev xwm pom qhov ploj ntawm lub ntiaj teb nyob ib puag ncig nws thiab tsim cov kev daws teeb meem uas tsis tsuas yog pab nws cov kev xav tau los ua tus kws kos duab tab sis coj nws lub zej zog nrog nws."

Nominator Vickie Benson tau sau tseg tias, "Kuv tau hnov ntau tus kws sau ntawv hais, ib zaug ntxiv, tias Carolyn Holbrook tau pab lawv lossis qhia lawv lossis qhia lawv. Nws yuav yog ib lub zej zog sib txawv heev uas tsis muaj Carolyn." Tus kws sau ntawv thiab tus thawj coj kos duab Sherrie Fernandez-Williams tau hais tias Holbrook yog "tsis muaj kev cia siab hauv kev muab sijhawm rau lwm tus kws ua yeeb yam thoob plaws txhua tus pej xeem."

Holbrook tau raug xaiv los ntawm ib pawg neeg hauv zej zog uas muaj kev pom dav dav thiab kev paub txog thaj av ntau hom txuj ci thiab kab lis kev cai. Cov thawj coj yog Christina Wood, tus thawj coj ntawm Duluth Art Institute; Bethany Lacktorin, tus thawj coj thiab kos duab ntawm Little Theatre Auditorium (New London); Theresa Sweetland, tus thawj coj ntawm FORECAST Public Art; Seitu Jones, ntau tus kws kos duab thiab tus neeg tawm tswv yim; thiab María Isa, tus kws kos duab thiab CEO ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ywj pheej ntawm SotaRico.

HAIS TXOG QHOV TSIM NYOG KOM TXHEEJ TXHEEM NTSWS

Lub McKnight Ib tus neeg qhuas qhuas lees paub cov kws ua yeeb yam thiab culture bearers uas tau ua ib qho tseem ceeb hauv lub neej rau Minnesota, txhawb peb cov zej zog. Txhua xyoo $100,000 khoom plig qhuas cov neeg ua yeeb yam uas tau ua siab ntev rau kev tsim cov duab uas nyob hauv zos, hauv cheeb tsam, thiab / lossis lub teb chaws tseem ceeb. Cov kws ua yeeb yam no tau xaiv los ua haujlwm hauv lawv lub neej thiab kev ua haujlwm hauv Minnesota, yog li ua rau peb lub xeev muaj kev coj noj coj ua ntau dua. Ua ntej thiab qhov tseem ceeb, lawv tau tsim cov duab kos duab zoo nkauj uas qhia txog lawv qhov kev xav tshwj xeeb thiab txawv tshaj plaw. McKnight Distinguished Artists kuj tau txhawb nqa lwm tus neeg ua yeeb yam, tau txais kev qhuas los ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib, cov neeg saib xyuas, cov neeg thuam, thiab lwm tus kws tshaj lij txuj ci, thiab qee qhov tau tsim thiab txhawb nqa cov koom haum ua yeeb yam. Txij li thaum xyoo 1998, McKnight tau lees paub 28 tus kws ua yeeb yam nrog qhov khoom plig zoo nkauj.   

HAIS TXOG KEV TSIS TXAUS SIAB (McKNIGHT FOUNDATION)

Lub McKnight Foundation, ib lub hauv paus tsev neeg hauv Minnesota, txhawb kev ncaj ncees, muaj tswv yim, thiab muaj ntau lub neej yav tom ntej uas tib neeg thiab ntiaj chaw vam meej. Tsim los ntawm 1953, McKnight Foundation tau mob siab rau kev txhawb nqa kev daws teeb meem huab cua hauv Midwest; tsim kom muaj kev ncaj ncees thiab suav nrog Minnesota; thiab txhawb kev kos duab thiab kab lis kev cai hauv Minnesota, neuroscience, thiab thoob ntiaj teb cov khoom noj.