Tara Sweeney

Saint Paul, MN, teaching artist, illustrator, and author Tara Sweeney has been creating original ideas for nearly forty years. She is a popular presenter of watercolor workshops. Her award-winning artwork is held in private and museum collections and has been awarded top honors locally, nationally, and internationally. Her MN Book Award Finalist picture book, A to Zåäö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute (University of MN Press, 2019) inspired ASI’s 2020 exhibit, extra/ordinary and TPT2’s MN Original about her work. She is a professor emerita in the Department of Art and Design at Augsburg University.

She is a sought-after workshop presenter. She earned degrees in studio art and design from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor, Transparent Watercolor, Red River Watercolor, MN Watercolor, and NorthStar Water Media Societies. View her work at tarasweeneyart.com. 

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