McKnight Names Interdisciplinary
Artist Douglas R. Ewart
2022 Distinguished Artist

Duab los ntawm Molly Miles

McKnight Foundation tshaj tawm kev xaiv Douglas R. Ewart ua nws 2022 Distinguished Artist, ib qho khoom plig muab txhua xyoo rau Minnesota tus kws ua yeeb yam uas tau pab txhawb rau lub xeev txoj kev coj noj coj ua.

Tonya Allen, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm McKnight Foundation tau hais tias "Peb zoo siab los ua kev zoo siab rau Douglas, uas tau pab txhawb kev tsim kho, muab lub neej, thiab txhawb nqa suab paj nruag thiab kos duab rau lub xeev Minnesota tau ntau xyoo," "Nws cov txuj ci dav dav zoo kawg nkaus coj cov neeg ntawm ntau haiv neeg ua ke thiab pab peb xav txog tias peb tuaj yeem nyob ua ke zoo dua hauv ntiaj teb no."

"Qhov khoom plig no qhuas nws lub siab thiab kev txawj ntse nrog rau nws lub hwj chim thiab kev cuam tshuam."-DEANNA CUMMINGS, ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Paub tias yog tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag ntau tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag thiab tus kws sau nkauj, Ewart kuj tau lees paub tias yog tus kws tsim khoom, suab sculptor, neeg pleev kob, kws sau ntawv, thiab tus kws qhia ntawv. Nws cov hauj lwm nto moo interdisciplinary suav nrog kev ua tau zoo ntawm ntau yam ntawm saxophones, flutes, woodwinds, thiab percussion instruments ntawm nws tus kheej tsim thiab kev tsim kho.

DeAnna Cummings, Arts & Culture tus thawj coj ntawm McKnight Foundation tau hais tias "Douglas Ewart tau ua tus cob qhia rau ntau tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag, ua yeeb yam, thiab cov tswv yim hauv Minnesota thiab hauv tebchaws," "Qhov khoom plig no qhuas nws lub siab thiab kev txawj ntse nrog rau nws lub hwj chim thiab kev cuam tshuam."

McKnight Distinguished Artist Honor yog $100,000 khoom plig.

Ewart tau ua yeeb yam thoob ntiaj teb thiab sau rau ntawm ntau daim ntawv lo, suav nrog nws tus kheej Aarawak. Nws tau coj Nyahbingi Drum Choir, Orbit, Quasar, StringNets, thiab Clarinet Choir. Nws cov duab kos duab thiab kinetic tej hauj lwm tau pom nyob rau hauv Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Kev Kawm Txuj Ci Chicago, Ojai Music Festival, Art Institute of Chicago, Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Kawm Txuj Ci (Philadelphia), Tsev Kawm Txuj Ci Kawm Houston, thiab Chicago's Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Lag Luam. Ewart kuj tau tuav lub koom haum thoob ntiaj teb renowned Association rau Advancement of Creative Musicians.

"Douglas Ewart txoj haujlwm tawm tsam qhov peb feem ntau sim los txhais thiab piav qhia tias yog 'ntau yam txuj ci' lossis 'kev sib koom tes," said Seitu Jones, uas yog tus yeej 2017 Distinguished Artist Award thiab yog ib tus neeg uas tau xaiv tsa Ewart. "Nws txav zoo li tus neeg seev cev ntawm nruab nrab, hom, thiab sijhawm. Nws qhov kev txawj ntse ua tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag thiab tus kws kos duab kos duab yog kev xav thiab tawm tsam txhua qhov kev sim los txhais nws lub neej thiab kev xav hauv ntiaj teb. Peb tsis muaj ib lo lus ua lus Askiv tseem piav qhia meej txog kev sib xyaw ntawm kev kos duab thiab lub neej uas Douglas embodies. "

Marcus Young, uas tau ua haujlwm ntawm pawg thawj coj uas tau xaiv Ewart, tau hais tias, "Lub vaj huam sib luag tau txav los ntawm cov ntawv xaiv tsa uas tsis yog hais txog Ewart cov txuj ci thiab kev koom tes ua tus kws kos duab thiab cov neeg ua yeeb yam, tab sis kuj yog kev hlub, kev hwm, thiab kev ris txiaj rau cov no. nominators xav rau nws. Lawv piav qhia tus kws ua yeeb yam uas ua neej nyob nws lub neej muaj tswv yim zoo thiab sib koom nrog cov zej zog. "

Yug hauv Kingston, Jamaica, Ewart tau nkag mus rau Chicago hauv xyoo 1963. Nws kawm suab paj nruag ntawm Lub Koom Haum rau Kev Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij nyob ntawd thiab tom qab ntawd qhia hauv Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Art Institute of Chicago. Nws tau tsiv mus rau Minnesota xyoo 1990. Nws tau ua yeeb yam hauv Caribbean (Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, thiab Puerto Rico), Europe (Fabkis, Lub Tebchaws Yelemees, Holland, Ltalis, UK), Nyiv, Bali, South America, Scandinavia, thiab Australia, nrog rau hauv Tebchaws Meskas (Carnegie Hall, Chav Ua Noj, Walker Art Center, Public Theatre, thiab ntau qhov chaw ntxiv). Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, nws tau ua yeeb yam hauv Hyde Park Jazz Festival hauv Chicago.

Ewart txoj haujlwm ua tus kws sau ntawv, tus tsim khoom siv, thiab tus kws kos duab pom tau ntev tau pom nws txoj kev nkag siab txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov khoom siv ruaj khov thiab ntuj. Xyoob, tshwj xeeb, ua haujlwm tsis yog tsuas yog cov khoom siv lub cev tseem ceeb rau ntau yam ntawm nws cov duab puab thiab cov cuab yeej tab sis kuj yog lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntawm qee qhov ntawm nws cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb tshaj plaws. Nws 8-foot rainstick yog nyob rau ntawm lub Tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Lag Luam hauv Chicago, thiab ib qho kev nthuav qhia ntawm nws cov duab puab thiab sonic sculptures yog nyob rau hauv Milwaukee Institute of Art thiab Design mus txog lub Kaum Ob Hlis.

Nws loj collective composition, Crepuscule, yog kev ua koob tsheej hnub poob uas coj los ua ke ntau pawg suab paj nruag, seev cev, ua yeeb yam, thiab cov neeg tawm tsam rau lub suab paj nruag thiab pom kev tshwm sim uas tau dhau los ua qhov kev kos npe ntawm Jazz Institute of Chicago. "Crepuscule" kuj tau ua hauv Philadelphia thiab Minneapolis, thiab ntawm Banlieues Bleues Festival hauv Paris.

Ntawm nws ntau qhov kev qhuas, Ewart tau txais Jamaica Musgrave Silver Medal rau Kev Ua Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv Kev Ua Yeeb Yam, Kev Kawm, thiab Kab lis kev cai 2019, thiab Chicago's Outstanding Artist Award. Nws tau txais khoom plig los ntawm National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Bush Foundation, Jerome Foundation, thiab lwm yam.

Ewart, uas nyob rau sab qab teb Minneapolis, tau raug xaiv los ntawm pawg neeg hauv zej zog nrog kev pom dav thiab kev paub txog thaj av ntau hom kev kos duab thiab kab lis kev cai. Lub vaj huam sib luag suav nrog Marcus Young, tus kws kos duab ua yeeb yam thiab tus kws qhia ntawv; Michele Anderson, tus thawj coj nyob deb nroog rau Springboard for the Arts; Lana Barkawi, tus thawj coj ntawm Mizna; Carlton Turner, tus thawj coj ua yeeb yam thiab tus thawj coj ntawm Sipp Culture; thiab Daniel Bergin, tus kws tsim yeeb yaj kiab thiab tus tsim khoom loj thiab tus thawj coj koom tes rau Twin Cities Public TV.

HAIS TXOG QHOV TSIM NYOG KOM TXHEEJ TXHEEM NTSWS

Lub McKnight Ib tus neeg qhuas qhuas lees paub cov kws ua yeeb yam uas tau ua haujlwm 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 kos duab 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.

HAIS TXOG KEV TSIS TXAUS SIAB (McKNIGHT FOUNDATION)

Lub McKnight Foundation, Minnesota lub hauv paus tsev neeg, txhim kho lub neej ncaj ncees dua qub, muaj tswv yim, thiab muaj lub neej yav tom ntej uas tib neeg thiab ntiaj chaw vam meej. Tsim los ntawm 1953, McKnight Foundation mob siab rau kev nce qib kev daws teeb meem hauv Midwest; txhim kho Minnesota kom sib luag thiab zoo sib xws; thiab txhawb txuj ci txuj ci hauv Minnesota, lub paj hlwb, thiab kev tshawb nrhiav qoob loo thoob ntiaj teb.