DRAWING LAB at TEMPUS PROJECTS

Posted Apr 8, 2010 by Angus Shafer

Updated Apr 8, 2010 at 02:40 PM

Drawing Lab | a group exhibition featuring work from The exhibition includes works created by fifteen graduate students from the University of Florida School of Art + Art History and School of Architecture.

Artists

Radhika Agarwala
Zach Castedo
Robert Finkel
Andrew Hendrixson
Lauren Hill
Chisum Justus
Meghan Medina
Jorge Pérez-Gallego
Nathan Sapio
Marjorie Shropshire
Stacy Streeter
Garima Thakur
Kalina Winska
Nicole Yatulis
Odenis Vitoreli

This exhibition will debut at TEMPUS PROJECTS in South Seminole Heights located on the back lot of 5132 Florida Ave Tampa, FL 33603. More on these artist will soon to be posted at www.tempus-projects.com

 

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Gasparilla Arts Festival Round Up

Posted Mar 10, 2010 by Angus Shafer

Updated Mar 10, 2010 at 03:35 PM

I was able to make it out to the Gasparilla Arts Festival on Sunday. This year’s show had some very solid artist along with a great location.

I am glad to see Curtis Hixon Park getting used so much in such a short time.

I talked to a hand-full of the artist throughout the day. Here is a quick interview with Terry Pipitone, this year’s winner of best “emerging artist.”

This painting by James Michaels won best of show. The painting is homage to art history, including Rembrandt whom Michaels said he studied while learning to paint.

“Nice Men”
Oil on Canvas

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CONTAIN IT!

Posted Mar 10, 2010 by Angus Shafer

Updated Mar 10, 2010 at 02:22 PM

I made it out to the Dunedin Fine Arts Center on Friday night for their annual event Contain It!. Each artist is given a POD container to create an installation.

Kaya Jill the Associate Curator / Special Events Director for the DFAC answered these questions for me about the show.

Tart: Can you give a brief history and thoughts behind CONTAIN IT!?

KJ: We got the idea at Art Basel in Miami a few years ago. They had installations inside shipping containers, and we thought we could do something similar on a bit smaller scale here at DFAC. We asked PODS to be involved and the rest is history!

Tart: What kinds of artist do you look for when curating the show?

KJ: I look for artists who have experience with art installation, or artists who I know could create something amazing, even though they’ve never done an installation before. Some artists contact me with their ideas for installation and if I think it will work I invite them to participate.

Tart: If someone was interested in taking part in the show or other events at the DFAC, how could they do that?

KJ: They can email me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Currently we are accepting applications for Wearable Art Fashion Show

http://www.dfac.org/pdfs/dfac_wa6_application.pdf

Here are some photos from the show.

Chad Cardoza

Cardoza had his Disco Bean installation under new light.

The model behind the band was in attendance.

Catherine L. (Cat) Thompson

Cat had series of photos of these anatomical models. This explainer was on the show.

Medicophillia
A portmanteau word devised to describe a fascination with
all things anatomical/medical.

Catherine Bergmann and Neverne Covington

Catherine and Neverne had this piece, which allowed the viewer to become part of the installation.

Angela Dickerson and Psynner

Angela and Psynner’s sewed forest environment was my favorite piece in the show.

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Art Surprises at the State Fair

Posted Feb 16, 2010 by Angus Shafer

Updated Feb 16, 2010 at 09:51 PM

I made a trip out to the State Fair on Sunday. On what was a trip planned around some fried food, I was also pleasantly surprised to run across some nice art work by some local high school students.

I really liked the washed out color pallet on these.

Jenna Miller
Plant City

“Eleanor Lynn Miller”
Lakeland

“Caleb Brown”
West Palm Beach

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Weekend Art Roundup

Posted Feb 9, 2010 by Angus Shafer

Updated Feb 9, 2010 at 12:59 PM

It was a busy Saturday night for the Bay area arts community. Here are some photos from the four openings I made it to.

I started the night off at Cafe Hey where Victoria Skelly and Emily Labit Fingar had a two person show.

“Cowboy Catharsis” a series of block prints by Victoria were great.

Eash print is relief-carved from “Sintra”, a plastic composite material then hand printed on paperboard

A block of carved Sintra

The little seed that grew
Emily Labit Finger
Glass collage

My next stop on the night was the new Tempus Projects space. Atlanta artists Mario Schambon and George Long where showing. Both of these guys had fresh work and a knack for good conversation.
They were both also impressed on the amount of events going on in area in one weekend.

George Long’s paintings.

Here are two of Mario’s scultpures. I will have to head back and get photos of the rest of his work.

This piece really reminds me of an Alberto Giacometti.

Next stop was over the bridge to Central Ave in St. Pete for the opening of the BlueLucy and Vitale Brother’s work spaces. I can not wait for this strip of artist shops and workspaces to be fully opened.

BlueLucy

Chad and Phillip had a selection of new and old works up on the wall of their new diggs.

Vitale Art Studio

The Vitale Brothers space was jammed pack, like a normal Vitale event.

It was a little hard for me to get shots of any of the work on the walls.

I did score a shot of this newer Bask piece hanging next to Dj Mega, who was providing music for the evening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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