Via Florida Craftsmen>>
Call to Artists: Original Handmade Book Exhibition
Dates: September 18 – October 31, 2009
Description: A national juried and invitational exhibition of original handmade books.
Curated in collaboration with: Margaret Miller, Director, USF Contemporary Art Museum [...]

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Via Surrealmuse>>
The Progress Energy Art Gallery (PEAG) in historic downtown New Port Richey, Florida, invites you to submit your artwork for our upcoming October exhibit on “Gods and Goddesses”. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, August 16th.
To be eligible, artists must be a Florida resident. All artwork must be clean, in good shape, properly [...]

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Customers browse at the Tampa Artist Emporium in South Tampa. Pictured below: Boggs stands behind the Emporium’s front desk.
Two years ago, Tampa photographer Shelby Boggs took a gamble. Inspired by the Kress Emporium, an historic building in Asheville, NC, that serves as a marketplace for more than 80 regional artists and craftspeople, she set [...]

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Sheree Rensel. Twingo. Copper and mixed media on wood. 11-3/4″ x 11-3/4″ x 3″. Artist’s statement: “Twingo” is the unique and original tweet language of Twitter Tweople. Bio: BFA, MFA, Detroit artist born, NOW living and loving my art life in the real and virtual Universe.
If you’re following St. Petersburg artist Sheree Rensel on [...]

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Ricardo de la Vega and Felipe Packard. Strolling in the Park. Mixed media, 2007. Image courtesy Morean Arts Center.
Thursday
5-7 p.m. – Opening reception for Green: the Primary Color, featuring environmentally-themed art by Florida artists, at Art Center Sarasota.
5:30-7:30 p.m. – One Wild Night networking event, in conjunction with Wild Spirits exhibition at the Morean [...]

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Via Morean Arts Center>>
Good Angel/Bad Angel:
A Naughty and Nice Holiday Exhibition

Deadline for Entry is Monday, October 1, 2009
The Morean Arts Center’s Annual Holiday-Exhibition-With-A-Twist will be held November 20 through December 31, 2009. It is a juried exhibition, open to any visual artist, and each artist may enter by sending images of up to five 2-D [...]

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Via Cafe Hey>>
Cafe Hey is looking for artists in all media for its October 17 through November 31 installation to be titled “Monster’s Ball.”
Work should manifest the theme “Monster’s Ball.” Interpret that as you will. Performances the night of the 17th are encouraged. Works are for sale at artists’ discretion, and Cafe Hey retains no [...]

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Aqua Wynwood 2007: Rusted wheelbarrows cut with lace-like patterns by Cal Lane at New York’s Foley Gallery. Photo by Megan Voeller.
Since reports (like this one) surfaced that collectors were actually buying earlier this summer at Art Basel in Switzerland, the international art fair circuit has managed at least partially to shake its recent image [...]

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Via Gasparilla Festival of the Arts>>
The Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts is officially calling all artists to apply for exhibition in the annual festival, which returns to downtown Tampa on March 6 – 7, 2010. Celebrating its 40th year as one of the top-rated outdoor fine art and craft shows in the country, [...]

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Via Tampa Downtown Partnership>>
The American Institute of Architects Tampa Bay Chapter announced its annual Amateur Architectural Photography Competition, inviting the public to submit their best photographs of the built environment in the regional and world-wide categories. Two top prizes of $500 each along with second and third place prizes will be awarded in each [...]

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Photo by Brian Vandervliet
Friday
5:30-8:30 p.m. - S’REAL Happy Hour and opening reception for summer exhibitions: Mabel Palacín: Una noche sin fin [An Endless Night], Dalí at Work and Play: The Photographs of Marc Lacroix and Dalí: Seen Through Glass, at the Salvador Dalí Museum. Complimentary snacks and cash bar. Half-price admission ($8.50) after 5 p.m.
6-9 [...]

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Denis Gaston. Little Boxes. Mixed media on masonite, 20″ x 16”. Pictured below: Denis Gaston. Ground Control To Major Tom (Grab ‘n Go Art Collection). Ink on paper, 7″ x 5″. Images courtesy of the artist.
If it’s summer, it must be time for the Cool Art Show. Any other time of year, the region would [...]

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