Flocas 2008 opens tonight in Tampa, and I’ll tell you—my reaction to this project (the consortium of Florida university masters degree programs) is like, why didn’t someone think of this sooner? Best. Idea. Ever.
We have some really talented graduate students in the state, and it breaks my heart when they leave after graduation. We need [...]

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Jamey Grimes. Merge IV, 2007. Mylar, acetate, transparency film, thread. Courtesy DFAC.
This week in Creative Loafing:
These days, it’s hardly an exaggeration to call the evening news the stuff of nightmares. Between the implosion of Wall Street and the prospect of the other guy winning the election, the current state of national affairs might be enough [...]

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Erik Jones at work. Image courtesy Pale Horse Design & Gallery.
Friday
6-11 p.m. – Opening reception for the 2008 FloCas Traveling Exhibition at the Bustillo y Diaz cigar factory (runs through Oct. 24). The exhibit features work by 30 graduate students from USF, FSU and UF juried by MOCA NoMi director Bonnie Clearwater.
7-9 p.m. - [...]

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The folks at Flight 19 have announced a closing reception date for Bob Wysocki’s Post-Metal: Sat., Nov. 8, 7-11 p.m. If you haven’t seen this installation yet, it’s one of the most exciting projects to take place in Tampa this fall (or year…perhaps even in recent memory). Check out the video above to see my [...]

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Update 9/29/08: This call has been withdrawn by the event organizer.
Via an email from the event organizer:
Last call: Environmental Horror, Tues., Oct. 28 - Sat., Nov. 8, 2008
And now by popular demand we will accept email submissions for this event.
nova535@gmail.com
Juried exhibition with professional artist and student artist categories. All media welcome. Work must [...]

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A wall-mounted sculpture made of vynil records by Susan Janvrin of Papergeist.
Sooo… This is just a little recap of some things I saw last night for your reading pleasure.
I stopped by Art After Dark, the third Friday party-exhibit at the Tampa Museum of Art, to check out Sound Effects, an exhibit of music-related art [...]

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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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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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