Tag: public art

This commission was awarded to Sharra Frank by the Blue Cross Foundation in 2009. The BCF gifted the mosaic as an Art Award to Minnesota Green Communities as a 4th Annual Upstream Health Leadership Award. The repurposed window measures 40h x 22w. On public display at Minnesota Green Communities. The mosaic design was inspired by…

Bryant Square Park Mosaic Project. 180 sq feet of mosaics created with over 200 community volunteers, ages 2-95, September 2015 – September 2016. In partnership with Volunteers of America Southwest Center and CARAG, Minneapolis.

Bryant Square Park Mosaic Project. 180 sq feet of mosaics created with over 200 community volunteers, ages 2-95, September 2015 – September 2016. In partnership with Volunteers of America Southwest Center and CARAG, Minneapolis.

Private commission from 2016 created for Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

This 3′ x 5′ sculpted mosaic panel represents a Tree of Life and was commissioned in 2013 by the Richfield Middle School in Richfield, Minnesota, to celebrate the students’ vibrant Latino culture and heritage.

This 2013 project was funded by the voters of Minneapolis through grants from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund, and by a grant from the City of Minneapolis Graffiti Prevention Program. Sharra’s role as the Lead Artist was partnered with the leadership of Mary…

This 3′ x 5′ mosaic panel was created in 2012 through the COMPAS ArtsWork program, which hires youth, ages 14-21 during the summer months to apprentice with professional artists in the Twin Cities.  Sharra’s role as a Lead Mentor Artist was to interview and select apprentice applicants, train them into the art and business of mosaics…

This 5′ x 6′ mosaic panel was created in 2012 as an awarded commission through the Children’s Hospital of Minnesota as part of the Arts & Healing and Urban Renewal Project.

This 3′ x 4′ mosaic panel was an awarded commission through the Children’s Hospital of Minnesota as part of the Arts & Healing and Urban Renewal Project and was created in 2012.

This 3′ x 4′ mixed media paper and mosaic panel was an awarded commission through the Children’s Hospital of Minnesota as part of the Arts & Healing and Urban Renewal Project. Sharra was the Lead Artist for this community project during Arts & Health Month of November, 2011 and collaborated with the patients, families and…