Artist Block Wines is a new winery in the Dundee Hills owned by contemporary artist Anna Sweet. A Manhattan School of Visual Arts dropout success story, her art has been represented in renowned collections across the globe and coveted by collectors worldwide. Originally from North Carolina, where she grew up in the apartment above her mother's art studio, Anna's journey as an artist herself began at age 12 when she picked up her first camera and began photographing the women in her life. Over the next twenty-plus years, Anna's penchant for groundbreaking, unconventional work would lead her to shoot underwater nudes in Hawai'i, to open her own independent art gallery in Key West, Florida, to explore the value of art and the way we consume it through her sculptural "Yummy Bears" and "DotNut" series, and finally, to start Artist Block winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Her aim is to introduce a new generation to the world of fine wine by creating a brand that championed young creative talent and the symbiotic relationship between art and wine. She's created exciting educational tools like SNOOT, a wine club that makes wine education easy and fun, and is the driving force behind Artist Block's unmistakable style.
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