In the NEWS

Transparent Watercolor Society of America: Signature Status, Pat Fortunato Memorial Award, 2024

National Watercolor Society International: Signature Status, Purchase Award, 2017; 2019

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A to Zåäö: Playing With History at the American Swedish Institute, University of MN Press 2019, Minnesota Book Award Finalist, 2020

​​​TPT2, MN Public Television Minnesota Original: Tara Sweeney, A to Zåäö, 2019

Artist-in-Residence, MN State Arts Board grant award, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN, 2017-18

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Henry the Boy, Penny Candy Press, 2019 Kirkus Review

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MN Watercolor Society 2006-present: signature member; board member 2013-2020. Fall exhibit awards: Founder's Award 2024; Best of Show 2021; Merit Award 2015; 2nd Honors 2011; Merit Award 2009; Honorable Mention 2006. Spring Exhibit Awards: 3rd Honors 2024; Founder's Award 2023; Best of Show 2022, 2021; Bounder's Award 2019; Honorable Mention 2011. Workshop Artist: 2024; 2014. Demo Artist, 2017.

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StarTribune Review, Mary Abbe, August 25 2016
 

Cover Award: “The Island,” AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers National Juried Competition, 2015

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Studio visit and interview: CLOSE TO HOME: A Minnesota Year in Sketches 2014

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"Revelations "by Elodie Blain, L'Art de l'Aquarelle/The Art of Watercolour, issue 12, Diverti Editions, Paris, Fall 2013