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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Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay
October 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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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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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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Greetings from Miami Beach
December 6th, 2007 · No Comments
If you haven’t seen this week’s Creative Loafing, I should mention that I am (now through Sunday) in Miami blogging about Art Basel Miami Beach and the art-and-commerce madness that surrounds it.
Since ABMB cropped up in 2002, the number of “satellite fairs” and events that coincide with it has grown dramatically. This year there’s something [...]
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Hello world!
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments
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