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Jelly! at Cafe Hey

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Tomorrow, Tampa Bay Creative Network (not the same as Creative Tampa Bay, a different local group whose advisory network I sit on) presents Jelly, a casual co-working experience. More and more of us these days (especially artists and creative industry workers) seem to be living the free agent lifestyle, either out of layoff-driven necessity or [...]

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Tags: Announcements · Design · Events · Professional Development · Tampa · Video

Lights On Tampa mania

January 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Check out Creative Loafing’s cover story for your guide to Lights On Tampa action this weekend. Drop in on tomorrow’s symposium at 4 p.m. at Tampa Theatre. Listen to CL’s ArtsSpeak podcast on LOT (below). And—if you’re really a glutton for punishment—tune in to see me and Casa Magica artists Sabine Weissinger and Friedrich Foerster [...]

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Tags: Announcements · Contemporary Art · Events · Exhibits · Installation · Interactive · New Media · Photography · Public Art · Relational · Sculpture · Tampa · Video Art

Brand Tampa Tour of the Arts Tomorrow!

December 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The debonair T. Hampton Dohrman of [5]art and Artists and Writers Group renown asked me to give a little shout out to tomorrow’s Brand Tampa Tour of the Arts, which he breathed into life. Join half a dozen or more BT peeps for a tour of local galleries including [5]art and Bleu Acier (which opens [...]

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Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I will be participating tomorrow night in the first Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay at Romeo’s Gallery in Ybor City, and I’ll be talking about the future of public art in the Tampa Bay area.
Yes– in 6 minutes and 40 seconds, I will discuss the current state of public art locally, draw attention to innovative [...]

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Tags: Announcements · Design · Events · Public Art · Tampa

Best of the Bay Awards

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Announcements · News

Art Squeeze on Vacation

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

As you’ve no doubt already noticed, it’s been a summer of light posting here at Art Squeeze. It’s going to get even lighter as I travel out of the country then up the Eastern seaboard until Aug. 16. Depending on what kind of Internet access I’m able to find, there might be a post or [...]

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Wanted: Arts Council Board Members

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

From the Arts Council:
The Arts Council of Hillsborough County is currently accepting applications through August 29, 2008 to fill four vacancies on its Board of Directors.  Terms are for four years and financial disclosure is required. Members must be qualified electors residing in Hillsborough  County, having general knowledge of the arts with specific and in-depth [...]

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Tags: Announcements · Tampa

Support “Art In Your Ear” During WMNF’s Fund Drive

March 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Readers, I urge you to call in and pledge your support– however modest; it will make a big difference– for Art In Your Ear, the only radio program in Tampa Bay devoted to arts coverage.
A letter from Art In Your Ear host JoEllen Schilke:
Hello Art Amigas y Amigos,
It is that wonderful time again [...]

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Greene Contemporary to Leave Sarasota

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Steven Katzman. Flowers for Gretchen. 1997, 47″ x 38″, Pigment print, ed. 1/5. Image courtesy Greene Contemporary.
Here’s another opening reception I neglected to mention:
Tonight, 6-9 p.m. – Reception for Steven Katzman: Obsessed with the Found at Greene Contemporary, Sarasota
Earlier this week, owner Jonathan Greene announced via email that his Sarasota gallery, Greene Contemporary, is [...]

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Tags: Announcements · Contemporary Art · Sarasota

Extreme Makeover Museum Edition

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Announcements · Contemporary Art · St. Pete · Tampa

TSB Painting Program for Downtown Tampa

February 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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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Tags: Announcements · Calls To Artists · Public Art · Tampa

Jack Barrett

February 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

St. Petersburg artist Jack Barrett, once an illustrator at the St. Petersburg Times, has passed away. Click here to listen to an interview with Barrett conducted by Bob Barancik of Creative Share. Lance Rodgers of Salt Creek Artworks has written this obituary:
Jack Barrett, one of St. Pete’s best and best-known artists has sadly passed away.
His [...]

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