Collector Stan Storer with a piece by Robert Stackhouse. Photo/Shanna Gillette, Creative Loafing.
This week in Creative Loafing, I profiled South Tampa art collector Stan Storer in the first of a series of profiles that will continue here on Artsqueeze. The profiles are part of an effort—spurred by conversations with several people in the community—to create [...]

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At the 2007 Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. Image via Aesthetic Grounds.
This weekend marks the 38th annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. A couple of years ago, I thought Carrie Mackin had managed to get the City of Tampa to support a contemporary art component of Gasparilla. As you may remember, in 2006 she [...]

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Peter Sarkisian
Extruded Video Engine II. Vacuum formed thermal plastic and video projection, (unique in series). 2007. Via bernicesteinbaumgallery.com
This morning’s St. Petersburg Times reports that the black tie reception for the new Hazel Hough Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts included the unveiling of a gift of contemporary art to the museum. Folks who visited [...]

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Since there’s been some reporting that Mayor Iorio may not have City Council’s support on this project, this could be a case of ‘come check out something that’s never going to happen.’ Ironic.
Via TDP:
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY!
Tampa Downtown Partnership invites you to coffee with Mr. Tom Balsley.
Mr. Balsley is the architect of the New Curtis Hixon Park [...]

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At Nova 535 on Feb. 9.
I was just on my way home from Clearwater in the car when I caught about 15-20 minutes of Art In Your Ear on WMNF. Host JoEllen Schilke was talking to the Vitale Brothers about an event they are hosting tomorrow night in their new space in midtown [...]

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Rebecca Sexton Larson
Ybor City Casitas -Study
Mixed Media on Black and White Pinhole Photograph
Image Size 5″ x 5″
Congrats to Rebecca Sexton Larson, who has been awarded a Florida Arts Council 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship! (As have Elisabeth Condon and Steven S. Gregory.)
If you haven’t checked out Becky’s blog, Boxfotos, she’s at the forefront of—dare I call [...]

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My Creative Loafing story about local art museum expansion projects hits newsstands today. I will appear on Media Talk this evening to discuss the five expansion and new building projects (St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, Tampa Museum of Arts, The Arts Center, Salvador Dali Museum, and University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum). If [...]

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Friday night, join artists Theo Wujcik and Josh Pearson at Urban Outfitters in Centro Ybor to view their recent art installations. In March, the store’s windows will feature work by Kim Coakley, who will also be on hand Friday.
On Saturday, Coakley is a featured artist at the Tampa Artist Emporium’s monthly mixer in Hyde Park [...]

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Just a reminder that Waves of Meaning, an exhibition of work by Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse at The Arts Center, closes Feb. 23.
For more information, go to theartscenter.org.

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Stamford, CT/Douglas Healey for The New York Times
This strikes me as one of those well-intentioned plans that could go terribly wrong if the right people don’t step in…
Call for Participation: Downtown Traffic Signal Box Painting Program
You’re invited to participate in the downtown Traffic Signal Box Painting Program. Inspired by [...]

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shelved a small scale sculpture exhibition [...]

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A Non Grata performance in Boston last year. Courtesy nongrata.ee
Is it just me—or is the number of art events taking place this weekend insane?
On Friday, it’s a tough call. If you stop by [5]art at the West Tampa Center for the Arts for their Polaroid Show, you can also see the FLOCAS show of [...]

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