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Hillsborough County Commission discusses art funding, local talent listen
01/06/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Art, Arts, Hillsborough County Commission
Today the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners approved amendments to an ordinance that will likely curb the amount of money the county spends on public art. It can now constitute one percent or less of a public building’s project cost, and can go to zero in tough times. All projects will be capped at $150 thousand. But it was the inclusion of local artists - not the cuts – that were the big issue at today’s hearing. The issue drew an impassioned plea from activist Marilyn Smith.
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Be the first to commentPerri Neri opens at Scarfone Gallery, U of Tampa listen
10/31/09 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Perri Neri will appear at University Tampa for the opening of a 3 UT alumni art show, including Perri, Chalet Comellas, and Rob Bovarnick. The show opens Friday, November 6th and runs through December 10th. The opening is from 7-9 pm and includes experimental dance by Susan Taylor Lennon. We talked about Perri's recent work which is rich in texture, color, and motion. Her former instructor at UT, Rebecca Skelton said, "Her early work foreshadowed the torrent of flesh and implied flesh tha...
Be the first to commentPublic art unveiled on Tampa Riverwalk listen
09/22/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday
A new work of public art was dedicated in downtown Tampa this morning. A cenotaph and art installation called “Ceremonial Space” is located at the south end of Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park on the Riverwalk near the Tampa Bay History Center.
This is City Council member Linda Saul-Sena’s reaction: “The public art piece is an extraordinarily beautiful place to visit.”
Bob Haozous is a member of the Warm Springs ...
Be the first to comment38th Annual Creators and Collectors Tour listen
03/13/09 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
The Fine Arts Society of Sarasota hosts the 38th Creators and Collectors Tour at artists’ studios in Sarasota on March 13th and 14th.
The president of the Fine Arts Society in Sarasota, Alice Allen, says that their mission is to expose the public to different forms of art and to provide scholarships to fine arts students in Sarasota.
“Since 1969, over $600,000 has been awarded to individuals whose studies include visual and related arts, dance, writing, music, theater and architecture...
Be the first to commentAlternative visions of peace
01/17/09 Mary Glenney and Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View
Tags: Art, entertainment, culture
Edie Daly (Energetic Edie) and Christina Bellamy of AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project or Alternative Visions of Peace) provide a monthly full-weekend workshop for women inmates at Coleman Prison. They talked about the work they do at the prison and the upcoming art show and sale to benefit the project.
The Art Show runs from Jan. 25 through Feb. 5 at Studio 620, 620 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. There will be a Performance Art Celebration and Opening Reception Jan. 25 from 3 to 6 p....
Be the first to commentGulfport gallery offers green art listen
12/19/08 By Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: art, green, gulfport, lypka
The Outpost is not just a run of the mill art gallery in Gulfport but a gallery where art is made from recyclables.
Carol Zuelsdorf is an environmentally inspired artist who incorporates trash into a functional art. “Green art is using things over and over again to help our environment,” she said.
During the eco-cleanups organized by her husband Kurt Zuelsdorf, she picks up debris from Clam Bayou and incorporates it into her art. She turns palm fronds into colorful fish or masks, coc...
Be the first to commentBook revisits 1970s classic listen
11/21/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Art, Mark Richardson, Robert Pirsig
In the 1970s, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig, sold millions of copies and was described as the most widely read philosophy book ever.
One man who fell under the spell of that book was Mark Richardson, who ended up taking the same itinerary, from Minneapolis to San Francisco as did Pirsig.
Richardson has now written his own book on it, called, Zen and Now: On the Trail of Robert Pirsig and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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Be the first to commentEvent raises $10K for shelter for female war vets listen
08/04/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Art, veterans, Sara Romeo, Tampa Artists
Early Saturday night in Ybor City, Romeo’s Art Gallery was the place to be in Tampa. Nearly 30 local artists were donating their art to help raise funds for a new shelter being constructed for 16 female Iraq war veterans from the Tampa Bay \area.
The name of the event was “Faces of Athena,” and it was the brainchild of former state legislator Sara Romeo. Romeo said she got the idea from her role as executive director for Tampa Crossroads.
Romeo said she then began researching the issue...
Be the first to comment'Eyes Wide Open' anti-war exhibit listen
05/23/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
During this Memorial Weekend, the anti-war exhibit, “Eyes Wide Open,” will be on display at Largo’s Central Park.
Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, better known as the Quakers, the exhibit consists of thousands of pairs of shoes, lined up in rows, representing all of the servicemen and women killed in Iraq.
The exhibit will be on display throughout the Memorial Day weekend from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Be the first to commentDocumentary asks why U.S. citizens don't vote listen
03/20/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Art
The third annual Sunscreen Film Festival opened in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. Films are being screened through Saturday night at the Vinoy Renaissance Hotel and the Baywalk multiplex.
Lulu Fries’dat's film Holler Back: (Not) Voting in America Town is showing at 2:45 p.m. Friday at the Vinoy. Fries’dat came to WMNF studios this afternoon to speak about her documentary which she filmed in Allentown, Pensylvania – a key battleground state for the 2004 election.
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