Artsqueeze Weekend Roundup, June 5-7
June 5, 2009 at 12:06 am by Megan Voeller
Friday
6-9 p.m. – Opening reception for View Point, photography by members of North Tampa Arts League, at The Great Frame Up Gallery (1646 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Wesley Chapel). The exhibition is judged by Robert Louis Kerns, a retired professor of visual communications from USF, who is a prizewinning photographic artist and photojournalist, as well as a teacher and author.
7-10 p.m. – Emerge art party Eight Is Enough, presented by Kick Start My Art and Tampa Artist Emporium, featuring artworks that measure 8-in. x 8-in., at Tampa Artist Emporium.
7-10 p.m. – Film Lingual 3 at C. Emerson Fine Arts. C. Emerson Fine Arts’ annual showcase of genre defying photographic works, Film Lingual 3, opens Friday with a one-night-only interactive video projection that puts visitors in the spotlight. (“We need your bodies,” tweets gallery owner Lori Johns.) This year’s roster of artists — David Audet, Nancy Cervenka, Brandon Dunlap, Corey George, Illuminations 33701, Jamie Jackson, Laszlo Horvath, Matthew Lindhardt, Austin Nelson, Leah Oates, Dana Plays and Joseph Walles — promises diversity in their creative explorations, alternately serving up documentary photography, digitally-crafted images and sculpture made from found movie film. Don’t miss an experimental film screening hosted and featuring films by Audet on Tuesday at Café Bohemia. June 5-20, with an opening reception 7-10 p.m. Fri., June 5, C. Emerson Fine Arts, 909 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, 727-898-6068, c-emersonfinearts.com; and Short Attention Span Theater, Tues., June 9, 9-11 p.m., Café Bohemia, 937 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, free, myspace.com/cafe_bohemia. (From CLTampa.com.)
Saturday
12-6 p.m. – Ybor ARTwalk featuring nearly 20 galleries and cultural venues including Arts On 9th and Ybor Art Colony. For more information, call 813-495-4649.
8 p.m.-12 a.m. – Post No Bills, featuring signed, limited edition poster art by Mike Delach, Lauren Colombo, Smile Maker, Meology, Michelle Stevens, Calavera Comics and Chris Preston, at Café Hey. Music by The Crate Brothers, Cosmic Baklava, Bill Johnston and Dear Old Liar.
Sunday
3 p.m. – Artists’ roundtable for Florida Artist Group 58th Annual Exhibition at Leepa Rattner Museum of Art. Participating artists include Cheryl Anne Day-Swallow, Kevin Grass, Melissa Miller Nece, Rebecca Skelton and Kas Turner.
Megan Voeller is Creative Loafing’s visual art critic. She teaches at the University of Tampa and blogs at Artsqueeze.com.
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