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Chalk Festival in Sarasota draws thousands listen

11/09/11 Andrea Lypka
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Tags: Chalkfest, Sarasota County, Art, street art, 3D, Sarasota

Now that the stifling summer weather has ended, outdoor art activities are gearing up in Florida. More than one hundred thousand visitors experienced brightly colored streets at the Sarasota Chalk Festival last week. Street painter Caroline Schultz from Orlando is among the 250 artists from around the world who chalked religious themed art on South Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota. She has been chalking since 1995 using inexpensive hard pastels.

“I have never u...

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Florida Department of State launches "Culture Builds Florida" listen

10/25/11 Josh Holton
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Tags: Art, Culture, Florida, Florida Legislature, Florida Senate, Kurt Browning, Nancy Detert, Yvonne Yolie Capin

Florida’s Secretary of State announced the launch of Culture Builds Florida today. Almost 200 artists and businesses attended the launch of this initiative to help promote Florida’s arts and cultural communities, and their positive impact on the economy.

Arts and cultural programs are usually the first thing on the chopping block when the state of Florida whittles down the budget, but Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browni...

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Nature photography comes into focus at St. Pete's Boyd Hill listen

08/29/11 Andrea Lypka
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Tags: St. Petersburg, Boyd Hill, photography, Art, nature

When you think about Florida, you might think about beaches and amusement parks. But the state is considered a Mecca for many nature photographers and enthusiasts. Photographers of all ages got a glimpse in the secrets of nature photography at a workshop at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg on Saturday.

Barbara Stalbert is a supervisor at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve says that their annual photography contest increases awareness of the preserve through an artistic medium.

“It is...

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Social media on display in St. Pete during Tweetup at Dali Museum listen

08/12/11 Andrea Lypka
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Tags: Dali Museum, social media, St. Petersburg, Art, twitter

The St. Petersburg Dali Museum’s first social media night, Get Surreal, kicked off on Thursday August 11. Museum officials presented the art collection and its building to the social media scene and because of this new communication approach, the turnout was a success.

Over 200 people tweeted live using their smartphones and iPads and they scanned QR codes. Museum docent and volunteer Christine Paul said that these bar codes allow the audience to instantly learn m...

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Hillsborough County Public Art Committee meets Friday listen

07/14/11 Olivia Kabat
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Tags: Art, Hillsborough County

Tomorrow Hillsborough County’s Public Art Committee will meet. According to their website, the Public Art Committee of Hillsborough County works to select, place, and maintain works of art throughout the county. The committee is in charge of the management and planning of the Public Art Program. Their mission is to visually enhance buildings and other public places and further the understanding of authentic artwork. The Public Art Committee meet...

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Discussion with the director of Tampa's International Freethought Film Festival

05/11/11 Robert Lorei
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Tags: International Freethough Film Festival, Andrea Steele, film, art, Tampa Theatre

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. On the first part of today's program we'll meet Andrea Steele who is executive director of the International Freethough Film Festival.

The event will take place at the Tampa Theatre, located at 711 Franklin Street in downtown Tampa, Florida, USA. Opening night begins at 7:30 pm on Friday May 13, 2011. The weekend-long event will run through Sunday, May 15th. Information on the program can be found at the Website of the [International ...

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Philanthropic Youth Tampa Bay raises money for art museum listen

02/18/11 Lachelle Roddy
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Tags: philanthropy, art, Tampa Museum of Art, youth

With today’s economy, arts are often the first target of funding cuts. But young people have formed a new organization to raise money for the arts.

The Philanthropic Youth Tampa Bay gathered last night at the Tampa Museum of Art. They have helped to raise funds to purchase a film from New York artist Janet Briggs, to donate to the museum. The film, which depicts scenes of the melting Arctic, was introduced by Todd Smith, the executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art.

“Each of them...

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New Dali Museum Opens In St. Petersburg listen

01/11/11 Janelle Irwin
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Tags: Dali, Beck Group, art, Dali Museum

The new Salvador Dali Museum opened today in downtown St. Petersburg. The new home for one of the largest Dali collections in the world stands as a remarkable tribute to the artist.

Construction on the new Dali museum spanned over 23 months, but today the new building is finally open to the public. Two main focal points make this building particularly unique. The new museum was designed and constructed by the Beck Group. It boasts a glass enigma consisting of thousands of triangular glas...

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Live preview of new Salvador Dali Museum opening in St. Pete listen

01/10/11 Seán Kinane & Janelle Irwin
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Tags: Dali, Salvador Dali, Dali Museum, art, architecture, St. Pete

Tomorrow the new Salvador Dali Museum opens to the public in St. Petersburg. Our reporter, Janelle Irwin just toured the museum and is live on the scene.

"Hi Sean, I'm here in front of the new Salvador Dali Museum in downtown St. Petersburg. Beautiful building overlooking Tampa Bay that is set to open tomorrow beginning with a procession from the old building that will end here at the new building at around 10 a.m. They also have a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for noon tomorrow that ...

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Art and Africa create social change listen

01/21/10 Joshua Lee Holton
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Tags: Africana Studies, Congo, Art, Eckerd College

While many may enjoy artistic expression simply for its own sake, others use art for the greater good. This spring Eckerd College is hosting a series of forums as part of its initiative called “The Plight and Promise of Africa.”

The college has set up a photography exhibit at the Poynter institute in St. Petersburg about the problems that women face in the Congo. Last night a group of teachers and community leaders accompanied the exhibit with a panel discussion called “The role of Art in...

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