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BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVISSIMO! Sandy Spieler receives the McKnight Distinguished Artist Award
By The McKnight Foundation June 20, 2014 The McKnight Foundation has named Minnesota visual artist, performer, designer, director, and teacher Sandy Spieler as the 2014 McKnight Distinguished Artist, in recognition of artistic excellence spanning four decades. Now in its 17th year, the annual honor includes a $50,000 cash award and recognizes individual Minnesota artists who have made significant contributions to the quality of the state”'s cultural life. “Sandy Spieler understands the power of art in context,” said Kate Wolford, president of The McKnight Foundation. “Even as her sculptures and performances transcend place, lifting us to realms of fantasy and imagination, she never loses touch with the earth below. An artist of true distinction, Sandy”'s pieces are an enhanced reflection of the reality around her, and around all of us ”” our joys and challenges as members and caretakers of our communities and the greater [...]
May 2014 Alley Newspaper
“Selecting my work for the Nobel Peace Prize challenged the world to broaden the understanding of peace: There can be no peace without equitable development; and there can be no development without sustainable management of the environment in a democratic and peaceful space.” Wangari Muta Maathai Born: April 1, 1940; Nyeri, Kenya Died: Sept. 25, 2011; Nairobe, Kenya Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan political and environmental and women”'s right”'s activist and her country”'s assistant minister of environment, natural resources and wildlife.  “Throughout my life, I have never stopped to strategize my next steps. I often just kept walking along, through whichever doors open.” ””Wangari Maathai (more…)
