A Nuanced November 2013 @ Nuance Galleries

Art Walk:  Artists Reception, meet watercolorist Taylor Ikin,Saturday, November 9th 5-9. 

Conservation, preservation and a love of nature and her bodies of water, lands, flora and fauna are the subject of her art. Described by critics as “heartfelt and empathetic,” my watercolor paintings on Yupo record the wonders and beauty of nature, often taken for granted, and my images demonstrate the necessity of preserving nature in fact and in art for future generations.

Taylor has taught regionally, nationally and in the Caribbean for over 15 years.  She is now teaches at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center.

Art to Dine:  Meet Watercolorist Taylor Ikin and Print Maker John Andrew Burmeister, Saturday, November 16th, 12 - 5 PM.

TAYLOR IKIN   APPLES AND ART

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!  Taylor will be creating live a series of apple paintings and we will be serving apple cider all to make for a healthy experience.  As Taylor says “I will be painting your way to good health…small images of juicy red apples”

Known as an environmentalist with a paint brush, Taylor Ikin has once again focused her work on capturing the lands, woods and streams of our fragile Florida. Her energetic brush stroke often confuses the viewer, believing her medium to be oils, whereas in fact it is watercolor. Rich darks and light lights often mimic the play of shadows and reflections on the rivers and waterways she delights in painting.    

John Burmeister 

Fine etchings of Tampa Bay and Charleston

John will be doing demonstrations with his press during Art to Dine For 

John originally studied graphic art at Tampa Tech in 1988, and then worked for the Tampa Tribune and other publishers in 1995.  After a stint doing costume illustration for the Disney company in Orlando he began studying etching in 1999, at Valencia College. He became well known for his etching of Charleston, S.C. He returned to the Tampa Bay and has started a series of etchings with a focus on architecture and landscape.  The image is hand drawn on copper plates coated with varnish and then etched in nitric acid. The plate is then washed and hand wiped with ink and printed under enormous pressure.   Using etching as his medium suits his ability to draw with cross  hatching. He is fascinated with older local architecture, especially the old traditional building like the Vinoy, Don Cesar and the University of Tampa.  The series he is creating will be used in his creation of his second book featuring Tampa Bay’s beautiful architecture and other scenic landmarks.  We will be showing both his work of Tampa Bay and his Charleston etchings and will have his Charleston book available. 

Art Walk:  Artists Reception, meet watercolorist Taylor Ikin,Saturday, November 9th 5-9. 

Conservation, preservation and a love of nature and her bodies of water, lands, flora and fauna are the subject of her art. Described by critics as “heartfelt and empathetic,” my watercolor paintings on Yupo record the wonders and beauty of nature, often taken for granted, and my images demonstrate the necessity of preserving nature in fact and in art for future generations.

Taylor has taught regionally, nationally and in the Caribbean for over 15 years.  She is now teaches at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center.

Art to Dine:  Meet Watercolorist Taylor Ikin and Print Maker John Andrew Burmeister, Saturday, November 16th, 12 - 5 PM.

TAYLOR IKIN   APPLES AND ART

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!  Taylor will be creating live a series of apple paintings and we will be serving apple cider all to make for a healthy experience.  As Taylor says “I will be painting your way to good health…small images of juicy red apples”

Known as an environmentalist with a paint brush, Taylor Ikin has once again focused her work on capturing the lands, woods and streams of our fragile Florida. Her energetic brush stroke often confuses the viewer, believing her medium to be oils, whereas in fact it is watercolor. Rich darks and light lights often mimic the play of shadows and reflections on the rivers and waterways she delights in painting.    

John Burmeister 

Fine etchings of Tampa Bay and Charleston

John will be doing demonstrations with his press during Art to Dine For 

John originally studied graphic art at Tampa Tech in 1988, and then worked for the Tampa Tribune and other publishers in 1995.  After a stint doing costume illustration for the Disney company in Orlando he began studying etching in 1999, at Valencia College. He became well known for his etching of Charleston, S.C. He returned to the Tampa Bay and has started a series of etchings with a focus on architecture and landscape.  The image is hand drawn on copper plates coated with varnish and then etched in nitric acid. The plate is then washed and hand wiped with ink and printed under enormous pressure.   Using etching as his medium suits his ability to draw with cross  hatching. He is fascinated with older local architecture, especially the old traditional building like the Vinoy, Don Cesar and the University of Tampa.  The series he is creating will be used in his creation of his second book featuring Tampa Bay’s beautiful architecture and other scenic landmarks.  We will be showing both his work of Tampa Bay and his Charleston etchings and will have his Charleston book available. 

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"BODY OF PROOF: FIGURES in GLASS" @ Duncan McClellan Glass Nov. 9-10 2013

"BODY OF PROOF: FIGURES in GLASS"

November 9, 2013 from 5:00-9:30pm

The Duncan McClellan Gallery proudly presents, BODY OF PROOF: FIGURES in GLASS, an exhibit & glass demo featuring Paul J. Nelson, Kim Goldfarb and Peter Wright.

At 5pm on November 9^th, the gallery doors will open to reveal the amazing works of art by these three talented and well-respected artists.  At 6:15 you can listen to them give a brief artist’s statement and then around 6:30pm, join them in the St. Pete Hot Glass Workshop as they demonstrate their creativity right before your eyes!

There will be a liquid nitrogen pumpkin ice cream (must be 21+) as well as refreshments available for a donation from our custom bars (All donations benefit the DMG School Project).

On Sunday, November 10th, 2013 at 2pm, listen to Nelson, Goldfarb and Wright lecture at Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations, DMG School Project’s Visiting Glass Artists Series at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.  Come early and enjoy brunch at 1pm with a 15% off “HotShop” discount (not to be used in conjunction with museum membership discounts) and receive a free mimosa.  An Artists’ Reception and glass blowing demonstration at Duncan McClellan Gallery will immediately follow the lecture. http://fine-arts.org/event/hot-gatherings-cool-conversations-a-dmg-visiting-glass-artist-series/

About the Artists:

Much of Paul Nelson's current work focuses on portraiture, narrative, and a sort of re-contextualization of the sculpted subjects, via their cultural and historical contributions to

society. Often these characterizations juxtapose brooding dark comedy, epic fantasy, and

a quest for depth in meaning. The use of thick cast glass in Paul's sculptures allows the

element of light to enhance his purpose.

Kim Goldfarb is a sculptor, glass designer and painter who weaves these mediums together with a thrill of discovery and love of the human and animal form.  In her work she often portrays human-animal hybrids; in some ways this is her expression of how connected we all are. A lot of the work that Kim makes is “stream of consciousness”; feeling that somehow she knows these beings that she paints and sculpts on some deep emotional level.

It wasn’t until after twenty years in commercial construction that Peter Wright began exploring his life-long interest in art.  After working in bronze for several years, he met, renowned glass sculptor William Morris and was introduced to the world of art glass at the highest level.  Wright spent countless hours watching hot glass being shaped into amazing forms and in 2007, he realized that the best way to truly understand glass was to learn to work with it himself. He was then “completely drawn in and seduced by hot glass”. 

This exhibit runs from November 9th, 2013 to December 7, 2013. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5pm and by appointment.

https://www.facebook.com/events/667744103257551/

Duncan McClellan Gallery
Warehouse Arts District St. Pete

550 24^th St. South

Saint Petersburg, FL 33712

855-436-4527

"BODY OF PROOF: FIGURES in GLASS"

November 9, 2013 from 5:00-9:30pm

The Duncan McClellan Gallery proudly presents, BODY OF PROOF: FIGURES in GLASS, an exhibit & glass demo featuring Paul J. Nelson, Kim Goldfarb and Peter Wright.

At 5pm on November 9^th, the gallery doors will open to reveal the amazing works of art by these three talented and well-respected artists.  At 6:15 you can listen to them give a brief artist’s statement and then around 6:30pm, join them in the St. Pete Hot Glass Workshop as they demonstrate their creativity right before your eyes!

There will be a liquid nitrogen pumpkin ice cream (must be 21+) as well as refreshments available for a donation from our custom bars (All donations benefit the DMG School Project).

On Sunday, November 10th, 2013 at 2pm, listen to Nelson, Goldfarb and Wright lecture at Hot Gatherings, Cool Conversations, DMG School Project’s Visiting Glass Artists Series at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.  Come early and enjoy brunch at 1pm with a 15% off “HotShop” discount (not to be used in conjunction with museum membership discounts) and receive a free mimosa.  An Artists’ Reception and glass blowing demonstration at Duncan McClellan Gallery will immediately follow the lecture. http://fine-arts.org/event/hot-gatherings-cool-conversations-a-dmg-visiting-glass-artist-series/

About the Artists:

Much of Paul Nelson's current work focuses on portraiture, narrative, and a sort of re-contextualization of the sculpted subjects, via their cultural and historical contributions to

society. Often these characterizations juxtapose brooding dark comedy, epic fantasy, and

a quest for depth in meaning. The use of thick cast glass in Paul's sculptures allows the

element of light to enhance his purpose.

Kim Goldfarb is a sculptor, glass designer and painter who weaves these mediums together with a thrill of discovery and love of the human and animal form.  In her work she often portrays human-animal hybrids; in some ways this is her expression of how connected we all are. A lot of the work that Kim makes is “stream of consciousness”; feeling that somehow she knows these beings that she paints and sculpts on some deep emotional level.

It wasn’t until after twenty years in commercial construction that Peter Wright began exploring his life-long interest in art.  After working in bronze for several years, he met, renowned glass sculptor William Morris and was introduced to the world of art glass at the highest level.  Wright spent countless hours watching hot glass being shaped into amazing forms and in 2007, he realized that the best way to truly understand glass was to learn to work with it himself. He was then “completely drawn in and seduced by hot glass”. 

This exhibit runs from November 9th, 2013 to December 7, 2013. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, noon-5pm and by appointment.

https://www.facebook.com/events/667744103257551/

Duncan McClellan Gallery
Warehouse Arts District St. Pete

550 24^th St. South

Saint Petersburg, FL 33712

855-436-4527

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Tonality and the Delay of George Clooney's film on The Monuments Men

by Fern Smiley, Art Researcher and Consultant on Holocaust Era Cultural Property

George Clooney recently announced that that release of his film, The Monuments Men, will be delayed until 2014. Sharon Waxman, editor of The Wrap and author of LOOT: The Battle Over The Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World (Henry Holt & Company, 2008), ascertains that the cause of the delay is because George Clooney is struggling with the tone of ‘Monuments Men’: “He’d been grappling with balancing the movie’s comic elements with the serious subject matter of World War II and the Nazis’ theft of Europe’s most valuable art.”

Except Clooney has since denied that the delay had anything to do with tonality, insisting that it's all about timing, mostly getting the visual effects right. Even so, Waxman had published on October 23 that a person close to the film claimed, “The hard-to-nail tone was more the issue than the visual effects”.

Context is everything except in Hollywood

The 1964 thriller, The Train starring Burt Lancaster, was inspired by the true story of train No. 40,044 “liberated” outside Paris in 1944 by members of the French Resistance who prevented the train from crossing the border into Germany at the war’s end. In 1964, the year that John Frankenheimer released the film, Hollywood did not acknowledge that the content of the train, priceless artwork, was, in reality, confiscated from Jewish dealers and collectors throughout France and Belgium, but the “Monuments Men” knew.

Lynn Nicolas’ Rape of Europa, the 1995 book which became the benchmark for the subject of Nazi art looting and restitution, reveals the ironic fact that the Jewish American soldier who commandeered the actual train was the son of Paul Rosenberg, the venerated Parisian art dealer. Lt. Alexandre Rosenberg liberated hundreds of French impressionists pictures (many which he recognized that had hung in his parents’ home). Before fleeing France, Paul Rosenberg had tried to safeguard his possessions in a bank in Libourne and a rented chateau in Floirac but both were purloined by Nazi agents.

Robert Edsel’s book of the same name and upon which George Clooney based his film details the recovery starting in 1944 of an astonishing number of works of art stored in salt mines and repositories throughout Europe. For six more years the Monuments Men uncovered deposits; protected, documented, and eventually returned what could be traced to the country of origin to be restituted to the rightful owners.

The meticulously detailed German records of confiscation of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) aided the officers in the recovery. Nancy Yeide, curator of the National Gallery of Art, once commented on the system of ERR plunder: "The very people they were eradicating, they were taking their art and keeping track of whom they take the art from”… except in the case of the M-Aktion, of course, where owners were unidentifiable, since the art and furnishings seized were from abandoned Jewish lodgings, constituting a rich haul of significant and not-so-significant works and objects.

Despite the remarkable recovery work of the "Monuments Men", the whereabouts of tens of thousands of works remained unknown. Meanwhile, according to Marc Masurovsky, founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, the art trade suddenly flourished, and an unprecedented boom in sales occurred throughout a newly infused international art market, ready to embrace stolen property.

Especially in North America

Collections assembled and museums opened during and after the WWII era are still coming to grips with the identification of ‘Holocaust Looted Art’. “The Monuments Men” returned to the US and Canada and Britain after WWII. Some found senior positions in the countries’ museums. Others were academics in the nations’ colleges and universities However, in at least one uncomfortable case, the estate of an ex-Monuments officer contained many seventeen and eighteenth century European works which, because of their unknown provenance, made their ultimate disposition difficult.

American museums have identified 16,000 objects in their possession that may have been seized by the Nazis. Chapter 6 of the 1972 catalogue of The National Gallery of Canada 1938-1955: “Great Years of Collecting” raises eyebrows. This April, Canada’s federal government announced the funding of $200,000 to support the research efforts in six Canadian museums to help establish the provenance of works of art. “It is an important initiative for researchers and heirs around the world who are trying to identify and locate artworks and other cultural artifacts displaced during the Holocaust” said Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, at the Ottawa’s Carleton University conference examining “If not now, when? Responsibility and Memory after the Holocaust.”

It is 2013. George Clooney has a challenge. Waiting a bit longer for a movie, which “means something” according to him, will necessitate a considered approach to the topic. (In the meantime, one could do well by reading the non-fiction book, the above mentioned, Rape of Europa.)

One simply cannot speak about Nazi art looting without referencing the Holocaust. There is international cooperation, legal papers, institutes and conferences examining Nazi art looting and restitution as a component of the Holocaust. News stories run weekly describing successes and failures of claimants, a popularized one, being Elizabeth Taylor’s 2007 pre-emptive lawsuit to keep her Van Gogh from the heirs of Mrs. Margaret Mauthner.

Even in Italy, even by Italians

In Italy, after the first Fascist Racial Laws took hold in the fall of 1938, seizure of works of art from Jews began even without any Nazi presence. Circular n. 43, issued by the Ministry of Education on 4th of March 1939, called upon Royal Customs Offices, responsible for granting export licenses for art and antiquities, to create difficulties and discourage exports of all Jewish emigrants. This was in response to an earlier measure, of the 7th of December 1938, ordering the actual expulsion of all foreign born Jews living on Italian soil, giving them six months to leave the country. According to the Italian scholar Dr. Ilaria Pavan, many of their possessions languished in crates at ports like Genoa. In 1947, the owner of such a crate, containing 558 works of art applied for removal of her property, according to archival material in the Superintendency in Liguria, but then returned them in 1948, their poor condition being in direct relation to the unsuitability of the storage space in which they had been held.

“Sequestrations” in Italian towns and cities took place in earnest, facilitated by the arrest and deportation of its Jewish citizens in 1943/44. A report dated 7 July 1944 from the Superintendency of Florence, Pistoia and Prato concerning removal of all property owned by Jews noted that “lesser objects be sold at Materazzi’s” with added commentary that translates, “it is better to leave as few traces as possible, either of receipts or of the stuff taken from Jews”. In this case sequestration of art was actually undertaken by the Italian local Fascist authorities, not the Nazis.

In the northeast where the German occupying forces carried out confiscations and deportations, records of the Pollitzer, Luzzato, Jesurum, Lescovitch and Morpurgo families, had their art given to local museums that is, after the Nazis skimmed off the best. Musei Civico Trieste and Udine were enriched according to OMGUS post-war documents of Preparations and Restitution Branch, Office of the Military Government (US).

Set in Italy, during this moment of genocide, “Monuments Men, the movie”, cannot sidestep the full historical record. George Clooney, thankfully, is exquisitely placed to increase understanding of Nazi art looting. As lives were threatened or lost by deportation to death camps, stolen private and communal Jewish cultural property shifted from one place to another. At the Italians’ pleading, shipments from museum deposits at risk from bombing were transported by the Germans to the Vatican for safety. Perhaps even the Vatican may have safeguarded objects of Jewish origin, which it still possesses. With the new Pope promising transparency and access to archives, that question may just get answered.

Now that would be a movie.

Ms. Smiley, a former arts volunteer and weblog editor, has advised the Canadian Jewish Congress on their file for Holocaust era art restitution and attended ARCA's Postgraduate Certificate Program in 2011. 

Sources:

Interministerial Commission for Works of Art
In October 1995, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities established this commission to research missing artwork plundered by the Nazis during World War II

The Commissione Anselmi did not carry out a detailed research in state and private museum in order to verify the presence of works of art taken from Jews. The  Interministerial Commission for the recovery of art works assured that no such instance is documented in its records.

Seizure of Possessions of Artistic, Cultural and ReligiousSignificance‎

Research carried out by the Historical Archive of the Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea. Examples of Material Losses suffered by the Jews in the period 1938-1945.

Testimony, Reports,Documents

Series: Records Relating to Monuments. Museums, Libraries, Archives and Fine Arts of the Cultural Affairs Branch, OMGUS, 1946-49 and FA. NARA, RG 260.

Category: JI Allied Commission- Italy. 65 pp, 

Doctor Ilaria Pavan, Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)

The Italian Experience.Paper delivered at Christie’s and International Union of Lawyers  “Holocaust Art Looting & Restitution Symposium”.

Milan, Italy. Thursday, June 23, 2011

L’Opera di Ritrovare. Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for the Cultural and Environmental Heritage. Italian State Publishing House, 1995.

by Fern Smiley, Art Researcher and Consultant on Holocaust Era Cultural Property

George Clooney recently announced that that release of his film, The Monuments Men, will be delayed until 2014. Sharon Waxman, editor of The Wrap and author of LOOT: The Battle Over The Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World (Henry Holt & Company, 2008), ascertains that the cause of the delay is because George Clooney is struggling with the tone of ‘Monuments Men’: “He’d been grappling with balancing the movie’s comic elements with the serious subject matter of World War II and the Nazis’ theft of Europe’s most valuable art.”

Except Clooney has since denied that the delay had anything to do with tonality, insisting that it's all about timing, mostly getting the visual effects right. Even so, Waxman had published on October 23 that a person close to the film claimed, “The hard-to-nail tone was more the issue than the visual effects”.

Context is everything except in Hollywood

The 1964 thriller, The Train starring Burt Lancaster, was inspired by the true story of train No. 40,044 “liberated” outside Paris in 1944 by members of the French Resistance who prevented the train from crossing the border into Germany at the war’s end. In 1964, the year that John Frankenheimer released the film, Hollywood did not acknowledge that the content of the train, priceless artwork, was, in reality, confiscated from Jewish dealers and collectors throughout France and Belgium, but the “Monuments Men” knew.

Lynn Nicolas’ Rape of Europa, the 1995 book which became the benchmark for the subject of Nazi art looting and restitution, reveals the ironic fact that the Jewish American soldier who commandeered the actual train was the son of Paul Rosenberg, the venerated Parisian art dealer. Lt. Alexandre Rosenberg liberated hundreds of French impressionists pictures (many which he recognized that had hung in his parents’ home). Before fleeing France, Paul Rosenberg had tried to safeguard his possessions in a bank in Libourne and a rented chateau in Floirac but both were purloined by Nazi agents.

Robert Edsel’s book of the same name and upon which George Clooney based his film details the recovery starting in 1944 of an astonishing number of works of art stored in salt mines and repositories throughout Europe. For six more years the Monuments Men uncovered deposits; protected, documented, and eventually returned what could be traced to the country of origin to be restituted to the rightful owners.

The meticulously detailed German records of confiscation of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) aided the officers in the recovery. Nancy Yeide, curator of the National Gallery of Art, once commented on the system of ERR plunder: "The very people they were eradicating, they were taking their art and keeping track of whom they take the art from”… except in the case of the M-Aktion, of course, where owners were unidentifiable, since the art and furnishings seized were from abandoned Jewish lodgings, constituting a rich haul of significant and not-so-significant works and objects.

Despite the remarkable recovery work of the "Monuments Men", the whereabouts of tens of thousands of works remained unknown. Meanwhile, according to Marc Masurovsky, founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project, the art trade suddenly flourished, and an unprecedented boom in sales occurred throughout a newly infused international art market, ready to embrace stolen property.

Especially in North America

Collections assembled and museums opened during and after the WWII era are still coming to grips with the identification of ‘Holocaust Looted Art’. “The Monuments Men” returned to the US and Canada and Britain after WWII. Some found senior positions in the countries’ museums. Others were academics in the nations’ colleges and universities However, in at least one uncomfortable case, the estate of an ex-Monuments officer contained many seventeen and eighteenth century European works which, because of their unknown provenance, made their ultimate disposition difficult.

American museums have identified 16,000 objects in their possession that may have been seized by the Nazis. Chapter 6 of the 1972 catalogue of The National Gallery of Canada 1938-1955: “Great Years of Collecting” raises eyebrows. This April, Canada’s federal government announced the funding of $200,000 to support the research efforts in six Canadian museums to help establish the provenance of works of art. “It is an important initiative for researchers and heirs around the world who are trying to identify and locate artworks and other cultural artifacts displaced during the Holocaust” said Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, at the Ottawa’s Carleton University conference examining “If not now, when? Responsibility and Memory after the Holocaust.”

It is 2013. George Clooney has a challenge. Waiting a bit longer for a movie, which “means something” according to him, will necessitate a considered approach to the topic. (In the meantime, one could do well by reading the non-fiction book, the above mentioned, Rape of Europa.)

One simply cannot speak about Nazi art looting without referencing the Holocaust. There is international cooperation, legal papers, institutes and conferences examining Nazi art looting and restitution as a component of the Holocaust. News stories run weekly describing successes and failures of claimants, a popularized one, being Elizabeth Taylor’s 2007 pre-emptive lawsuit to keep her Van Gogh from the heirs of Mrs. Margaret Mauthner.

Even in Italy, even by Italians

In Italy, after the first Fascist Racial Laws took hold in the fall of 1938, seizure of works of art from Jews began even without any Nazi presence. Circular n. 43, issued by the Ministry of Education on 4th of March 1939, called upon Royal Customs Offices, responsible for granting export licenses for art and antiquities, to create difficulties and discourage exports of all Jewish emigrants. This was in response to an earlier measure, of the 7th of December 1938, ordering the actual expulsion of all foreign born Jews living on Italian soil, giving them six months to leave the country. According to the Italian scholar Dr. Ilaria Pavan, many of their possessions languished in crates at ports like Genoa. In 1947, the owner of such a crate, containing 558 works of art applied for removal of her property, according to archival material in the Superintendency in Liguria, but then returned them in 1948, their poor condition being in direct relation to the unsuitability of the storage space in which they had been held.

“Sequestrations” in Italian towns and cities took place in earnest, facilitated by the arrest and deportation of its Jewish citizens in 1943/44. A report dated 7 July 1944 from the Superintendency of Florence, Pistoia and Prato concerning removal of all property owned by Jews noted that “lesser objects be sold at Materazzi’s” with added commentary that translates, “it is better to leave as few traces as possible, either of receipts or of the stuff taken from Jews”. In this case sequestration of art was actually undertaken by the Italian local Fascist authorities, not the Nazis.

In the northeast where the German occupying forces carried out confiscations and deportations, records of the Pollitzer, Luzzato, Jesurum, Lescovitch and Morpurgo families, had their art given to local museums that is, after the Nazis skimmed off the best. Musei Civico Trieste and Udine were enriched according to OMGUS post-war documents of Preparations and Restitution Branch, Office of the Military Government (US).

Set in Italy, during this moment of genocide, “Monuments Men, the movie”, cannot sidestep the full historical record. George Clooney, thankfully, is exquisitely placed to increase understanding of Nazi art looting. As lives were threatened or lost by deportation to death camps, stolen private and communal Jewish cultural property shifted from one place to another. At the Italians’ pleading, shipments from museum deposits at risk from bombing were transported by the Germans to the Vatican for safety. Perhaps even the Vatican may have safeguarded objects of Jewish origin, which it still possesses. With the new Pope promising transparency and access to archives, that question may just get answered.

Now that would be a movie.

Ms. Smiley, a former arts volunteer and weblog editor, has advised the Canadian Jewish Congress on their file for Holocaust era art restitution and attended ARCA's Postgraduate Certificate Program in 2011. 

Sources:

Interministerial Commission for Works of Art
In October 1995, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities established this commission to research missing artwork plundered by the Nazis during World War II

The Commissione Anselmi did not carry out a detailed research in state and private museum in order to verify the presence of works of art taken from Jews. The  Interministerial Commission for the recovery of art works assured that no such instance is documented in its records.

Seizure of Possessions of Artistic, Cultural and ReligiousSignificance‎

Research carried out by the Historical Archive of the Fondazione Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea. Examples of Material Losses suffered by the Jews in the period 1938-1945.

Testimony, Reports,Documents

Series: Records Relating to Monuments. Museums, Libraries, Archives and Fine Arts of the Cultural Affairs Branch, OMGUS, 1946-49 and FA. NARA, RG 260.

Category: JI Allied Commission- Italy. 65 pp, 

Doctor Ilaria Pavan, Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)

The Italian Experience.Paper delivered at Christie’s and International Union of Lawyers  “Holocaust Art Looting & Restitution Symposium”.

Milan, Italy. Thursday, June 23, 2011

L’Opera di Ritrovare. Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry for the Cultural and Environmental Heritage. Italian State Publishing House, 1995.

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Today at the National Gallery in Prague: Photos from the Veletrzni Palace

Hall, Veletrzni Palace
(Photo by Dr. Nancy Walker)

Veletrzni Palace
(Photo by Dr. Nancy Walker)

PRAGUE - Today California educator (and blog subscriber) Dr. Nancy Walker visited the 20th and 21st century art collection at the National Gallery's Veletrzni Palace in Prague. Here's two photos -- "eye candy" for the readers of this blog who haven't been to this "open and fluid" space. In 1975, the original building designed by Oldfich Tyl and Josef Fuchs was destroyed by fire. It was reconstructed in 1995 to house the National Gallery's modern and contemporary art.

Hall, Veletrzni Palace
(Photo by Dr. Nancy Walker)

Veletrzni Palace
(Photo by Dr. Nancy Walker)

PRAGUE - Today California educator (and blog subscriber) Dr. Nancy Walker visited the 20th and 21st century art collection at the National Gallery's Veletrzni Palace in Prague. Here's two photos -- "eye candy" for the readers of this blog who haven't been to this "open and fluid" space. In 1975, the original building designed by Oldfich Tyl and Josef Fuchs was destroyed by fire. It was reconstructed in 1995 to house the National Gallery's modern and contemporary art.

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"Lore" Calan Ree Solo Show @ Blue Lucy

[Disclosure time: I own at least four Calan Ree works.]

I won't go into the biographical in this. Megan Voeller's piece at Creative Loafing did a  fine job in that regard [Link]. The walls at Blue Lucy are lined with mythological characters from many places and times. Each has its own micro-mythobiological card explaining the folklore/myths associated with it.

Years ago Calan evolved from the ubiquitous, cliche'd and popular cute and creepy style into something more personalized and universal. Each of the figures in the show is accompanied by a card with its corresponding myth. The artist has deftly avoided the lure and trap of reducing the narrative to an explanation. Each work refers to a figure with a role to play and a backstory (implying its future).

Calan Ree, "Eat Your Crusts"

Many relate to superstitions from the past, often with feminist overtones, such as the "Eating your crusts", more of an embodiment of a saying (look up Neverne Covington's work, she has been doing something along these lines, but very different). A bit of sympathetic magic about how eating bread crusts would  curl one's hair -- and increase their desirability, specially for girls. Note the figure's entire torso is full of faces, some skull-like. The individual reality as a conglomerate of a consensual cultural one?

Calan Ree, "Fairy"

Others are personifications of psychic energies, such as the fairies, who embody mishaps, children that turn out very differently from what the parents expected (they must be changelings!), and in the accompanying tales are "remedies" in the sense of amulets to help avoid or neutralize these spirits.
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The work in this show relates to the viewers in the common experiences that these myths span. All of them are about dealing with the channeling of psychic energies in a way that makes sense of experience or prepares us for things to come, but most of all, bind us because most are things we have all experienced, or will someday. This goes far beyond a seemingly conflicting cute and dreadful genre and right into the core questions of fine art.

Calan Ree, "Heart Path"

Note that in this show, the pedestals on which the work stands are made from tree sections (no living trees were harmed to do this). So, the work is metaphorically a forest of sorts. In many myths, one enters the forest, becomes lost and through various adventures, rites, and personal growth finds oneself. Treat yourself and go to the show. I guarantee you at least one work of art will be like a shared dream, and you will find yourself on the wall at Blue Lucy Gallery.

--- Luis

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[Disclosure time: I own at least four Calan Ree works.]

I won't go into the biographical in this. Megan Voeller's piece at Creative Loafing did a  fine job in that regard [Link]. The walls at Blue Lucy are lined with mythological characters from many places and times. Each has its own micro-mythobiological card explaining the folklore/myths associated with it.

Years ago Calan evolved from the ubiquitous, cliche'd and popular cute and creepy style into something more personalized and universal. Each of the figures in the show is accompanied by a card with its corresponding myth. The artist has deftly avoided the lure and trap of reducing the narrative to an explanation. Each work refers to a figure with a role to play and a backstory (implying its future).

Calan Ree, "Eat Your Crusts"

Many relate to superstitions from the past, often with feminist overtones, such as the "Eating your crusts", more of an embodiment of a saying (look up Neverne Covington's work, she has been doing something along these lines, but very different). A bit of sympathetic magic about how eating bread crusts would  curl one's hair -- and increase their desirability, specially for girls. Note the figure's entire torso is full of faces, some skull-like. The individual reality as a conglomerate of a consensual cultural one?

Calan Ree, "Fairy"

Others are personifications of psychic energies, such as the fairies, who embody mishaps, children that turn out very differently from what the parents expected (they must be changelings!), and in the accompanying tales are "remedies" in the sense of amulets to help avoid or neutralize these spirits.
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The work in this show relates to the viewers in the common experiences that these myths span. All of them are about dealing with the channeling of psychic energies in a way that makes sense of experience or prepares us for things to come, but most of all, bind us because most are things we have all experienced, or will someday. This goes far beyond a seemingly conflicting cute and dreadful genre and right into the core questions of fine art.

Calan Ree, "Heart Path"

Note that in this show, the pedestals on which the work stands are made from tree sections (no living trees were harmed to do this). So, the work is metaphorically a forest of sorts. In many myths, one enters the forest, becomes lost and through various adventures, rites, and personal growth finds oneself. Treat yourself and go to the show. I guarantee you at least one work of art will be like a shared dream, and you will find yourself on the wall at Blue Lucy Gallery.

--- Luis

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The Celebration of the Drums! @ 620 Nov. 9, 2013

The Studio @ 620 presents “The Celebration of the Drums!” We invite you to bring your drum and/or acoustic instrument for a full day of live drumming and open jams. Tutorials and lessons on the fundamentals of the drum set will be given throughout the celebration by Nicholas Picks and professors of Berklee College of music. The day’s festivities will lead into a night of groundbreaking performances by The Roser Collective. The Celebration of the drums will be professionally recorded and everyone will receive a WAV file recording of the entire event.

Saturday November 9, 2013 beginning at 12:00 PM.

Suggested donation of $10 will be accepted upon entry but nobody will be turned away.

The Studio @ 620 presents “The Celebration of the Drums!” We invite you to bring your drum and/or acoustic instrument for a full day of live drumming and open jams. Tutorials and lessons on the fundamentals of the drum set will be given throughout the celebration by Nicholas Picks and professors of Berklee College of music. The day’s festivities will lead into a night of groundbreaking performances by The Roser Collective. The Celebration of the drums will be professionally recorded and everyone will receive a WAV file recording of the entire event.

Saturday November 9, 2013 beginning at 12:00 PM.

Suggested donation of $10 will be accepted upon entry but nobody will be turned away.

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A Journey to Discover. New Work at Beth Kokol Arts

Beth joins with 4 other artists to present “A Journey to Discover - New Art, New Artists, New Exhibit", the first of what will be an annual event at her studio & gallery.

Exhibiting are Beth, Dawn Hunt, George Fuller, Joanne Higbee and Emerson Kokol. See over 60 original works in various art forms: oil, acrylic, mixed media and photography. Of the work, Beth says, "The pieces are eclectic, funky and off-beat. Each artist's work reflects the journey he or she is on. This show is sure to prompt some lively discussion."

Meet the artists and see their works. Free food and drink. Free valet parking.

Also, exhibit will continue through the weekend. Gallery hours: Saturday, November 9, 10am - 5pm and Sunday, November 10, Noon-5pm

For more information, call 813-334-5100 or visit www.bethkokolarts.com

Beth joins with 4 other artists to present “A Journey to Discover - New Art, New Artists, New Exhibit", the first of what will be an annual event at her studio & gallery.

Exhibiting are Beth, Dawn Hunt, George Fuller, Joanne Higbee and Emerson Kokol. See over 60 original works in various art forms: oil, acrylic, mixed media and photography. Of the work, Beth says, "The pieces are eclectic, funky and off-beat. Each artist's work reflects the journey he or she is on. This show is sure to prompt some lively discussion."

Meet the artists and see their works. Free food and drink. Free valet parking.

Also, exhibit will continue through the weekend. Gallery hours: Saturday, November 9, 10am - 5pm and Sunday, November 10, Noon-5pm

For more information, call 813-334-5100 or visit www.bethkokolarts.com

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This Bad Grandpa Weekend, October 28th - Oct 3rd 2013

Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2013
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Live Figure Drawing at Soft Water Studios

Every Tuesday we have Open Figure Drawing at Soft Water Studios. Models are nude or partially draped. 2, 5, and 20 minute poses. Easels, benches and tables are available. Bring your own paper & supplies. $7 Model Fee.
 

Tuesday, October 29 at 6:30pm in EDT

Soft Water Studios in Saint Petersburg, Florida

515 22nd Street South, Saint Petersburg, Florida

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Wednesday Oct  30, 2013
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 This Wednesday, 10/30/2013, I will be doing an art critique at Soft Water Studios. It will be a participatory, laid-back experience and a wonderful evening centered around art - your art.
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 Thursday, Oct 31st 3013
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2 spaces 10 bands 10 bucks unless you are lame and you don't want to wear a costume and you hate fun. Then it's $15. Solution = wear a damn costume! And don't try to bullshit us either. Don't show up in a tuxedo t-shirt and tell us you are a butler or wear one of your 19 tie-dye t shirts and say you're a "hippie." Our door people will still charge you $15 in that case. Just actually "have fun" and dress up. It's Halloween for fuck's sake.

If you are having trouble thinking of a costume, here are some suggestions:

Be a robot, be a spaceman, be Legolas, be an Ewok, be Magneto, be Ray Bradbury, be R2D2, be Spock, be Doctor Who, be Y: the Last Man, be Starbuck, be a Tauntaun, be a Big Daddy, be Mario, be Malcom Reynolds, be Arya, be Scully and/or Mulder, be Mork, be a Vorlon, be D'Argo, be Robot from Lost in Space (classic), be the Incredible Hulk, be Q, be Ben Kenobi, be Max Headroom, be Robot from Lost in Space (shitty 90's remake).

If none of these sound good to you, but you are still drawing a blank on costume ideas here are some more "spicy" suggestions:

Be a sexy robot, be a sexy spaceman, be sexy Legolas, be a sexy Ewok, be sexy Magneto, be sexy Ray Bradbury, be sexy R2D2, be sexy Spock, be sexy Doctor Who, be sexy Y: the Last Man, be sexy Starbuck, be a sexy Tauntaun, be a sexy Big Daddy, be sexy Mario, be sexy Malcom Reynolds, be sexy Arya, be sexy Scully and/or sexy Mulder, be sexy Mork, be a sexy Vorlon, be sexy D'Argo, be sexy Robot from Lost in Space (classic), be the Incredible Hulk (but sexy), be sexy Q, be sexy Ben Kenobi, be sexy Max Headroom, be sexy Robot from Lost in Space (shitty 90's remake).

There will be a costume contest with some sort of shitty prize (shitty prize to be determined) with a judging panel of: Mark Castle, Bnen Holleyy and Rachel Coderre. They will probably make fun of you.

Oh yes, and there's music! We will have both Kevin Greenspon (Los Angeles) and Offerings (Memphis) returning to VC. These two artists separately are two of the best artists to have ever graced a Pangaea.

Then we have a bunch of kick-ass locals: Mark Castle, Terminus Cursus, Raef, Abstract Machine, Magick Slags, Snacking, Hiatus and Cork!
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On Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, the Centre Gallery at the University of South Florida will host the After Hours Series: Fashion Show featuring the SELENE Collection, J-Club, and the USF Theater Department. Visitors to the gallery will encounter a fashion show featuring the designs and styling of the current artist, Molly Matchstick, exhibiting her work in SELENE, serene, as well as the designs of J-Club president Jillian Azares and the USF Theater Department. The fashion show will showcase Matchstick’s creations that revolve around the little black dress and Azares and USF Theater’s brightly colored creations with assistance from The Fashion Executives and models from P.R.I.D.E. Alliance. The After Hours Series will be held from 7- 9pm with the fashion show beginning at 8pm. There will be free refreshments and attendees are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costume. Centre Gallery is located on the second floor of the Marshall Student Center in room 2700, at 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, Fla. It is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 11am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, please contact the Centre Gallery at 813-974-5464. Japanese Club, J-Club, preserves Japanese culture and showcase its diverse and intriguing qualities to the USF campus. The organization aims to enrich the USF community and surrounding areas with Japanese culture through socials, events, meetings, and reach out to the international Japanese society and exchange students. They will be hosting A Night in Tokyo, a Japanese fashion show, on Nov. 9, 2013 in the MSC Ballroom from 6-9pm. The Fashion Executives is comprised of a dynamic, creative, and talented group of individuals who wants to educate, empower, and encourage one another to learn more and pursue possible careers in the fashion industry through professional development and opportunities. P.R.I.D.E. stands for People Respecting Individual Diversity and Equality. P.R.I.D.E. is a LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied) based organization here at USF. Started in 1974, P.R.I.D.E. is the oldest continuously funded gay student organization in the state of Florida. They are hosting the Monster Ball in the Ballroom from 8-10pm. A night of dancing and fun on Halloween night, this dance is P.R.I.D.E.’s annual fall formal.

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 Friday, November 1, 2013
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The 6th year. Still free.
A compact and insane list of noise artists from around the world will be performing. Here is your first dose!

Starts promptly at 6:00PM!!!

01:40-01:55 - Novasak
01:20-01:35 - Oblongata
01:00-01:15 - Vasectomy Party
12:40-12:55 - Black Beast of Arrrghhh
12:20-12:35 - LoveBrrd
12:00-12:15 - Nequam Sonitus
11:40-11:55 - Whitey Alabastard
11:20-11:35 - The Laundry Room Squelchers
11:00-11:15 - Italics
10:40-10:55 - Nows
10:20-10:35 - Trotsky’s Watercooler
10:00-10:15 - Sisto Rossi
09:40-09:55 - Durastatic
09:20-09:35 - Mariela Rossi
09:00-09:15 - John Freda
08:40-08:55 - Stickfigure
08:20-08:35 - Susu
08:00-08:15 - Tjere
07:40-07:55 - Wolf!Wolf!Wolf!
07:20-07:35 - Mayan Apocalypse
07:00-07:15 - Bacteria
06:40-06:55 - RISS
06:20-06:35 - David DeCorte
06:00-06:15 - J Thelonious

^^^^Start Here

The Venture Compound will provide refreshments for donation!!
Tons of band merchandise will be available. Be sure to save your lunch money, you'll want to get in on all of this!!!

Lineup may change at anytime without notice.  
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2013




Nikki Shau Band with Jose Nunez and Elised Saymore  at Sneakers, 1159 62nd Ave N, Saint Petersburg. Great singer and band.
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mmmm

Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2013
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Live Figure Drawing at Soft Water Studios

Every Tuesday we have Open Figure Drawing at Soft Water Studios. Models are nude or partially draped. 2, 5, and 20 minute poses. Easels, benches and tables are available. Bring your own paper & supplies. $7 Model Fee.
 

Tuesday, October 29 at 6:30pm in EDT

Soft Water Studios in Saint Petersburg, Florida

515 22nd Street South, Saint Petersburg, Florida

 ______________________________________________________________
Wednesday Oct  30, 2013
-________________________________________________________________






 This Wednesday, 10/30/2013, I will be doing an art critique at Soft Water Studios. It will be a participatory, laid-back experience and a wonderful evening centered around art - your art.
______________________________________________________________________
 Thursday, Oct 31st 3013
_____________________________________________________________________



2 spaces 10 bands 10 bucks unless you are lame and you don't want to wear a costume and you hate fun. Then it's $15. Solution = wear a damn costume! And don't try to bullshit us either. Don't show up in a tuxedo t-shirt and tell us you are a butler or wear one of your 19 tie-dye t shirts and say you're a "hippie." Our door people will still charge you $15 in that case. Just actually "have fun" and dress up. It's Halloween for fuck's sake.

If you are having trouble thinking of a costume, here are some suggestions:

Be a robot, be a spaceman, be Legolas, be an Ewok, be Magneto, be Ray Bradbury, be R2D2, be Spock, be Doctor Who, be Y: the Last Man, be Starbuck, be a Tauntaun, be a Big Daddy, be Mario, be Malcom Reynolds, be Arya, be Scully and/or Mulder, be Mork, be a Vorlon, be D'Argo, be Robot from Lost in Space (classic), be the Incredible Hulk, be Q, be Ben Kenobi, be Max Headroom, be Robot from Lost in Space (shitty 90's remake).

If none of these sound good to you, but you are still drawing a blank on costume ideas here are some more "spicy" suggestions:

Be a sexy robot, be a sexy spaceman, be sexy Legolas, be a sexy Ewok, be sexy Magneto, be sexy Ray Bradbury, be sexy R2D2, be sexy Spock, be sexy Doctor Who, be sexy Y: the Last Man, be sexy Starbuck, be a sexy Tauntaun, be a sexy Big Daddy, be sexy Mario, be sexy Malcom Reynolds, be sexy Arya, be sexy Scully and/or sexy Mulder, be sexy Mork, be a sexy Vorlon, be sexy D'Argo, be sexy Robot from Lost in Space (classic), be the Incredible Hulk (but sexy), be sexy Q, be sexy Ben Kenobi, be sexy Max Headroom, be sexy Robot from Lost in Space (shitty 90's remake).

There will be a costume contest with some sort of shitty prize (shitty prize to be determined) with a judging panel of: Mark Castle, Bnen Holleyy and Rachel Coderre. They will probably make fun of you.

Oh yes, and there's music! We will have both Kevin Greenspon (Los Angeles) and Offerings (Memphis) returning to VC. These two artists separately are two of the best artists to have ever graced a Pangaea.

Then we have a bunch of kick-ass locals: Mark Castle, Terminus Cursus, Raef, Abstract Machine, Magick Slags, Snacking, Hiatus and Cork!
____________________________________________________________________________

On Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, the Centre Gallery at the University of South Florida will host the After Hours Series: Fashion Show featuring the SELENE Collection, J-Club, and the USF Theater Department. Visitors to the gallery will encounter a fashion show featuring the designs and styling of the current artist, Molly Matchstick, exhibiting her work in SELENE, serene, as well as the designs of J-Club president Jillian Azares and the USF Theater Department. The fashion show will showcase Matchstick’s creations that revolve around the little black dress and Azares and USF Theater’s brightly colored creations with assistance from The Fashion Executives and models from P.R.I.D.E. Alliance. The After Hours Series will be held from 7- 9pm with the fashion show beginning at 8pm. There will be free refreshments and attendees are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costume. Centre Gallery is located on the second floor of the Marshall Student Center in room 2700, at 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, Fla. It is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 11am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, please contact the Centre Gallery at 813-974-5464. Japanese Club, J-Club, preserves Japanese culture and showcase its diverse and intriguing qualities to the USF campus. The organization aims to enrich the USF community and surrounding areas with Japanese culture through socials, events, meetings, and reach out to the international Japanese society and exchange students. They will be hosting A Night in Tokyo, a Japanese fashion show, on Nov. 9, 2013 in the MSC Ballroom from 6-9pm. The Fashion Executives is comprised of a dynamic, creative, and talented group of individuals who wants to educate, empower, and encourage one another to learn more and pursue possible careers in the fashion industry through professional development and opportunities. P.R.I.D.E. stands for People Respecting Individual Diversity and Equality. P.R.I.D.E. is a LGBTQA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied) based organization here at USF. Started in 1974, P.R.I.D.E. is the oldest continuously funded gay student organization in the state of Florida. They are hosting the Monster Ball in the Ballroom from 8-10pm. A night of dancing and fun on Halloween night, this dance is P.R.I.D.E.’s annual fall formal.

 ___________________________________________________________________

 Friday, November 1, 2013
___________________________________________________________________________

 

The 6th year. Still free.
A compact and insane list of noise artists from around the world will be performing. Here is your first dose!

Starts promptly at 6:00PM!!!

01:40-01:55 - Novasak
01:20-01:35 - Oblongata
01:00-01:15 - Vasectomy Party
12:40-12:55 - Black Beast of Arrrghhh
12:20-12:35 - LoveBrrd
12:00-12:15 - Nequam Sonitus
11:40-11:55 - Whitey Alabastard
11:20-11:35 - The Laundry Room Squelchers
11:00-11:15 - Italics
10:40-10:55 - Nows
10:20-10:35 - Trotsky’s Watercooler
10:00-10:15 - Sisto Rossi
09:40-09:55 - Durastatic
09:20-09:35 - Mariela Rossi
09:00-09:15 - John Freda
08:40-08:55 - Stickfigure
08:20-08:35 - Susu
08:00-08:15 - Tjere
07:40-07:55 - Wolf!Wolf!Wolf!
07:20-07:35 - Mayan Apocalypse
07:00-07:15 - Bacteria
06:40-06:55 - RISS
06:20-06:35 - David DeCorte
06:00-06:15 - J Thelonious

^^^^Start Here

The Venture Compound will provide refreshments for donation!!
Tons of band merchandise will be available. Be sure to save your lunch money, you'll want to get in on all of this!!!

Lineup may change at anytime without notice.  
_____________________________________________________________________

Saturday, November 2nd, 2013




Nikki Shau Band with Jose Nunez and Elised Saymore  at Sneakers, 1159 62nd Ave N, Saint Petersburg. Great singer and band.
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mmmm

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"The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, The True Story" showing twice a day this week at the Arclight Pasadena

The documentary, The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, The True Story, is playing now at the Arclight Theatre in the Paseo Colorado shopping center in Pasadena.

This award-winning documentary, directed and written and produced by the husband and wife team of Joe and Justine Medeiros, is a story of an audacious art theft - Vincenzo Peruggia, an immigrant house painter, walked into the Louvre on a Monday morning and then out with the Mona Lisa under his arm and onto the streets of Paris in late August (a notoriously quiet month in Paris when residents traditionally flee the humidity to the sea and the countryside). For two years Leonardo da Vinci's portrait allegedly of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo escalated in fame as the public wondered if the masterpiece would ever be recovered. The Medeiros team traveled to Peruggia's hometown in northern Italy to meet his daughter, then in her 80s, to find out from her about the man who had stolen La Joconde -- only to find out that her father had died before she turned two years old and she herself had not heard about the theft until she was about to marry. The Medeiros' promised Peruggia's daughter to find out why her father had become an art thief. They studied primary materials, including archival material related to the police investigation, and re-traced Peruggia's actions with his grandson and granddaughter.

The film will screen at noon and 2 p.m. Tuesday (October 29) through Sunday (November 3).

The documentary, The Missing Piece: Mona Lisa, Her Thief, The True Story, is playing now at the Arclight Theatre in the Paseo Colorado shopping center in Pasadena.

This award-winning documentary, directed and written and produced by the husband and wife team of Joe and Justine Medeiros, is a story of an audacious art theft - Vincenzo Peruggia, an immigrant house painter, walked into the Louvre on a Monday morning and then out with the Mona Lisa under his arm and onto the streets of Paris in late August (a notoriously quiet month in Paris when residents traditionally flee the humidity to the sea and the countryside). For two years Leonardo da Vinci's portrait allegedly of Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo escalated in fame as the public wondered if the masterpiece would ever be recovered. The Medeiros team traveled to Peruggia's hometown in northern Italy to meet his daughter, then in her 80s, to find out from her about the man who had stolen La Joconde -- only to find out that her father had died before she turned two years old and she herself had not heard about the theft until she was about to marry. The Medeiros' promised Peruggia's daughter to find out why her father had become an art thief. They studied primary materials, including archival material related to the police investigation, and re-traced Peruggia's actions with his grandson and granddaughter.

The film will screen at noon and 2 p.m. Tuesday (October 29) through Sunday (November 3).

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Even In The Quietest Moments...subSURFACE: Stacey Rosende @ HCC Dale Mabry

HCC 221 Gallery, Dale Mabry Campus. Work by Stacey Rosende.

 Unable to attend the vernissage for this show, I went a few days later. Often, due to several reasons, I have to see shows before or after hours. Most gallerists (with a few notable exceptions) are 100% accommodating. Being alone in a gallery is an undiluted experience. Yes, art has its sociological aspects, and I love making the rounds of openings, meeting the artists, gallerists and the arts cognoscenti and habitues, some of whom I only see at these events, but being alone with the art has its seductive charms. The curation stands out when not blocked by a staccato of figures. The secondary interactions and dialogues between the works is easier to discern. The quiet and solitude, broken only by the echoes of my footsteps and aging joints, seems to allot the visual more brain power. It reminds me of the bygone days of my youth, when I was an altar boy, being alone in the chapel, among the painted icons and gold leaf.

The HCC Galleries currently in ascendance in the Bay area, are college galleries, but not outlets for undergraduate work (as in USF). They are a rich, educational visual resource for students and the community, bringing out emerging and established artists in top quality shows.

The work in this show are the result of a residency in Venice during the Summer of 2013 and how Rosende was affected by the textures, patterns, colors and rhythms of the city. The patterns were in weathered stone, architectural decoration. textures of plaster, and transparency of water. These are mixed media works, using printmaking, painting and stenciling.

Stacy Rosende, "Teeth".

 In the 2D works, like in "Teeth", shown above, there is a sense of rhythm between the colors, and the textures that overlay them (Visible in the picture above, looking a little like weathering or scuff marks). There is a sense of jazzy riffing off the colors, textures and history of the city (and perhaps its stairways?).

Stacey Rosende, "Venetian"

In the work above, one can see patterns. There is a small book of iphotographs made by Rosende that is in the Notebooks available to viewers at the gallery titled "Informing the work". These were like preliminary sketches for the works in the show. The artist, as a photographer, is exploring the play of light, texture, pattern, color and history. I could not help but refer to the spectrograph, the output of a scientific instrument used to identify things like the elements present in a sample, or the composition of stars. The results look like this:

 
     Spectrograph

These paintings remind me of an aesthetic, organic analysis or reading of Venice, the most salient parts, yielding their secrets.

Work by Stacy Rosende

The small, somewhat "hairy" sculptures are bisected. They look similar to geodes, which are often also dislayed bisected so that the crystals formed inside can be seen. Here the contrast is between the rocky, hairy exterior and the colorful, emotional (cool or hot) interior, a subsurface view.

Congratulations to Stacey Rosende, HCC Dale Mabry Director Katherine Gibson and the Student Government Association for a very good show.

--- Luis

HCC 221 Gallery, Dale Mabry Campus. Work by Stacey Rosende.

 Unable to attend the vernissage for this show, I went a few days later. Often, due to several reasons, I have to see shows before or after hours. Most gallerists (with a few notable exceptions) are 100% accommodating. Being alone in a gallery is an undiluted experience. Yes, art has its sociological aspects, and I love making the rounds of openings, meeting the artists, gallerists and the arts cognoscenti and habitues, some of whom I only see at these events, but being alone with the art has its seductive charms. The curation stands out when not blocked by a staccato of figures. The secondary interactions and dialogues between the works is easier to discern. The quiet and solitude, broken only by the echoes of my footsteps and aging joints, seems to allot the visual more brain power. It reminds me of the bygone days of my youth, when I was an altar boy, being alone in the chapel, among the painted icons and gold leaf.

The HCC Galleries currently in ascendance in the Bay area, are college galleries, but not outlets for undergraduate work (as in USF). They are a rich, educational visual resource for students and the community, bringing out emerging and established artists in top quality shows.

The work in this show are the result of a residency in Venice during the Summer of 2013 and how Rosende was affected by the textures, patterns, colors and rhythms of the city. The patterns were in weathered stone, architectural decoration. textures of plaster, and transparency of water. These are mixed media works, using printmaking, painting and stenciling.

Stacy Rosende, "Teeth".

 In the 2D works, like in "Teeth", shown above, there is a sense of rhythm between the colors, and the textures that overlay them (Visible in the picture above, looking a little like weathering or scuff marks). There is a sense of jazzy riffing off the colors, textures and history of the city (and perhaps its stairways?).

Stacey Rosende, "Venetian"

In the work above, one can see patterns. There is a small book of iphotographs made by Rosende that is in the Notebooks available to viewers at the gallery titled "Informing the work". These were like preliminary sketches for the works in the show. The artist, as a photographer, is exploring the play of light, texture, pattern, color and history. I could not help but refer to the spectrograph, the output of a scientific instrument used to identify things like the elements present in a sample, or the composition of stars. The results look like this:

 
     Spectrograph

These paintings remind me of an aesthetic, organic analysis or reading of Venice, the most salient parts, yielding their secrets.

Work by Stacy Rosende

The small, somewhat "hairy" sculptures are bisected. They look similar to geodes, which are often also dislayed bisected so that the crystals formed inside can be seen. Here the contrast is between the rocky, hairy exterior and the colorful, emotional (cool or hot) interior, a subsurface view.

Congratulations to Stacey Rosende, HCC Dale Mabry Director Katherine Gibson and the Student Government Association for a very good show.

--- Luis

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The Monuments Men: Harry Ettlinger describes finding the stained glass windows of Strasbourg Cathedral in a salt mine

Here's an eight minute video produced by Roberta Newman for the American Jewish Historical Society on activities of The Monuments Men who risked their lives to save art during World War II, including finding art masterpieces in two underground salt mines outside of Heilborn, Germany. This video includes narration by Monuments Man Harry Ettlinger who describes how nitro glycerin came 'within two months' of blowing up Europe's greatest art. "The first job I had was to get all 73 cases of stained glass windows that were taken out of the cathedral of Strasbourg," Mr. Ettlinger recalls. "I was the one who saw to it that all the boxes came to the top and got loaded onto trucks to be shipped to Strasbourg about an hour and a half away."

Here's an eight minute video produced by Roberta Newman for the American Jewish Historical Society on activities of The Monuments Men who risked their lives to save art during World War II, including finding art masterpieces in two underground salt mines outside of Heilborn, Germany. This video includes narration by Monuments Man Harry Ettlinger who describes how nitro glycerin came 'within two months' of blowing up Europe's greatest art. "The first job I had was to get all 73 cases of stained glass windows that were taken out of the cathedral of Strasbourg," Mr. Ettlinger recalls. "I was the one who saw to it that all the boxes came to the top and got loaded onto trucks to be shipped to Strasbourg about an hour and a half away."

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Our bones forever in stone, Monuments of life

After all this great weather we have been having (mostly...) it has turned pretty grim here. Not stopped raining all day and really getting pretty cold. Even weather warnings of high winds. Back to normal then. Looks like Nicolette and the team picked exactly the right time to visit Scotland and do all the pre-production filming at Aldourie Castle last week!

Ourselves? We are thankfully indoors for a while but it's not quite so much fun costing jobs and putting those kind of details together. The good news is that we are doing it for our jobs in Banchory and in Derby which are taking shape nicely.

Derby is all ready to go - just a few small details to work on regarding risk-assessments and timescales but we are happy with the way its sitting now. We have also come up with names for the pieces which has taken a long time (maybe three years or so!). Will keep it quiet for now until the commissioner gives it the go-ahead.

Banchory is also ticking along nicely. We had a meeting with Nicola from Woodend Barn this week to outline some of our initial ideas and she was happy with the direction we were taking. Lots more to do on the overall plan and concept but for the moment we are learning about new materials and techniques. Its like being back at Uni - with the exception of actually doing something.

Rather than finish on a note like that. Someone whose work displays techniques and skills that we would love to master was Michael Grab from Gravity Glue. He is due to be in the final movie as well and what he does by combining rocks with patience is incredible. Definitely worth looking at his website. - FIN

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Foo Fighters - Statues

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)

After all this great weather we have been having (mostly...) it has turned pretty grim here. Not stopped raining all day and really getting pretty cold. Even weather warnings of high winds. Back to normal then. Looks like Nicolette and the team picked exactly the right time to visit Scotland and do all the pre-production filming at Aldourie Castle last week!

Ourselves? We are thankfully indoors for a while but it's not quite so much fun costing jobs and putting those kind of details together. The good news is that we are doing it for our jobs in Banchory and in Derby which are taking shape nicely.

Derby is all ready to go - just a few small details to work on regarding risk-assessments and timescales but we are happy with the way its sitting now. We have also come up with names for the pieces which has taken a long time (maybe three years or so!). Will keep it quiet for now until the commissioner gives it the go-ahead.

Banchory is also ticking along nicely. We had a meeting with Nicola from Woodend Barn this week to outline some of our initial ideas and she was happy with the direction we were taking. Lots more to do on the overall plan and concept but for the moment we are learning about new materials and techniques. Its like being back at Uni - with the exception of actually doing something.

Rather than finish on a note like that. Someone whose work displays techniques and skills that we would love to master was Michael Grab from Gravity Glue. He is due to be in the final movie as well and what he does by combining rocks with patience is incredible. Definitely worth looking at his website. - FIN

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Foo Fighters - Statues

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)

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CRITIQUE @ Soft Water Studios -- by Art Taco.

This Wednesday, 10/30/2013, I will be doing an art critique at Soft Water Studios. It will be a participatory, laid-back experience and a wonderful evening centered around art - your art.

This Wednesday, 10/30/2013, I will be doing an art critique at Soft Water Studios. It will be a participatory, laid-back experience and a wonderful evening centered around art - your art.

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Tonight: DARK ARTS

DARK ARTS, Saturday, Oct 26th, 2013. 7-11 PM

Dark Arts @ Fire Station #3 -


$10 entry ($5 KSPL members) | Visit www.stpetedarkarts.com

DARK ARTS is a fundraiser for Keep St. Pete Local and celebrates the darker side of the arts while supporting great local businesses. In addition to an art show featuring 60+artists in all disciplines, DARK ARTS features live entertainment, DJ MEGA, food and libations.

* Costumes or all-black attire is encouraged! Come celebrate Halloween with us in style! *

The creative team putting on DARK ARTS features a host of talented St. Petersburg art and entertainment scene veterans:

- 600 Block rockstars BLUELUCY, known for their impressive shows every month on Central Avenue.
- Entertainment queen Dollface, known for a variety of local events including Halloween favorites Something Wicked… and CarnEvil.
- The king of abnormal, and the wildly popular Abnormality show, Casey Paquet.

DARK ARTS celebrates the occult, the obscure, the forbidden, the dark and the strange. Rituals, ceremonies and rites of passage passed through the secret underbelly of humanity have long fascinated and entertained. Shedding light into the dark corners of the human mind, DARK ARTS pushes artists to detach from their more comfortable subject matter and explore the shadows beneath. The venue itself, a former fire station that has been paused in mid-decay and put on display for all to see what lies beneath the walls we trust, is the perfect backdrop for a show exploring that which lives inside of us all.

Performances and performance artists will also play a part in making this a multi-sensory experience not soon forgotten, while interactive photo opportunities put you in the middle of the show.

ARTISTS:

Pale Horse
John Revisky
Bask
Joe Boccia
Frank Strunk III
Johannah O’Donnell
Sebastian Coolidge (Seabass)
Cake Marques
Daniel Mrgan
Trinity Rivard
Samantha Churchill
Zulu Painter
Laura Spencer
Shan Leah
Patrick Deignan
Jason Sexton
Renee Little
Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.
Joseph Coleman
Jon Fisher
Coralette Damme (The Crafty Hag)
Kevin Nodland (Nodz)
Tara Radosevich
Charlie Parker
Laura Irmis
Ungala
Mark Mitchell
Derek Donnelly (Saint Paint)
Joshua Whitehead
Dollface
Deerly Departed
Sara McClarnon
J. Michael Taylor
Adam Graham
Siera Vaughn
Sheri Kendrick
Justin Seabolt (Justice)
Perry Devick
Suarez
Carrie Boucher
George Retkes
Don Orcutt (Donny O)
Demeree
Robert X. Rules
Vegetable
ArtSnark
Rylan Wright
Joanna Ledingham
Mark Noll
Don Orcutt
Jason Mycol Allen
Salvatore James
Christian Zvonik
Deidra Kriner
Ed Hotchkiss (HKISS)
Sue Woodall (Hey Girl Studio)
Josh Poll (Jash)
Jeffrey Jacoby
Gina Fote
Rebecca Skelton
Sheree Rensel

SPONSORS:
Station Numberthree
Florida Beer Company
Industrial Strength Inc.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Fireball Whisky
VLVT Salon
conceptBAIT, inc.
Tim Simmons Photography

FOOD TRUCKS/MOBILE VENDORS:
Maggie on the Move
Tampa Pig Roast/M-N-M BBQ
Tropiccool

DARK ARTS, Saturday, Oct 26th, 2013. 7-11 PM

Dark Arts @ Fire Station #3 -


$10 entry ($5 KSPL members) | Visit www.stpetedarkarts.com

DARK ARTS is a fundraiser for Keep St. Pete Local and celebrates the darker side of the arts while supporting great local businesses. In addition to an art show featuring 60+artists in all disciplines, DARK ARTS features live entertainment, DJ MEGA, food and libations.

* Costumes or all-black attire is encouraged! Come celebrate Halloween with us in style! *

The creative team putting on DARK ARTS features a host of talented St. Petersburg art and entertainment scene veterans:

- 600 Block rockstars BLUELUCY, known for their impressive shows every month on Central Avenue.
- Entertainment queen Dollface, known for a variety of local events including Halloween favorites Something Wicked… and CarnEvil.
- The king of abnormal, and the wildly popular Abnormality show, Casey Paquet.

DARK ARTS celebrates the occult, the obscure, the forbidden, the dark and the strange. Rituals, ceremonies and rites of passage passed through the secret underbelly of humanity have long fascinated and entertained. Shedding light into the dark corners of the human mind, DARK ARTS pushes artists to detach from their more comfortable subject matter and explore the shadows beneath. The venue itself, a former fire station that has been paused in mid-decay and put on display for all to see what lies beneath the walls we trust, is the perfect backdrop for a show exploring that which lives inside of us all.

Performances and performance artists will also play a part in making this a multi-sensory experience not soon forgotten, while interactive photo opportunities put you in the middle of the show.

ARTISTS:

Pale Horse
John Revisky
Bask
Joe Boccia
Frank Strunk III
Johannah O’Donnell
Sebastian Coolidge (Seabass)
Cake Marques
Daniel Mrgan
Trinity Rivard
Samantha Churchill
Zulu Painter
Laura Spencer
Shan Leah
Patrick Deignan
Jason Sexton
Renee Little
Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.
Joseph Coleman
Jon Fisher
Coralette Damme (The Crafty Hag)
Kevin Nodland (Nodz)
Tara Radosevich
Charlie Parker
Laura Irmis
Ungala
Mark Mitchell
Derek Donnelly (Saint Paint)
Joshua Whitehead
Dollface
Deerly Departed
Sara McClarnon
J. Michael Taylor
Adam Graham
Siera Vaughn
Sheri Kendrick
Justin Seabolt (Justice)
Perry Devick
Suarez
Carrie Boucher
George Retkes
Don Orcutt (Donny O)
Demeree
Robert X. Rules
Vegetable
ArtSnark
Rylan Wright
Joanna Ledingham
Mark Noll
Don Orcutt
Jason Mycol Allen
Salvatore James
Christian Zvonik
Deidra Kriner
Ed Hotchkiss (HKISS)
Sue Woodall (Hey Girl Studio)
Josh Poll (Jash)
Jeffrey Jacoby
Gina Fote
Rebecca Skelton
Sheree Rensel

SPONSORS:
Station Numberthree
Florida Beer Company
Industrial Strength Inc.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Fireball Whisky
VLVT Salon
conceptBAIT, inc.
Tim Simmons Photography

FOOD TRUCKS/MOBILE VENDORS:
Maggie on the Move
Tampa Pig Roast/M-N-M BBQ
Tropiccool

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Author Barry Lancet introduces Jim Brodie, antique dealer, as protagonist in debut thriller JAPANTOWN

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief

Author Barry Lancet features a San Francisco antique dealer in Japantown: A Thriller who consults for the police in regards to evidence related to Japanese art and culture. Here's a link to a book review by Steve Sacks for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Between speaking engagements in California, Mr. Lancet spoke to the ARCA blog via email:

Why did you choose an antique dealer as your protagonists' profession?

So that I could talk about the high culture as well as the low points required of the genre. I much prefer the culture, which includes art, but you don't have a mystery/thriller without the low. Very few have both. 

JAPANTOWN and the Jim Brodie series will always have an art theme running through them either as a plot or subplot, or as background.  In JAPANTOWN, as you'll see, art provides color and culture and character, and sometimes provides clues or insights into character.  And then there's the calligraphy, but I'll leave it there to prevent spoilers.

In the books to follow in this series, will there be any art crimes -- thefts, forgeries or even smuggling?

Book 2 also has an art theme woven into the story, and so will the next book. In Jim Brodie's second outing, there are plenty of art crimes -- theft, a long-lost treasure (that is controversial but said to exist by some), an illegal art auction, an actual art object used for very unpleasant political purposes, and more.

Will art historians, art lovers, and collectors learn a lot about Japanese art from your book? Do you strive for authenticity? 

Without a doubt. One of my goals is to pass on some Japanese culture and history with each book, and much of that comes in the form of Japanese art. 

As a book editor for over two decades--and many of them art books--I'm very careful about how I present the culture and the art, and it's all authentic (unless I need to invent something for the story). I've got an About Authenticity section at the end of the book so readers can tell exactly what is accurate in regards to the art, history, culture, and so on.

Mr. Lancet will be speaking at the Northridge branch of the Los Angeles Library on November 2.

Here are a few interviews: NPR / CPR (Capitol Public Radio)interview with Beth Ruyak of INSIGHT (4^th button); Out of Ink.  “From the US toJapan and back again – an interview with Barry Lancet”; and “5-in-5: Barry Lancet” by J. Daniel Parra  (Pieces of Tracy).

A wonderful contemporary Japanese tea bowl.  Jim Brodie, the art-dealer protagonist of JAPANTOWN, is working on just such a repair when he receives an urgent phone call from the SFPD.  For more Japanese pieces featured in the book see “Brodie’s Antiques” in the “Japan & More” section of the author’s website (click on the images to enlarge).  Iga tea bowl, with "half moon" gold repair by Shiro Tsujimura (b. 1947– ).

by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, ARCA Blog Editor-in-Chief

Author Barry Lancet features a San Francisco antique dealer in Japantown: A Thriller who consults for the police in regards to evidence related to Japanese art and culture. Here's a link to a book review by Steve Sacks for the Washington Independent Review of Books. Between speaking engagements in California, Mr. Lancet spoke to the ARCA blog via email:

Why did you choose an antique dealer as your protagonists' profession?

So that I could talk about the high culture as well as the low points required of the genre. I much prefer the culture, which includes art, but you don't have a mystery/thriller without the low. Very few have both. 

JAPANTOWN and the Jim Brodie series will always have an art theme running through them either as a plot or subplot, or as background.  In JAPANTOWN, as you'll see, art provides color and culture and character, and sometimes provides clues or insights into character.  And then there's the calligraphy, but I'll leave it there to prevent spoilers.

In the books to follow in this series, will there be any art crimes -- thefts, forgeries or even smuggling?

Book 2 also has an art theme woven into the story, and so will the next book. In Jim Brodie's second outing, there are plenty of art crimes -- theft, a long-lost treasure (that is controversial but said to exist by some), an illegal art auction, an actual art object used for very unpleasant political purposes, and more.

Will art historians, art lovers, and collectors learn a lot about Japanese art from your book? Do you strive for authenticity? 

Without a doubt. One of my goals is to pass on some Japanese culture and history with each book, and much of that comes in the form of Japanese art. 

As a book editor for over two decades--and many of them art books--I'm very careful about how I present the culture and the art, and it's all authentic (unless I need to invent something for the story). I've got an About Authenticity section at the end of the book so readers can tell exactly what is accurate in regards to the art, history, culture, and so on.

Mr. Lancet will be speaking at the Northridge branch of the Los Angeles Library on November 2.

Here are a few interviews: NPR / CPR (Capitol Public Radio)interview with Beth Ruyak of INSIGHT (4^th button); Out of Ink.  “From the US toJapan and back again – an interview with Barry Lancet”; and “5-in-5: Barry Lancet” by J. Daniel Parra  (Pieces of Tracy).

A wonderful contemporary Japanese tea bowl.  Jim Brodie, the art-dealer protagonist of JAPANTOWN, is working on just such a repair when he receives an urgent phone call from the SFPD.  For more Japanese pieces featured in the book see “Brodie’s Antiques” in the “Japan & More” section of the author’s website (click on the images to enlarge).  Iga tea bowl, with "half moon" gold repair by Shiro Tsujimura (b. 1947– ).

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Friday, Oct. 25th, 2013

Outside the Box @ WTCA - Most artists are familiar with thinking, “outside the box”. Whether figuring out a way to fit that discarded piece of material on the side of the road (which will be simply perfect for their next art project) into their car or devising a plan on how to manage to pay the bills while continuing to do what they know they’re truly supposed to be doing, artists will find a way to create.

“ART of BOX” is an exploration of that creativity and artists are encouraged to think and submit work that was inspired “inside, outside, on top of, made out of, inspired by, etc.” … any type of box. All submissions must have some type of box included within the piece; whether painted, photographed, made out of or as a subject in a fine art piece, all boxes and mediums, big and small are appropriate. 

1906 Armenia, Tampa. 7-11 PM.
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 St Pete Shuffleboard Tournament After Party - St. Pete Shuffle Presents: World Tournament After Party and Shuffle Art Show!

Friday, October 25th, 2013
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Music, Art, Cake and of course SHUFFLIN'!
FREE! (Donations greatly appreciated)
All Ages (Always!)

Live Music By:

6 Volt Rodeo (We'll be dancing and swinging and shufflin' all night!)
https://www.facebook.com/6VoltRodeo

DieAlps! (Lovely, waltzy, shufflin' tunes!)
https://www.facebook.com/diealps

Shuffleboard Art Show with Art by:

Todd Bates
Kristi Capone
Susan Dickson-Nadeau
Bato Ijacic
Matt Kannenberg
Rebekah Eugenia Lazaridis
Pauli Maiville
Chad Mize
Natty Moss-Bond
Christine Page
Lainey Rhodes
Wendy Scarpa Osusky
David Spurgeon
Frank Strunk III
Josh Sullivan



We have so much to celebrate! It's the Shuffleboard Party of the Century! It's the 100th Anniversary of Shuffleboard in Florida, the City of St. Petersburg will declare October 10th to be Shuffleboard Day, and the club is hosting the 2013 World Singles Shuffleboard Championship Tournament October 21st through
25th https://www.facebook.com/events/165343826989596/ for the first time in 30 years!! 15 nations are participating! Wait until you see this cake!

We have some of the most amazing St. Petersburg Artists who will have shuffle art for you to buy! Come join us for the Championship Tournament Closing party and let's show these pro's how we do it in St. Pete! This place matters. Thank you for helping to make the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club as vibrant and relevant as it ever was and for helping us keep one of the most unique parts of the city alive and well. There will be Cycle Brewing, cake (not the band but the confection), food trucks, and photo booths!! Keep St. Pete Shufflin'!

The international players will join us after their awards banquet!
________________________________________________________________


Lichtenstein Art Show opening @ Venture Compound - 

Outside the Box @ WTCA - Most artists are familiar with thinking, “outside the box”. Whether figuring out a way to fit that discarded piece of material on the side of the road (which will be simply perfect for their next art project) into their car or devising a plan on how to manage to pay the bills while continuing to do what they know they’re truly supposed to be doing, artists will find a way to create.

“ART of BOX” is an exploration of that creativity and artists are encouraged to think and submit work that was inspired “inside, outside, on top of, made out of, inspired by, etc.” … any type of box. All submissions must have some type of box included within the piece; whether painted, photographed, made out of or as a subject in a fine art piece, all boxes and mediums, big and small are appropriate. 

1906 Armenia, Tampa. 7-11 PM.
_______________________________________________________________________



 St Pete Shuffleboard Tournament After Party - St. Pete Shuffle Presents: World Tournament After Party and Shuffle Art Show!

Friday, October 25th, 2013
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Music, Art, Cake and of course SHUFFLIN'!
FREE! (Donations greatly appreciated)
All Ages (Always!)

Live Music By:

6 Volt Rodeo (We'll be dancing and swinging and shufflin' all night!)
https://www.facebook.com/6VoltRodeo

DieAlps! (Lovely, waltzy, shufflin' tunes!)
https://www.facebook.com/diealps

Shuffleboard Art Show with Art by:

Todd Bates
Kristi Capone
Susan Dickson-Nadeau
Bato Ijacic
Matt Kannenberg
Rebekah Eugenia Lazaridis
Pauli Maiville
Chad Mize
Natty Moss-Bond
Christine Page
Lainey Rhodes
Wendy Scarpa Osusky
David Spurgeon
Frank Strunk III
Josh Sullivan



We have so much to celebrate! It's the Shuffleboard Party of the Century! It's the 100th Anniversary of Shuffleboard in Florida, the City of St. Petersburg will declare October 10th to be Shuffleboard Day, and the club is hosting the 2013 World Singles Shuffleboard Championship Tournament October 21st through
25th https://www.facebook.com/events/165343826989596/ for the first time in 30 years!! 15 nations are participating! Wait until you see this cake!

We have some of the most amazing St. Petersburg Artists who will have shuffle art for you to buy! Come join us for the Championship Tournament Closing party and let's show these pro's how we do it in St. Pete! This place matters. Thank you for helping to make the St. Petersburg Shuffleboard Club as vibrant and relevant as it ever was and for helping us keep one of the most unique parts of the city alive and well. There will be Cycle Brewing, cake (not the band but the confection), food trucks, and photo booths!! Keep St. Pete Shufflin'!

The international players will join us after their awards banquet!
________________________________________________________________


Lichtenstein Art Show opening @ Venture Compound - 

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Tara Radosevich First Solo Show

Tara Radosevich works as the intern at e v e  N o d d gallery, (wo)manning the space on Saturdays.  The space is hosting her first one-man show this month. 

Her work is based on folklore, animals, totemism, and cryptozoology, according to her artist's statement. In person, she comes across as reserved and intensely passionate. She says she is "hungry".

Work by Tara Radosevich

The artist is presently focusing on the deer. The paintings were not labeled, but the one above is of a female figure with her arms crossed and hands clenched into fists.with the head of a doe. The figure stands in a field of pink, exuding an aura of darker pink. There is a conflicted sensuality about this image combined with anticipation.

Work by Tara Radosevich

Above, a thundering herd of horses galloping through (or within) tall flames. Literally an image of unbridled passion. Note the horse's eye near the top edge of the work.

Works by Tara Radosevich.

In the center, the painting of bewildered horses' eyes (and mouths/teeth) is titled "Night Mare". The tiled subframes suggest the fragmentation of panicked emotion. The Night Mare (not the Piers Anthony version) has a rich historical tradition. Radosevich repeatedly reaches into primal emotions with her themes and symbols. These deep emotions have a strong universality and seem encoded in our darkest thoughts and experiences.

The artist is soon graduating with her BFA from USF. I look forward to seeing her work at the graduate show and the coming future.

Congratulations to Tara Radosevich and e v e N o d d for a good show.

--- Luis

Tara Radosevich works as the intern at e v e  N o d d gallery, (wo)manning the space on Saturdays.  The space is hosting her first one-man show this month. 

Her work is based on folklore, animals, totemism, and cryptozoology, according to her artist's statement. In person, she comes across as reserved and intensely passionate. She says she is "hungry".

Work by Tara Radosevich

The artist is presently focusing on the deer. The paintings were not labeled, but the one above is of a female figure with her arms crossed and hands clenched into fists.with the head of a doe. The figure stands in a field of pink, exuding an aura of darker pink. There is a conflicted sensuality about this image combined with anticipation.

Work by Tara Radosevich

Above, a thundering herd of horses galloping through (or within) tall flames. Literally an image of unbridled passion. Note the horse's eye near the top edge of the work.

Works by Tara Radosevich.

In the center, the painting of bewildered horses' eyes (and mouths/teeth) is titled "Night Mare". The tiled subframes suggest the fragmentation of panicked emotion. The Night Mare (not the Piers Anthony version) has a rich historical tradition. Radosevich repeatedly reaches into primal emotions with her themes and symbols. These deep emotions have a strong universality and seem encoded in our darkest thoughts and experiences.

The artist is soon graduating with her BFA from USF. I look forward to seeing her work at the graduate show and the coming future.

Congratulations to Tara Radosevich and e v e N o d d for a good show.

--- Luis

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Kerouac Celebration in Saint Pete

Kerouac Celebration In St. Pete

     At the Kerouac celebration at the  Flamingo Bar on Sat. night, there were fewer people than in previous years. It may be related to three 'back to back'  Kerouac related events ( the 'Kill Your Darlings' movie preview at Baywalk, the Hideaway show with the 'Beat Poets' and David Amram's Friday night concert at the Palladium).  None the less, it was a good evening at the Flamingo.

The music was good, Brad Morewood and the 'Beat Poets were also very good. David Amram was there early, by himself (no usual backup band that includes his son) and chatted with people in the crowd until he went on about 10:30 pm when he accompanied the Beat Poets.  David shifted between three instuments (Flute, keyboard, and small handrum). Without a doubt, he was the best musical accompianist to poets that I have ever seen! The poets gave him a brief description of the rythm of the poem and he was spot on with his accompiement. At one point, he played two flutes at the same time! On another, he put his hand inside the small handdrum and created a deep bass that you would only expect from a large djembe drum. The main part of the program ended about 11 pm, although there was some after jamming. Some of the proceeds of the event will go to help preserve the Kerouac House in St. Pete. 

 

                                                                                      --- Malcom Johnson

Kerouac Celebration In St. Pete

     At the Kerouac celebration at the  Flamingo Bar on Sat. night, there were fewer people than in previous years. It may be related to three 'back to back'  Kerouac related events ( the 'Kill Your Darlings' movie preview at Baywalk, the Hideaway show with the 'Beat Poets' and David Amram's Friday night concert at the Palladium).  None the less, it was a good evening at the Flamingo.

The music was good, Brad Morewood and the 'Beat Poets were also very good. David Amram was there early, by himself (no usual backup band that includes his son) and chatted with people in the crowd until he went on about 10:30 pm when he accompanied the Beat Poets.  David shifted between three instuments (Flute, keyboard, and small handrum). Without a doubt, he was the best musical accompianist to poets that I have ever seen! The poets gave him a brief description of the rythm of the poem and he was spot on with his accompiement. At one point, he played two flutes at the same time! On another, he put his hand inside the small handdrum and created a deep bass that you would only expect from a large djembe drum. The main part of the program ended about 11 pm, although there was some after jamming. Some of the proceeds of the event will go to help preserve the Kerouac House in St. Pete. 

 

                                                                                      --- Malcom Johnson

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La Vida Frida: Frida and Friends @ Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

If you are a Frida Kahlo devotee, this show is for you. Frida is depicted in photographic portraits over and over, by many of the top photographers of her day. The woman whom Andre Breton accurately described as "A ribbon around a bomb", who is revered and elevated to cult status decades after her untimely passing, whose art has matched in price that of Picasso, Pollock and Warhol, rather her echoes of light, inhabit the prints in this show.

Love of Frida aside, this show is important for other reasons. Frida was very conscious of her visage, and projected it with verve when photographed, as she did in her own paintings, specially those where two Fridas occur.

Frida Kahlo, "Two Fridas"

Note the controlled facial and body expression, and particularly the dresses. Frida created a persona, often wearing her Tehuana constume. This is reflected in the portraits in the FMoPA show. Every portrait involves a give and take between the sitter and the portraitist. "Frida and Friends"  is a great opportunity to study this tension and how different approaches beget varying results. Do the Nicolas Murray portraits give a hint of their affair? If anything they superficially seem a little more formal than others.

A photographer only needs to get what he wants for a few seconds, depending on their photo-reflexes. Probabilities and potentials almost vibrate rising and falling between the sitter and photographer. Frida knew what she looked like, and how to project it. She only seemed to relax or perhaps really trust only a few of the photographers whose work is in this show. One of these is Lola Alvarez-Bravo, wife of renowned photographer Manuel Alvarez-Bravo. She was one of the great photographers of her day, but labored under the shadow of her famous husband.


See this show until November 10th, 2013. Enjoy Frida, but consider the portraiture process as seen in this remarkable show.

Congratulations to FMoPA for a really interesting show.

--- Luis
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If you are a Frida Kahlo devotee, this show is for you. Frida is depicted in photographic portraits over and over, by many of the top photographers of her day. The woman whom Andre Breton accurately described as "A ribbon around a bomb", who is revered and elevated to cult status decades after her untimely passing, whose art has matched in price that of Picasso, Pollock and Warhol, rather her echoes of light, inhabit the prints in this show.

Love of Frida aside, this show is important for other reasons. Frida was very conscious of her visage, and projected it with verve when photographed, as she did in her own paintings, specially those where two Fridas occur.

Frida Kahlo, "Two Fridas"

Note the controlled facial and body expression, and particularly the dresses. Frida created a persona, often wearing her Tehuana constume. This is reflected in the portraits in the FMoPA show. Every portrait involves a give and take between the sitter and the portraitist. "Frida and Friends"  is a great opportunity to study this tension and how different approaches beget varying results. Do the Nicolas Murray portraits give a hint of their affair? If anything they superficially seem a little more formal than others.

A photographer only needs to get what he wants for a few seconds, depending on their photo-reflexes. Probabilities and potentials almost vibrate rising and falling between the sitter and photographer. Frida knew what she looked like, and how to project it. She only seemed to relax or perhaps really trust only a few of the photographers whose work is in this show. One of these is Lola Alvarez-Bravo, wife of renowned photographer Manuel Alvarez-Bravo. She was one of the great photographers of her day, but labored under the shadow of her famous husband.


See this show until November 10th, 2013. Enjoy Frida, but consider the portraiture process as seen in this remarkable show.

Congratulations to FMoPA for a really interesting show.

--- Luis
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Viking jewels stolen from archaeological museum in Sweden

by A. M. C. Knutsson

The Historical Museum in Lund was struck by a theft in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 02.47 the alarm went off and when the police arrived at 02.52 the thief was already gone. The culprit was traced as far as Lund cathedral to which he had made his way on foot. The vicious rain had rinsed away any further trace and it is uncertain whether he continued from the location by car. [1] One man was caught on CCTV but the police has not excluded the possibility that he was working with others. [2] Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Söderholm of the Lund police has said that the thief knew exactly what he was after. In only a minute and a half the man managed to remove the ballistic glass from a window on the ground floor, enter and break open a display case with 8 mm thick Plexiglas, remove half of the display and disappear.[3] The Chief of Security at the Museum, Per Gustafson, exclaimed that even though he is unsure exactly what was taken, a complete inventory will not be possible until the police have finished their investigations -- it appears that the most valuable items were left behind but a significant amount was damaged.[4] Meanwhile, a local newspaper has reported that the man escaped with gold jewelry from the archaeological site of Uppåkra.[5]

The site of Uppåkra, is one of the richest archaeological sites in Sweden. More than 20,000 objects were found when the site was excavated a few years ago. Artifacts of bone, bronze, silver and gold were recovered. Uppåkra is a rare site, giving an insight into the life of the Scandinavian region prior to the period commonly considered the Viking Age. Traces have been found of kings, priestesses, and warriors, Roman as well as Hun. The site was active from 200 AD until around 1000 AD and is unique in Sweden. The first excavations were conducted in the 1930s but not until the 21th century were serious efforts made to excavate the sites. [6]

Söderholm has indicated that professional criminals might have conducted the break-in. He has said that the items might have been stolen in order to sell them on to a collector, or the gold itself might have been the temptation. A professional break-in would indicate the former. [7] This was the first theft in the Sweden’s second largest archaeological museum since the 1950s.[8] Per Gustafson told Tidningarnas Telegrambyra that "People will do whatever it takes to get what they want these days. That is the world we live in."[9]

Sources:

Thomas Lindblad, http://www.alltomvetenskap.se/nyheter/sveriges-rikaste-fyndplats, accessed 22 Oct 2013;

Joakim Stierna - http://www.skanskan.se/article/20131022/LUND/131029851/1012/-/vikingsmycken-stals-fran-museum, accessed 22 October 2013;

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/inbrott-pa-historiska-museet-i-lund/, accessed 22 Oct 2013;

http://www.thelocal.se/50936/20131022/, accessed 22 Oct 2013

[1] Joakim Stierna - http://www.skanskan.se/article/20131022/LUND/131029851/1012/-/vikingsmycken-stals-fran-museum, accessed 22 October 2013

[2] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[3] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[4] http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/inbrott-pa-historiska-museet-i-lund/, accessed 22 Oct 2013

[5] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[6] Thomas Lindblad, http://www.alltomvetenskap.se/nyheter/sveriges-rikaste-fyndplats , accessed 22 Oct 2013

[7] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[8] http://www.thelocal.se/50936/20131022/, accessed 22 Oct 2013

[9] thelocal.se

by A. M. C. Knutsson

The Historical Museum in Lund was struck by a theft in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 02.47 the alarm went off and when the police arrived at 02.52 the thief was already gone. The culprit was traced as far as Lund cathedral to which he had made his way on foot. The vicious rain had rinsed away any further trace and it is uncertain whether he continued from the location by car. [1] One man was caught on CCTV but the police has not excluded the possibility that he was working with others. [2] Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Söderholm of the Lund police has said that the thief knew exactly what he was after. In only a minute and a half the man managed to remove the ballistic glass from a window on the ground floor, enter and break open a display case with 8 mm thick Plexiglas, remove half of the display and disappear.[3] The Chief of Security at the Museum, Per Gustafson, exclaimed that even though he is unsure exactly what was taken, a complete inventory will not be possible until the police have finished their investigations -- it appears that the most valuable items were left behind but a significant amount was damaged.[4] Meanwhile, a local newspaper has reported that the man escaped with gold jewelry from the archaeological site of Uppåkra.[5]

The site of Uppåkra, is one of the richest archaeological sites in Sweden. More than 20,000 objects were found when the site was excavated a few years ago. Artifacts of bone, bronze, silver and gold were recovered. Uppåkra is a rare site, giving an insight into the life of the Scandinavian region prior to the period commonly considered the Viking Age. Traces have been found of kings, priestesses, and warriors, Roman as well as Hun. The site was active from 200 AD until around 1000 AD and is unique in Sweden. The first excavations were conducted in the 1930s but not until the 21th century were serious efforts made to excavate the sites. [6]

Söderholm has indicated that professional criminals might have conducted the break-in. He has said that the items might have been stolen in order to sell them on to a collector, or the gold itself might have been the temptation. A professional break-in would indicate the former. [7] This was the first theft in the Sweden’s second largest archaeological museum since the 1950s.[8] Per Gustafson told Tidningarnas Telegrambyra that "People will do whatever it takes to get what they want these days. That is the world we live in."[9]

Sources:

Thomas Lindblad, http://www.alltomvetenskap.se/nyheter/sveriges-rikaste-fyndplats, accessed 22 Oct 2013;

Joakim Stierna - http://www.skanskan.se/article/20131022/LUND/131029851/1012/-/vikingsmycken-stals-fran-museum, accessed 22 October 2013;

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/inbrott-pa-historiska-museet-i-lund/, accessed 22 Oct 2013;

http://www.thelocal.se/50936/20131022/, accessed 22 Oct 2013

[1] Joakim Stierna - http://www.skanskan.se/article/20131022/LUND/131029851/1012/-/vikingsmycken-stals-fran-museum, accessed 22 October 2013

[2] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[3] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[4] http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/inbrott-pa-historiska-museet-i-lund/, accessed 22 Oct 2013

[5] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[6] Thomas Lindblad, http://www.alltomvetenskap.se/nyheter/sveriges-rikaste-fyndplats , accessed 22 Oct 2013

[7] Joakim Stierna – skanskan.se

[8] http://www.thelocal.se/50936/20131022/, accessed 22 Oct 2013

[9] thelocal.se

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Lichtenstein Opening Friday, Oct 26, 2013 @ Venture Compound.

The Venture Compound has been steadily stepping up the quality of its art shows. This Lichtenstein one-man show should be interesting. I'll be there.

--- Luis

The Venture Compound has been steadily stepping up the quality of its art shows. This Lichtenstein one-man show should be interesting. I'll be there.

--- Luis

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DARK ARTS, Saturday, Oct 26th, 2013. 7-11 PM

Dark Arts @ Fire Station #3 -


$10 entry ($5 KSPL members) | Visit www.stpetedarkarts.com

DARK ARTS is a fundraiser for Keep St. Pete Local and celebrates the darker side of the arts while supporting great local businesses. In addition to an art show featuring 60+artists in all disciplines, DARK ARTS features live entertainment, DJ MEGA, food and libations.

* Costumes or all-black attire is encouraged! Come celebrate Halloween with us in style! *

The creative team putting on DARK ARTS features a host of talented St. Petersburg art and entertainment scene veterans:

- 600 Block rockstars BLUELUCY, known for their impressive shows every month on Central Avenue.
- Entertainment queen Dollface, known for a variety of local events including Halloween favorites Something Wicked… and CarnEvil.
- The king of abnormal, and the wildly popular Abnormality show, Casey Paquet.

DARK ARTS celebrates the occult, the obscure, the forbidden, the dark and the strange. Rituals, ceremonies and rites of passage passed through the secret underbelly of humanity have long fascinated and entertained. Shedding light into the dark corners of the human mind, DARK ARTS pushes artists to detach from their more comfortable subject matter and explore the shadows beneath. The venue itself, a former fire station that has been paused in mid-decay and put on display for all to see what lies beneath the walls we trust, is the perfect backdrop for a show exploring that which lives inside of us all.

Performances and performance artists will also play a part in making this a multi-sensory experience not soon forgotten, while interactive photo opportunities put you in the middle of the show.

ARTISTS:

Pale Horse
John Revisky
Bask
Joe Boccia
Frank Strunk III
Johannah O’Donnell
Sebastian Coolidge (Seabass)
Cake Marques
Daniel Mrgan
Trinity Rivard
Samantha Churchill
Zulu Painter
Laura Spencer
Shan Leah
Patrick Deignan
Jason Sexton
Renee Little
Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.
Joseph Coleman
Jon Fisher
Coralette Damme (The Crafty Hag)
Kevin Nodland (Nodz)
Tara Radosevich
Charlie Parker
Laura Irmis
Ungala
Mark Mitchell
Derek Donnelly (Saint Paint)
Joshua Whitehead
Dollface
Deerly Departed
Sara McClarnon
J. Michael Taylor
Adam Graham
Siera Vaughn
Sheri Kendrick
Justin Seabolt (Justice)
Perry Devick
Suarez
Carrie Boucher
George Retkes
Don Orcutt (Donny O)
Demeree
Robert X. Rules
Vegetable
ArtSnark
Rylan Wright
Joanna Ledingham
Mark Noll
Don Orcutt
Jason Mycol Allen
Salvatore James
Christian Zvonik
Deidra Kriner
Ed Hotchkiss (HKISS)
Sue Woodall (Hey Girl Studio)
Josh Poll (Jash)
Jeffrey Jacoby
Gina Fote
Rebecca Skelton
Sheree Rensel

SPONSORS:
Station Numberthree
Florida Beer Company
Industrial Strength Inc.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Fireball Whisky
VLVT Salon
conceptBAIT, inc.
Tim Simmons Photography

FOOD TRUCKS/MOBILE VENDORS:
Maggie on the Move
Tampa Pig Roast/M-N-M BBQ
Tropiccool

_____________________________________________________________
 

Dark Arts @ Fire Station #3 -


$10 entry ($5 KSPL members) | Visit www.stpetedarkarts.com

DARK ARTS is a fundraiser for Keep St. Pete Local and celebrates the darker side of the arts while supporting great local businesses. In addition to an art show featuring 60+artists in all disciplines, DARK ARTS features live entertainment, DJ MEGA, food and libations.

* Costumes or all-black attire is encouraged! Come celebrate Halloween with us in style! *

The creative team putting on DARK ARTS features a host of talented St. Petersburg art and entertainment scene veterans:

- 600 Block rockstars BLUELUCY, known for their impressive shows every month on Central Avenue.
- Entertainment queen Dollface, known for a variety of local events including Halloween favorites Something Wicked… and CarnEvil.
- The king of abnormal, and the wildly popular Abnormality show, Casey Paquet.

DARK ARTS celebrates the occult, the obscure, the forbidden, the dark and the strange. Rituals, ceremonies and rites of passage passed through the secret underbelly of humanity have long fascinated and entertained. Shedding light into the dark corners of the human mind, DARK ARTS pushes artists to detach from their more comfortable subject matter and explore the shadows beneath. The venue itself, a former fire station that has been paused in mid-decay and put on display for all to see what lies beneath the walls we trust, is the perfect backdrop for a show exploring that which lives inside of us all.

Performances and performance artists will also play a part in making this a multi-sensory experience not soon forgotten, while interactive photo opportunities put you in the middle of the show.

ARTISTS:

Pale Horse
John Revisky
Bask
Joe Boccia
Frank Strunk III
Johannah O’Donnell
Sebastian Coolidge (Seabass)
Cake Marques
Daniel Mrgan
Trinity Rivard
Samantha Churchill
Zulu Painter
Laura Spencer
Shan Leah
Patrick Deignan
Jason Sexton
Renee Little
Dysfunctional Grace Art Co.
Joseph Coleman
Jon Fisher
Coralette Damme (The Crafty Hag)
Kevin Nodland (Nodz)
Tara Radosevich
Charlie Parker
Laura Irmis
Ungala
Mark Mitchell
Derek Donnelly (Saint Paint)
Joshua Whitehead
Dollface
Deerly Departed
Sara McClarnon
J. Michael Taylor
Adam Graham
Siera Vaughn
Sheri Kendrick
Justin Seabolt (Justice)
Perry Devick
Suarez
Carrie Boucher
George Retkes
Don Orcutt (Donny O)
Demeree
Robert X. Rules
Vegetable
ArtSnark
Rylan Wright
Joanna Ledingham
Mark Noll
Don Orcutt
Jason Mycol Allen
Salvatore James
Christian Zvonik
Deidra Kriner
Ed Hotchkiss (HKISS)
Sue Woodall (Hey Girl Studio)
Josh Poll (Jash)
Jeffrey Jacoby
Gina Fote
Rebecca Skelton
Sheree Rensel

SPONSORS:
Station Numberthree
Florida Beer Company
Industrial Strength Inc.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Fireball Whisky
VLVT Salon
conceptBAIT, inc.
Tim Simmons Photography

FOOD TRUCKS/MOBILE VENDORS:
Maggie on the Move
Tampa Pig Roast/M-N-M BBQ
Tropiccool

_____________________________________________________________
 

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Tales from the Dark Side: If I don't review your show....

Please realize that while I attend almost everything arts-related in the Tampa-Saint Pete area, I (and my correspondents) do not have enough time to review/write about all of it. Think of it this way: The local corporate media, Tampa and Saint Petersburg Tribune, Tampa Bay Times and Creative Loafing, with all their resources and manpower, tend to review around 3-5 events a week. We do much more than that here at Art Taco, but we are still faced with many hard choices on a regular basis.

I do not carry ads, except for free ones, and my correspondents and I do this as a community service, at our own expense.

Thank you,

--- Luis

PS. I shouldn't have to say this, but...Saint Petersburg, in spite of its hipster-and-developer rich aura, is still a small, amazingly Faulknerian, southern town. Gossip travels hyperluminally. Backstabbing me, my correspondents and/or the blog is not conducive to me giving you ink, let alone free advertising. Honest criticism and/or advice is always welcome. If it is something truly or potentially embarrasing, it should be brought up in person, e-mail or messaging -- not on FB. If it is personal, keep it personal. 

 


 

Please realize that while I attend almost everything arts-related in the Tampa-Saint Pete area, I (and my correspondents) do not have enough time to review/write about all of it. Think of it this way: The local corporate media, Tampa and Saint Petersburg Tribune, Tampa Bay Times and Creative Loafing, with all their resources and manpower, tend to review around 3-5 events a week. We do much more than that here at Art Taco, but we are still faced with many hard choices on a regular basis.

I do not carry ads, except for free ones, and my correspondents and I do this as a community service, at our own expense.

Thank you,

--- Luis

PS. I shouldn't have to say this, but...Saint Petersburg, in spite of its hipster-and-developer rich aura, is still a small, amazingly Faulknerian, southern town. Gossip travels hyperluminally. Backstabbing me, my correspondents and/or the blog is not conducive to me giving you ink, let alone free advertising. Honest criticism and/or advice is always welcome. If it is something truly or potentially embarrasing, it should be brought up in person, e-mail or messaging -- not on FB. If it is personal, keep it personal. 

 


 

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Nikki Shau @ Sneakers Lounge

 [For my friend, Nikki Shau]

 

 

Nikki Shau Band with Jose Nunez and Elised Saymore

Saturday, November 2, 2013
9pm-1am
Sneakers Lounge
1159 62nd Ave N
St. Pete, FL 33702

A very versalite chill/soul/jazz/r&b singer, Nikki Shau has recorded with many artists, including Chaka Chan, Charlie Wilson, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Gap Band among many others. She is an accomplished sound engineer and has produced on many labels. Originally from the Tampa Bay area and bringing 20 years of L.A. and London music experience, she is performing locally with talented known artists, concentrating on her originals.

Together with Jose Nunez and Elizar Saymore, they bring a collective 20 plus years experience and sound explosion with a chill out latin/jazz/blues/soul  fusion to her original recordings and to loved standards. With Jose Nunez, a graduate of Cervante Musical Institute in Cuba, and Elizar, a new vibrant keyboardist, they bring you an evening of innovative sounds, incredible vocals, and an experience you will want to come back to many times. Please join us for their debut in St. Pete at the now evolving Sneakers Lounge. Great drinks, beer and menu!
Free and open to the public.
For further information please call 813.390.3422.

 [For my friend, Nikki Shau]

 

 

Nikki Shau Band with Jose Nunez and Elised Saymore

Saturday, November 2, 2013
9pm-1am
Sneakers Lounge
1159 62nd Ave N
St. Pete, FL 33702

A very versalite chill/soul/jazz/r&b singer, Nikki Shau has recorded with many artists, including Chaka Chan, Charlie Wilson, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Gap Band among many others. She is an accomplished sound engineer and has produced on many labels. Originally from the Tampa Bay area and bringing 20 years of L.A. and London music experience, she is performing locally with talented known artists, concentrating on her originals.

Together with Jose Nunez and Elizar Saymore, they bring a collective 20 plus years experience and sound explosion with a chill out latin/jazz/blues/soul  fusion to her original recordings and to loved standards. With Jose Nunez, a graduate of Cervante Musical Institute in Cuba, and Elizar, a new vibrant keyboardist, they bring you an evening of innovative sounds, incredible vocals, and an experience you will want to come back to many times. Please join us for their debut in St. Pete at the now evolving Sneakers Lounge. Great drinks, beer and menu!
Free and open to the public.
For further information please call 813.390.3422.

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