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Akagawa wins McKnight Distinguished Artist Award

June 27, 2007 - Paul Schmelzer, Walker Art Center visual arts blog.

Kinji Akagawa, a sculptor whose work is in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, was just honored by the McKnight Foundation for his four decades as a Minnesota-based sculptor and public artist. As its 2007 McKnight Distinguished Artist, Akagawa will receive a $40,000 prize and recognition for his work as "a model Minnesota artist," in the words of McKnight board chair Erika Binger...

Read the full posting at the Walker Art Center online.