PAST EXHIBITION
Fabulous Fiber Summer Exhibitions
May 23, 2008—August 16, 2008
Press Release
Practical to Poetic: Women's Handicraft Revisited - Curated by Sangoyemi Ogunsanya
THe artists in this exhibition: Tamar Stone, Jenny Hart, and Olek, use traditional crafts to create two- and three-dimensional works of art that stretch boundaries with exciting results. By changing scale, subject matter, intent and location, these artists catapult women's handicrafts from the home front to the art world.
Salsa y Salsa: Convergence Juried Exhibiton
The spicy spectrum of saturated color influenced by Florida and the Caribbean is the inspiration for this national juried multimedia fiber exhibition. Guest Juror is Joan Michaels Paque, internationally recognized and awarded mixed media artist. The exhibition coincides with Convergence 2008, the biennial international conference sponsored by the Handweavers' Guild of America (HGA).
Laura Militzer Bryant: Crossings
This exhibition features new vibrant fiber art from nationally-recognized, St. Petersburg-based artist Laura M. Bryant. Bryant holds a BFA from the University of Michigan, and her work has earned her numerous grants and awards, including an NEA Visual Artist Fellowship. The owner of Prism Yarns, she is the author of numerous books and is past-president of the National Needlework Association. Her work is "...intuitive...exposing an inner landscape, wherein rest the spirituality of mandkind." Crossings is Bryant's first solo exhibition at the Arts Center.
Rotating Student Exhibitions:
May 30 - July 5, 2008
Academy Prep Student Exhibition
The Arts Center's ongoihng partnership with Academy Prep Center of St. Peterburg continues to foster an interest in the arts by providing an after school enrichment weekly program for students in grades 5-8. Student Receptions, Saturday June 14 from 6:30-7:30pm
July 11 - August 16, 2008
Project 02: Youth Arts Corps Exhibition
Risser Gallery
The Youth Arts Corps, a program of Family Resources, Inc., offers four free after-school arts education and job training programs fro youth. Works on display are from the teen job training programs where youth ages 10 - 17 have the opportunity to earn stipends while they apprentice with professional visual, performing, literary and media artists.
Media Sponsor: St. Peterburg Times
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