Daily Loaf

Ricardo de la Vega and Felipe Packard. Strolling in the Park. Mixed media, 2007. Image courtesy Morean Arts Center.

Thursday

5-7 p.m. – Opening reception for Green: the Primary Color, featuring environmentally-themed art by Florida artists, at Art Center Sarasota.

5:30-7:30 p.m. – One Wild Night networking event, in conjunction with Wild Spirits exhibition at the Morean Arts Center. $10 admission includes interactive activities with the artists, heavy hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. RSVP to Lara Shelton at 727-822-7872 x15 or e-mail lara[at]moreanartscenter.org.

Friday

5-8 p.m. – Meet the artist and trunk show with jewelry maker Anna Balkan at Craftsman House. (Earrings by Anna Balkan pictured left.)

5:30-8:30 p.m. – S’REAL Friday Happy Hour with Hot Sun Quartet at the Salvador Dali Museum.

6-9 p.m. – Summer Jazz Series with Stolen Idols at the Museum of Fine Arts.

Saturday

6:43 a.m.-1 p.m. – Outdoor Artists’ Trunk Sale at Florida Craftsmen in conjunction with 36th Annual Sunrise Sale hosted by the St. Petersburg Downtown Business Association. From the invite: Wear your pajamas and/or bring a new pair of children’s pajamas for the foster children’s program and receive 10% off already reduced items in the retail gallery, or take 10% off any regular priced item with a value of $25 or more. Free Limo service will be provided by the DBA to all visitors who come downtown to shop in their pajamas!

10 a.m.-5 p.m. – 21st Annual Cool Art Show, a juried fine art and craft show hosted by PAVA, the Professional Association of Visual Artists, at the Coliseum.

5-9 p.m. – Two-year Anniversary Art Mixer at Tampa Artist Emporium.

Sunday

10 a.m.-5 p.m. – 21st Annual Cool Art Show, a juried fine art and craft show hosted by PAVA, the Professional Association of Visual Artists, at the Coliseum.

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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