Showing with a world class sculptor!

I'll be showing off some new work during Art-A-Whirl in the studio of Michael Speaker - Studio 402 B in the Northrop King Building.

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RHINO'S, TANKS, MICHAEL JORDAN'S HAND and WEIRD TOYS!!!
Please join Sculptors Michael Speaker and Kyle Fokken to where cello's become ships, rhino's become furniture, sports heroes turn to bronze and everything in between!
Michael Speaker is recent transplant from to Minneapolis from New York, He graduated with an MFA in painting but found himself working as a scenic artist/special effects sculptor/model-maker in the LA motion picture business. While there he worked on multiple movies and most notably designed and led the construction team for the Firefox Airplane in for the Clint Eastwood film FIREFOX. Since then Michael has thrived as a sculptor for over thirty years showing in galleries and museums and private collections in the US, Japan and Europe. Notable collectors like Frederick Weisman, Michael Jordan, and Nike are just a few. He's also designed high-end gifts available from Neiman Marcus's Christmas Catalog. Currently he is working on two incredible commissions that will be on view during Art-A-Whirl. One is a life-size Rhinoceros desk based on an Albrecht Durer Print and twelve bronze portrait plaques of major sports heroes. You can even compare your hand with Michael Jordan's Hand (in bronze) during the event!

Joining Michael is noted local sculptor Kyle Fokken. Kyle's award winning work is known for its mixed media toy inspired 'mash-ups'. Kyle has also shown work nationally and internationally in Canada and China and his work was recently featured in the book 'Traveling DEVICE' put out by DEVICE Gallery, Los Angeles showcasing some of the world's top mixed media sculptors. Kyle's work is featured in the permanent collection of the South Dakota Art Museum and as the backdrop behind President Barak Obama at the Union Depot Railroad Station in St. Paul. He was also an artist featured in TPT Channel 2's Emmy winning series "Minnesota Original". Kyle is currently working on a large 'toy tank' sculpture that will be unveiled during Art-A-Whirl on the park grounds in front of the Northrop King Building – the 'King of the Crawl'.
Studio 402 B of the Northrop King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Minneapolis, MN.
Art-A-Whirl's 20th Anniversary celebration happens on Friday, May 15th (5-10 pm), Saturday May 16th (noon-6pm) and Sunday May17th (noon – 8 pm). 612-598-6647 Kyle or 845-401-4287 Mike