An image by Kym O’Donnell from her new series of hand-colored photographs “inspired by early German cinema, particularly the haunting images produced at the glass film production studio of Babelsberg.” Courtesy three04.
As always, please feel free to leave a comment about your event if I’ve left it out. Thanks!
Fri., Sept. 19
6-8 p.m. – Opening reception [...]

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An update on Tampa-based artist Lori Ballard’s work, mentioned in this blog post recently. Tomorrow, an exhibit of her series of photo banners opens in Salt Lake City. Via email from Lori:
Saans Photography Gallery is thrilled to announce our dedication to promoting fine art photography. We will be featuring not only local but international photographers.
The [...]

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Thanks to the handful of visual arts people I saw last night at the Creative Loafing Best of the Bay Awards. Personally, I wish the awards ceremony presented an opportunity for each winner to receive their award on stage, but for the two years they’ve been doing the awards show only one visual arts award [...]

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C. Wade Brickhouse, Paper Vessels, 2008. Courtesy Florida Craftsmen.
Most of you probably know the artists’ studios housed above Florida Craftsmen in downtown St. Petersburg as Artspace. I’m told by staff at FC, which owns the building, that a slight reorganization has taken place. The studios will be known as ArtLofts going forward, and the artists– [...]

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Inside ArtHouse3. Courtesy Katherine Gibson.
For those who don’t know, South Tampa resident Katherine Gibson has periodically transformed her home into a temporary gallery space for the past few years. Add friends and neighbors, guest artists, hors d’oeuvres and … you get the picture.
From Kathy’s email about the latest installment of ArtHouse3:
Come see a [...]

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Allen Hampton, Counting Centuries, 2008, mixed media. Detail views. Courtesy the artist’s Flickr page.
And in Sketchbook for Creative Loafing, here’s a bit about a show over at [5]art that’s worth checking out. Gotta marvel at the work put into this exhibit by Allen Hampton - whose disturbing visions are always welcomed by this viewer [...]

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Becky Flanders, “Untitled (from the Archetype series),” 2007, archival inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist.

Last week in Creative Loafing, I wrote about the work of Becky Flanders, a USF MFA student, whose work I just think is incredibly promising. One of the joys of encountering her photographs - and sculptural pieces as well as [...]

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On Friday, artists Yoko Nogami and Maria Saraceno appeared on JoEllen Schilke’s WMNF program, Art In Your Ear. Here’s a link to the MP3 online. (The interview with Nogami and Saraceno begins just past the half-way point in the program.)
On Friday, the Dunedin Fine Art Center opened Dreams, a group of five exhibits that includes [...]

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Here’s a link to a short article in The Art Newspaper for anyone interested in the state of satellite fairs during the upcoming Art Basel Miami Beach and other events. Despite the loss of AIPAD and Flow, from what I’ve heard there’s still more going on in Wynwood this year than ever.
Barring unforeseen circumstances, you [...]

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A drawing by Douglas Bosley from Edge of the Invisible, image courtesy C. Emerson Fine Arts.
Please leave a comment if I’ve inadvertently overlooked your event. Thanks!
Thurs., Sept. 11
7 p.m.-12 a.m. – Opening reception for Edge of Invisible, a group drawing show, with music by Brujas de Agua and free wine tasting, at Nova 535, [...]

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St. Petersburg artist Cecilia Lueza periodically sends out a email newsletter about her latest work. (Great marketing technique, by the way - and she does a good job of not sending the newsletter so often that it feels like spam.) Her latest project is a public sculpture on display now in Chattanooga (above). One of [...]

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Brad Cooper and Walter Romeo will appear on Media Talk this Thursday. (You can watch it live online, in person at the Tampa Bay Brewing Co. in Ybor, or online afterwards through Google video or YouTube.) They are working hard to revive the Ybor Art Walk. Looks like the next one will take place Sat., Oct. [...]

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