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Collage in the Expanded Field
Opens June 8, 2007
Opening Reception, 5:30pm - 7:30pm, June 8
(Media Invited to Attend and Cover)
St. Petersburg, Florida, May 2, 2007 - The Spring Exhibitions at the Arts Center open June 8, 2007, located at 719 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. The Exhibitions run until August 18, 2007. The exhibitions are as follows:
Collage in the Expanded Field
June 8 - August 18, 2007
Collage has its origins in the Cubist practice of including everyday objects and materials into the world of art making. This exhibition presents the work of artists Joel Carreiro, Hilda Shen, Jackie Shatz, John Morton, Jillian McDonald, Peter Dudek, Carmen Alvarado, Brian Wood and Thomas Weaver each of whom have developed innovative collage processes. Collage has since proliferated into numerous contemporary methodologies, altering artist’s physical and conceptual processes through its grasping, assimilating, downloading and sampling, and re-contextualizing. Collage in the Expanded Field gathers together artists whose works exploit the potential of these mercurial strategies through any means necessary. This exhibition includes site- specific installation, video work, sculpture, and sound.
Artful Pride V -- JC Graham
June 8 - June 30, 2007
This ongoing series of exhibitions coincides with the annual St. Pete Pride city-wide festivities. JC Graham is an artist born and raised in Arkansas, who recently moved to St. Petersburg. Working with various materials including wood, photographs, paint, and text, he creates icons and other imagery out of collage.
Academy Prep Student Exhibition
June 1 - June 30, 2007
The Arts Center's ongoing 9 year partnership with Academy Prep Center of St. Petersburg continues to foster an interest in the arts. The After-school enrichment program is for students in grades 5-8. Students introduced to various mediums and processes in visual arts through artist workshops, hands-on participation, gallery and museum visits, and. Art enrichment classes meet twice weekly throughout the school year.
Let's Play! Summer Camp Exhibition
July 6 - August 18, 2007
Art work from the Arts Center’s Let’s Play program is featured in this annual celebration of summer camp creativity.
Project Creo: Bytes & Pieces
July 13 - August 18, 2007
Focuses on artists that use digital or other interactive media to create a collage -- the traditional scissors and paper have given way to computer scanning and Photoshop, and the new elements of design have become film, photos and soundbytes.
About The Arts Center
The Arts Center is a 501 c 3, non-profit, located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The Arts Center inspires, educates, and engages a diverse population in the creation of contemporary visual art by providing a dynamic, professional environment to foster the creative process, allowing artists and the community to meet and exchange ideas. We offer extensive studio arts classes at all levels across a wide variety of media, and we exhibit outstanding recent contemporary work by local, regional, national and international artists through an extensive program of rotating exhibits created by student, emerging, mid-career and established artists.
