Artsqueeze Weekend Roundup, June 18-20
June 18, 2009 at 3:04 pm by Megan Voeller
Craig Kaths. 24 bit one. 18” x 18”, 24-color screen print on Arches 88 paper. Image courtesy craigkaths.com.
Though this weekend ushers in summer – a season notoriously devoid of art offerings in Tampa Bay – you wouldn’t know it from this busy slate of openings and events. The weekend begins early with tonight’s Heart Show 2009 and an Ybor Art Party. Friday night’s opening for Craig Kaths’ exhibition at Reax Space promises to be a June highlight, along with a triple header at the historic Santaella Cigar Factory (1906 N. Armenia Ave.), where the West Tampa Center for the Arts, [5]art and Three04 will all host opening or closing receptions for current exhibits.
Thursday
6-9 p.m. – Ybor Art Party at Ybor Art Studio (2702 E. 7th Ave.), featuring art by Ron Guerin; $5 donation.
6 p.m.-12 a.m. – Heart Show 2009, a night of art and fashion at Snow Park in downtown Tampa to benefit the James Anthony Ray Sadler Scholarship Fund, hosted by Tribeca Salon; $50 VIP admission (6-8 p.m.) includes wine and hors d’ouevres by Mise En Place, $10 general admission (8 p.m.-12 a.m.). For more information, email guestservices [at] tribecasalon [dot] com.
Friday
12:15 p.m. – Tour of Silver Linings: Delicate Drawings by Carol Prusa, led by Polk Museum of Art curator Todd Behrens, at Polk Museum of Art; free with museum admission. From the release: Carol Prusa, a Florida artist, draws inspiration from elements of the natural world in her unique three dimensional installation pieces. Prusa draws delicate and beautiful images on hemispheres or domes that are lit from within by LED lights. Prusa draws on the acrylic domes with a silverpoint tool and graphite. She then uses titanium white pigment and silver leaf to complete the pieces. Her detailed, elegant images often hint at creative forces and floral imagery, while at the same time, the overall impact of the pieces are spectacular and dramatic.
6-9 p.m. – Summer Jazz Series with Nate Najar at the MFA; $15 for non-members, $10 for members, includes admission to Hazel Hough Wing galleries (currently on view: Andy Warhol prints).
6-10 p.m. – Closing reception for To Boldly Go, featuring Star Trek-inspired artworks by Experimental Skeleton and friends, at the West Tampa Center for the Arts.
7 p.m.-9 p.m. – Clenched Tight in the Maw of the Great Ancient Ennui, featuring new work by Allen Hampton, at Three04 (adjacent to [5]art).
7-10 p.m. – In White Space summer group show, featuring work by Alex Costantino, Brian Goe, Lauren Alyssa Howard, Vincent Kral, Wes Kline, Sonya McAlister, Justin Nelson, Rebecca Skelton, James Reiman and Christopher Weeks, at [5]art. Bonus: work by Anthony Record on view in the reception foyer.
7 p.m. – Opening reception for In Stereo: Selected Works by Craig Kaths at Reax Space.
Saturday
6 p.m.-12 a.m. – 2nd Annual Tra’shion Fashion and Art Show, featuring wearable art made from recycled materials, at ARTpool; $20, $15 students.
7-10 p.m. – Summer Bash, with an awards ceremony in conjunction with the members’ exhibition of Professional Association of Visual Artists, at Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art; $15.
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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