Intriguing works by the sleepy vikings drummer and artist Ryann Slauson, the multimedia exhibition includes ink, colored pencil, crayon, acrylic, marker, graphite, and other assorted materials that celebrate the amazing legacy of the Voyager 1 satellite and its interstellar mission.
With a wistful affection for the past and a current edge, select artists and mixtape enthusiasts will share their illustrated playlists and favorite tracks on themed cassettes. All the included playlists will be available for listening on head phones via vintage Walkmen music players and boom-boxes. This unique and nostalgic exhibition transforms the gallery into an old-school music sharing setting.
The Intimate Order is a collection of large scale woodcut prints which arose as a solution to creating drawings with a monumental and sculptural feel combined with the lightness of an impression.The images herein represent the outward expression of a closed system of thought and play that exists within my sketchbooks and collections of drawings. The Intimate Order is influenced in part by Georges Bataille's book Theory of Religion and by his texts on energy and expenditure.
RETURN TO SENDER features a collection of ninety-four 7x7inch works on paper from various contemporary artists. Each piece was designed specifically for this exhibition as part of an artist's mail-exchange project, and thus delivered by and returned through the U.S. postal service. RETURN TO SENDER offers a respectful homage to traditional "Mail Art"culture, yet breaks from the customs and traditions by inviting specific artists to participate & creating basic guidelines, and likewise borrows elements from traditional printmaker’s practices and print exchanges.
The I Own Me campaign’s objective is to increase awareness about the violence that can occur during teen dating relationships. The campaign emphasizes a teen’s ability to exercise independence by acknowledging that she is the only one who owns her actions, words and body. The focus is to reach the Tampa Bay area including its surrounding counties and hopes to gain national attention. Each year Ad2 Tampa Bay offers a public service campaign to one local non-profit charity. For the 2010-2011 year, “The Spring” of Tampa Bay was chosen. “The Spring” is a Tampa Bay-based non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of teen dating and violence in the community.
A must see for animation, pop culture aficionados and those with an opinion or two about the Second Amendment. The collection of recent works from artist and USF professor Matt Normand gets its name from a famous quotation uttered by late-great NRA icon and actor Charlton Heston. It tackles the history of violence through the filter of American science-fiction from the anti-war sentiment of the '60s and the ideals of the NRA. On display are a video installation and a compelling centerpiece real-gun toy package that's sure to stir debate.
An old [5]art favorite: the small-scale sculpture exhibition. Curated by Tyler Jopek and Kurt Piazza, Shelved features work from Bradley Arthur, Allen Hampton, Diran Lyons, Ina Kaur, Roger Chamieh, Vince Kral, Erica Ellis, Kendra Frorup, Gregory Green, Dominique Labauvie, Ryann Slauson, Kirk Wang, Nick Cruz, Cor Fahringer, and Joe Griffith.
Gregory Green and Neil Bender realized a non-symmetrical coalescing of interests could provide a provocative and probingly varied art experience. This show played on the idea of collecting and created unexpected dynamics between artists of various statures –from the anonymous to the famous. As a kind of opened-up wonder cabinet, the layout will focus on overlapping fascinations, obsessions, and perversities of the curators through what they own and make public.
30 North by 84 West is the longitudinal and latitudinal points intersecting in Tallahassee, FL, where many artists in ceramic have worked in the studio art program at Florida State University. The studio art program at FSU is "intermedia" meaning students use specific materials based on the idea, not the media area. The artists selected have all chosen to maintain their connection to ceramics as using clay as their dominant material, thus further signifying the use of the material matrix in the title.
Seance for No One, a duo show of recent works by Kym O'Donnell and Joe Griffith, presents an exploration of spirit photography as practiced from the Victorian period through the 1920s and other paranormal phenomena.
In 2010 and 2011 Tempus Projects hosted a series of themed movie nights with corresponding lectures by local community members. Below are listed the movies, directors, or themes and their respective lecturers. Drinks and snacks provided, bring your own seating encouraged.
“The first time I stopped by Tempus Projects, it was an impulse, a stop on the way home from an evening at a restaurant. I was new to the local arts community and, at the time, the space occupied a garage behind a building on Florida Avenue. Very soon after walking in, I knew Tempus Projects was what I was looking for. Despite its size at the time, I could tell that this was an art space that not only showcased exciting exhibitions, but actually shaped the arts community around it. In the years that followed, my perceptions then bore true. Tempus Projects programs boldly. It has led by example to be unafraid of challenging visitors, mentoring and introducing new artists to their own community, and connecting Tampa Bay to the national/international conversation of contemporary art. Really, what I love most about Tempus Projects is that it’s perennially progressive. Throughout the wide variety of its exhibitions and programs, the one thread I’ve seen stitched through all of it is Tempus Projects’ inexorable movement forward: It never eases in its efforts to improve, to explore, and to bring Tampa’s arts community along.”
Danny Olda