Visual

Florida Craftsmen 

La Voz del Punto: The Voice of the Stitch 
November 4-6
La Voz del Punto is the story of Florida’s Spanish speaking women as told in stitches. Contributors, engaged in the stitches that are most traditional to their culture, create a visual representation that reflects their life as an immigrant woman. These squares represent not their cultural differences but the thread that unites them.
www.floridacraftsmen.net

Tampa Bay History Center 

La Voz del Punto: The Voice of the Stitch 
November 7-14
In partnership with Florida Craftsmen Gallery, the beautiful La Voz del Punto travels across the bay to be on display at the Tampa Bay History Center's Annis Children's Gallery through November 14.
www.tampabayhistorycenter.org

Museum of Fine Arts 

Dreams and Realities: Latin American Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors 1950-1991 
Through February 6 2011
The Magic Eye (1989), a large-scale etching and aquatint by the Cuban-born artist Julio Larraz from the Museum’s collection, inspired this exhibition. Larraz transforms the ordinary objects in the composition, from the oversized melons to the expressive lighting and palette, to create a mood of intense drama.

The more than 30 works in Dreams and Realities offer a fascinating introduction to the themes and styles in post-1950 Latin American art.  Influences are complex and multilayered: Cubism, Surrealism, indigenous cultures, the tradition of caricature and social commentary, and magic realism. Among the other artists represented are José Luis Cuevas and Francisco Zúñiga (Mexican), Roberto Matta (Chilean), Carlos Poveda (Costa Rican), Omar Rayo (Colombian), and Antonio Seguí (Argentinean). . Works by many of the artists represented in the collection and in Dreams and Realities are rarely seen in the area, making this a significant addition to ARTE 2010.
www.fine-arts.org

Hillsborough Community College - Dale Mabry Campus 

Carlos Camargo Vilardy 
Through November 30
Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry Campus Art Gallery presents a multi-media installation by Colombian artist Carlos Camargo Vilardy. Vilardy has exhibited his work in cities throughout his native country and galleries in the US. He has created monumental sculpture for private and public spaces in Barranquilla and La Guajira, Colombia. Vilardy’s work is equally interested in abstract sculpture, figurative drawing and in surreal painting, incorporating visions of circus life, pre-Hispanic culture, ballet, the natural worlds of sea and air, political strife and martyrdom.
www.hccfl.edu

Tampa Museum of Art 

Leo Villareal: Recent Works 
Through January 3 2011
Leo Villareal explores the potency of light. He creates complex patterns of light-emitting diodes (LED) based on simple rules and encoded programming. While mathematical in origin, these pixels and patterns act as personalities that develop into something organic. By building sequences and defining the conditions the artist creates an immersive experience defined by light.

Sky (Tampa) 
On view nightly, the south façade of the new Tampa Museum of Art features Sky (Tampa), a dramatic 12,000-square-foot public art commission that illuminates the downtown core. The exterior of the new museum features programmable LED lights, 45 feet high and 300 feet long, embedded within two-layers of perforated aluminum panels. In daylight, the museum’s façade creates a moiré-like pattern, and in darkness the LED light installation glows with Villarreal’s signature light-coded and hypnotic dance.

The City of Tampa has enjoyed national and international recognition for its celebration of light art. Offered in 2006 and 2009 and an initiative of the City’s Art Programs Division Lights on Tampa invites artists from around the globe to create light works in downtown Tampa.
www.tampamuseum.org

Salvador Dali Museum 

Breakfast with Dali 
November 6 9:30-11:30am
Explore the Dalí Museum in a tour expressly designed for children age 5 - 12. This interactive tour is led by a Dalí docent who has chosen Dalí paintings and other works which specially appeal to children. The tour is followed by a scrumptious breakfast buffet and hands-on activities until 11:30. This is one of the most popular programs at the Dalí Museum, so hurry to reserve a space for your family. Cost: $15 parents / $10 Children / $20 others. For Members $10 Parents / $10 Children / $15 Others RSVP: Bethany Mead 727.823.3767 ext 3024 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
www.salvadordalimuseum.org

Salvador Dali Museum 

"Christmas Princess" 
November 6 10:00am-2pm
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www.salvadordalimuseum.org

University of South Florida - Contemporary Art Museum 

Carlos Garaicoa: Making Amends (La enmienda que hay en mi) 
Through December 11 2010
Curator's Tour: November 10 12pm
Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa, using the city of Havana, Cuba as his laboratory, addresses issues of architecture, city planning and urbanism, history, the legacy of modernism, human rights and the 20^th century utopic society. The multi-media exhibition includes photography, sculpture, and drawing. The exhibition is co-curated by Corina Matamoros, Curator of Contemporary Cuban Art, National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, and Noel Smith, Curator of Latin American and Caribbean Art, Institute for Research in Art and organized by the USF Contemporary Art Museum
www.usfcam.usf.edu

Studio@620

Fatima Rice presents baroque brésilienne
November 26 through December 4 2010
Opening Reception: November 26 6-9pm
The Studio@620 welcomes Fatima Rice as she presents "baroque brésilienne", an art installation. "baroque brésilienne" works with the emotional and psychological feel of the space. It explores spatial construction and the use of light as a structural element of composition. The narrative of this installation is about remembrance; fugacity, and how everything quickly fades away; awareness, reconnecting lost feelings. There will be an opening reception on Friday November 26 from 6-9 PM, admission is free and open to the public. Exhibit on display through Saturday December 4 during regular gallery hours, Tues-Sat 12-4 PM. This event is sponsored by Dennis and Angie Lehane & Michael and Linda Connelly
www.studio620.org