Art@Bay at Sarasota Visual Art: Contain It!

Art@Bay at Sarasota Visual Art: Contain It!

There is an inverse relationship that builds the least exciting art exhibits: more initial potential against less use made of it.  As I mentioned in the preview to the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s Contain It! show, it starts with a good idea.  The mobile storage company PODS donated five units that were in turn used by … Continue reading »

How to Take Brooding to the Max

How to Take Brooding to the Max

If you’ll indulge me for a paragraph I’d like to relate one of my favorite art stories.  There once was a gutsy young artist named Robert Rauschenberg.  Robert was invited to participate in an exhibition in which each artist was asked to provide a portrait of the gallery’s owner, Iris Clert.  Robert accepted the challenge and … Continue reading »

Warm Up the Skinny Jeans, Kids – Art to Check Out This Weekend! 2/10-2/12

Warm Up the Skinny Jeans, Kids – Art to Check Out This Weekend! 2/10-2/12

Tarpon Springs has the sponge docks.  Clearwater has the beach.  Oldsmar has…I don’t know…a movie theatre.  But Dunedin – beer, Scottish-ness, and art?!  There’s a reason why everyone calls Dunedin “the Paris of North Central Pinellas County”.  I call it that for a reason, at least.  This weekend we’re heading to Dunedin’s art-heart: the Dunedin Fine Art Center. Dunedin Fine … Continue reading »

The Monsters of Mobile Art! Art to Check Out Thursday

The Monsters of Mobile Art! Art to Check Out Thursday

This Thursday the monsters of mobile art converge on Mermaid Tavern.  Philanthropic Young Tampa Bay organized this event to raise money for the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts as they move to their new location. Boxfotos, a gallery pulled around town in a shiny Airstream trailer,  will be stopping by the tavern.  The husband and … Continue reading »