Leslie Fry. Detail of Towards. Painted plaster, 12” x 18” x 3”. Image courtesy of the artist.
This weekend roundup goes out with special happy birthday wishes to ARTpool! (see Saturday)
Friday
5:30-8:30 p.m. – Opening reception for Alternative Vistas: New and Recent Work by Creative Clay Artists at Creative Clay.
6-8 p.m. – Opening reception for [...]

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This weekend: Nancy Cervenka’s celluloid sculptures on view, venomous fashions by Ben Chmura…and more.

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Check out the full schedule of the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, which runs through Sunday, for more events.
Friday
12:15 p.m. – Behind the Art (an ‘unveiling’ of Gregory Barsamian’s moving sculptures; see related story) with curator Todd Behrens and exhibits specialist Gregory Mills, Polk Museum of Art.
7-9 p.m. – Opening reception for USF [...]

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I’m sure I’m missing some stuff because it’s been an insane week with Sensory Overload 4.0 coming down the pike. Nevertheless, here’s what’s going on this weekend in the visual arts. Don’t miss one of my favorite annual events, taking place tonight– USF ArtHouse!
Friday
5 p.m. – Opening reception for Take or Remake: An Exploration of [...]

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Steve McClure. Portrait XII, Ink on Paper, 2009, 8″ x 6″.
Thursday
6-9 p.m. – Open Wall Night, an exhibition of art by members of Tampa Bay Creative Network, at the Studio@620.
6 p.m.-12 a.m. – Opening reception for Re:AGE, featuring art by Frank Strunk III, Jen Saavedra, Kim Coakley, Daniel Williams, Anthony Zollo, Bask and more [...]

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The weekend’s visual art events.

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Love it (or not), the annual Raymond James Festival of the Arts takes over downtown Tampa this weekend.
The spring season must be in full swing because visual art offerings across the Bay area will be vying for your attention on Friday, March 6. Here’s the low-down:
• At 7 p.m., Eckerd College and Creative Clay [...]

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A 2001 installation by Jin Soo Kim. Courtesy Selby Gallery. 
Friday
5-7 p.m. – Opening reception for What’s Next?: Installations and Digital Films by Jin Soo Kim at Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design.
6 p.m. – View & Review with guest critic Joe Mitchell, retired Art Supervisor for the Polk County School District, at [...]

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Target by photographer Ryan Prado.
This weekend’s visual art prospects include a solo exhibition of work by photographer Ryan Prado, the David LaChapelle of Tampa’s burgeoning art-fashion-hipsterdom scene, and DFAC’s annual Contain It!, inspired by Art Positions, the shipping container showcase at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Friday
6-9 p.m. – Opening reception for the Juried Art Show 2009 [...]

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Sean Erwin. The Gardener, 2008. Porcelain, Glaze, Luster and Mixed Media. Courtesy Florida Craftsmen Gallery.
Not a bad weekend for the visual arts if you can stand the Super Bowl traffic. Just a heads-up, this is also the LAST WEEKEND to see Lights On Tampa 2009 installed downtown. Click here for CL coverage; visit the [...]

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Martha Whittington, “Nonpareils” (detail), sewn vinyl, 2008. Courtesy C. Emerson Fine Arts.

Truly an insane amount of great art to see this weekend. Please leave a comment if you’d like to have your event included and it’s not here. Unless otherwise noted, events are generally free.
Thursday
4-6 p.m. - Symposium featuring the artists of Lights On Tampa [...]

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Steel sculpture by Dominique Labauvie.
Friday
5-7 p.m. – Opening reception for László Horváth at Gallery 501, Blake High School, 1701 N. Boulevard, Tampa.
7-9 p.m. – Opening reception for Je veux l’art, an exhibit of work by USF undergraduate and graduate students and faculty who traveled to Paris in June 2008, at Centre Gallery, USF [...]

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