August 23, 2020
Author Marcie Rendon receives $50,000 McKnight award
The White Earth Nation writer and community arts activist is the first Native American woman to win the foundation's Distinguished Artist Award
Sandra Hale Schulman
The Minnesota-based McKnight Foundation has announced the selection of author, poet, playwright and activist Marcie Rendon, White Earth Anishinaabe Nation, for its 2020 Distinguished Artist Award.
This annual selection comes with $50,000 and was created to honor a Minnesota artist who has made significant contributions to the state’s