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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Public Art'
Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay
October 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Announcements · Design · Events · Public Art · Tampa
Cecilia Lueza’s Diversity on display in Chattanooga
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Public Art · Sculpture · St. Pete
Moment of Zen: Peaks Island, ME
August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Back from vacation, folks. Here’s your moment of zen from Peaks Island, Maine. I do not know how old the tradition of anonymously building rock sculptures in this area along the island’s NE coast is, but dozens of these miniature, Andy Goldsworthy-esque constructions await the casual passerby.
I spent about a week on Peaks to attend [...]
Tags: On the road · Public Art · Sculpture
Gasparilla Fatigue vs. ArtLOUD Enthusiasm
March 2nd, 2008 · 11 Comments
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I always come back from Gasparilla Festival of the Arts with more questions than I had going in:
Could there actually be a market for as many black-and-white photographs of Europe’s cobblestone streets as I saw on Saturday? Or soft-focus pictures of [...]
Tags: Art Fairs · Craft · Events · Public Art · 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
