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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

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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