Folk-O-Rama installation is currently on display at Rosalux Gallery in NE Minneapolis. Show runs the entire month of June! Open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 12-4pm.
Folk-O-Rama installation at Rosalux Gallery
Tin mural, Between Clouds, installed at Sioux Falls Regional Airport
Between Clouds tin mural was installed at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport in Sioux Falls, SD in January 2017. Joe Sweere helped with the installation! The three-panel mural (48"h x 144"w) was created entirely from recycled tin.
Between Clouds Joe Sweere (L), Mike Sweere (R)
2016 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Poster receives first place award at the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE)!
The International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) hosts annual contests that are judged by 50+ industry experts. The judges selected winners for Agricultural, Competitive Exhibits, Hall of Fame Communications, Innovative Sponsorship Awards and the State and Provincial Communications contests. Lucky the Llama was entered into the Commemorative Poster category and received first place! Luck? No, just Lucky the Llama!
Lucky the Llama | 2016 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Art
Wingsuit wins Merit Award at Bloomington Arts Center's Annual Juried Art Show
Wingsuit
Sunrise - South Dakota at Sanford Health Clinic
Three panel tin collage installed at the Sanford Health Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Sunrise - South Dakota
Riverboat at The Mayo Clinic
Just installed Riverboat tin collage at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Riverboat
U.S. Bank Stadium | Minnesota Vikings tin collage installations
Recently installed within the U.S. Bank Stadium | Minnesota Vikings - Minneapolis, MN
Minnehaha Falls
Boathouse
Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibition Entry 2016
Birchwood landscape mosaic was accepted into the 2016 Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibit!
Birchwood
Why He Breaks Plates in the Daytime by KFAI's MinneCulture
It takes hundreds of little bits and pieces of material to make a mosaic. Whether they come from old plates or cookie tins, KFAI’s Xan Holston learned how to field dress them from a master mosaic maker. But sometimes, taking things apart to make something new has hazards.
Listen here: https://m.soundcloud.com/minneculture/why-he-breaks-plates-in-the-daytime
2016 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Art by Michael Sweere
LLIKE LLAMAS?
Then you'll love the new 2016 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Art!
The paper mosaic is constructed from recycled paper packaging that includes candy, cereal and soda boxes. The majority of the paper material was collected from the 2015 Minnesota State Fair.
The original artwork was on display in the Fine Arts Building at the fairgrounds throughout the 2016 Minnesota State Fair (August 25th - September 5th) and limited edition poster prints are sold out!
Lucky the Llama | 2016 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Art
Minneapolis artist Michael Sweere has been selected to create the Official 2016 Minnesota State Fair Commemorative Art
Official 2016 Minnesota State Fair posting: http://www.mnstatefair.org/art/
Owatonna People's Press published news about Michael Sweere's artwork being selected for the Vikings Stadium
Michael Sweere's mosaics selected for Vikings Stadium
Not only will the new Minnesota Vikings U.S. Bank Stadium be outfitted with glass from Owatonna’s Viracon, but inside it will feature the artwork of Owatonna native Michael Sweere in a gallery to greet fans on their way to the game.
At the beginning of October, the Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) announced the names of 34 Minnesota artists commissioned to create a collection of 500 works specific for the stadium. The website for the U.S. Bank Stadium says Sweere and the others were selected from more than 1,000 submissions to showcase the state’s sports teams and regional history.
Click here to read Owatonna People's Press reporter Kim Hyatt's entire story.
Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibition Entry 2015
Summer Oaks landscape mosaic was accepted into the 2015 Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibit!
Summer Oaks
Ladybug, Tree Frog and Hummingbird mosaic triptych
Just installed within the Kiran Stordalen and Horst Rechelbacher Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrated Medicine Clinic, Minneapolis Children's Hospital - Minneapolis, MN
28"h x 84"w x 2"d (three panels)
Ladybug, Tree Frog and Hummingbird mosaic triptych