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Art After Dark with Starbucks at the Tampa Museum of Art

Fiesta de Arte
Friday, November 16, 8 - 11 p.m.
Featuring the following artists from Arte Latino de Tampa: Pilar Perez, Carlos A. Camargo, Gustavo Briceño Cruz, and Juan Carlos Santana
Live music by Somos Musica and complimentary light hors d'oeuvres, cash bar

The Arts Center

The Work of Luis Jimenez
Thru Nov. 18
An exhibit a profoundly Chicano aesthetic and sensibility, one that is informed by Mexican and Mexican American traditions, North American popular culture, Chicano cultural icons, and images and themes unique to the Southwest. His graphic works, much like his monumental fiberglass sculptures, are brash, dynamic, flashy, and sensual, a mixture of popular rasquachismo and superb craftsmanship.
www.theartscenter.org

Bleu Acier

Claudia Scalise - Petit Fours
Nov. 9 thru Dec 22
Nov. 9, 6-10pm - Opening Reception & Dance Performance/Elsa Valbuena
Miami based Scalise paints the people she knows and the things that she collects. The small scale of a large part of this series makes one think about the Mexican Milagros tradition. Milagros, which means magical, are small religious charms that help bring about well-being and equilibrium in the lives of those who use them for prayer and to the lives of those who are prayed for. (813) 272-9746

City of Tampa Public Art

Kaleidoscope: “Heritage of Color”
Nov 5. - Official unveiling with Mayor Pam Iorio 2:00pm
Artists Guillermo Portieles and Edgar Sanchez Cumbas chose leaders of the past and landmarks of significance to adorn their mural in Hugh MacFarlane Park on the corner of MacDill Avenue and Spruce Street in West Tampa. The mural will be dedicated by Mayor Pam Iorio at 2pm Nov 5 and was commissioned by the City of Tampa Public Art Program in celebration of the Arte 2007 celebration.
www.tampagov.net/artprograms

Florida Aquarium

Nov. 1 - 17
The works of Reyna Castano, Antonio Carreno, Guillermo Portieles and Gus Ocamposilva are on display in the Taylor Great Room at The Florida Aquarium. www.flaquarium.org and click on the banner for Arté.

Florida Craftsmen

A New Conucopia – Una Nueva Cornucopia
Thru Nov. 9
A new exhibition featuring work by Spanish Speaking Artists’ on the role of food in the craft, art and culture of the Spanish community. A New Cornucopia brings together 12 contemporary artists from 8 countries working in a range of media including textiles, ceramics and paper.

Thanksgiving Con Sabor
Nov. 8 6:00 - 9:00pm
The community is invited to come to the gallery, view the exhibition and enjoy the flavors of Hispanic food prepared by De Santo Latin American Bistro. Two hundred copies of Havana Salsa, signed by the author will be available free to event guests.

www.floridacraftsmen.net

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

3 Exhibits celebrate the magic of Cuba.
Thru Nov. 10

CUBA: The works of Clyde Butcher and Maria Martinez-Canas / Life in Cub – Exhibition/
Cuba Particular – “Private Cuba”- The Photography of David Audet

Saturday, November 3, 2007-FREE FAMILY DAY! www.fmopa.org

Gallery Flight 19

“Identity in Process”
Oct. 26 thru Nov 17 Public Reception Nov. 9
A collaborative of 16 contemporary artists aligned behind the universal concept of identity. By means of sculpture, painting, photography, graphic, installation, drawing and performance art the artists strive to create a dialogue between the work and the observer that challenges normal Latin American conceptions. In effect, creating the exhibition’s own identity. Featuring work by William Sosa, Giovanni Bosch, Gustavo Briceño, Carlos Camargo, Pilar Perez, Guillermo Portieles, Maria Emilia, Edgar Sanchez-Cumbas, Carlos Manuel Soto, Alex Espalter- Torres , Cosme Herrera, Monica Naugle, Laszlo Horvath, Tomas Marais, Carlos Cardenas, Alejandro Mendoza, Florencio Gelabert and more.

Gallery Flight. 19 is located at Tampa Union Station (rear brick building)
601 Nebraska Ave.
Sat & Sun 12:00 noon -5:00pm or by appointment
Public Reception Nov. 9 7:00pm-11:00pm
Free Admission
 

Gulf Coast Museum of Art

Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray
Thru Jan 26
Exhibition of photographic images of Frida Kahlo and her life through the lens of famed photographer Nickolas Muray, also her lover.
www.gulfcoastmuseum.org

Hillsborough Community College

The Works of Maria Chiriboga
Ybor Campus Art Gallery
Nov 8 thru Dec. 8
Master artist of polychrome religious icons from Quito, Ecuador unveils the many of the 400-year old techniques used to continue the centuries old tradition of devotional art. Her carved, painted wooden sculptures are referred to as a definitive representation of the traditional art from Equador and are in the permanent collections at the Vatican, Opus Dei of Rome, Opus Dei of Ecuador, University of San Francisco de Quito and that of Prince Philip of Spain.
www.hccfl.edu

Museum of Fine Art St. Petersburg

Poetry of the Commonplace: A Selection of Latin American Photographs
Thru Jan. 6
Photographers transform the everyday into meditative and compelling imagery. Various Latin American photographers exemplify this mode of vision, as in the great 20th century Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo and others such as, Manuel Carillo, Mariana Yampolsky and Graciela Iturbide. This exhibit highlights the burgeoning collection of work by Latin America photographers in the Museum of Fine Arts extensive photography collection, one of the finest in the Southeast.
www.fine-arts.org

Polk Museum

Carlos Luna: Personal Histories
Thru November 25, 2007
Carlos Luna’s paintings and works on paper exhibit the beauty, anger, sorrow, passion and hope shared by many people in Cuba.

Works by Artists of Cuban Ancestry from the Permanent Collection
Thru November 25, 2007
A fine collection of works by artists of Cuban ancestry, both those living still living in Cuba and those living in or born in the United States. Works by Luisa Basnuevo, Jose Bedia, Mario Bencomo, Humberto Calzada, Arturo Rodriguez, and the other artists in the exhibition demonstrate the variety of styles, themes and interests of Cuban and Cuban-American art produced in recent decades.

www.polkmuseumofart.org

Salvador Dali Museum

Dali in Focus – Exhibit
Thru Jan. 20, 2008
Encounter Dalí in depth in a selection of paintings from the Museum's permanent collection displayed with a focus on the hidden details. The exhibit will showcase various periods from his early 1900s to 1980s and seven works will receive a closer examination for Dalí's particular blend of personal interpretation. Assisted by dynamic visual aids and illustrated panels, the paintings will be interpreted section-by-section to analyze the dreams, desires and memories that inspired the work.
www.salvadordalimuseum.org

Tampa Artist Emporium

A conduit for talented Artists and admirers of fine art, November spotlights Latin Heritage and influence. Including artists… Robert Caamano , Nancy Rodriguez, Paul Maichael Tabio, Daniel Goncalves, Arnold Martinez and Rozanna Colon. Meet the artists, discussion and reception.
www.tampaartistemporium.com

Tampa Museum of Art

Latino Voices from the Permanent Collection
Thru December 16
This survey exhibition from the museum’s permanent collection will feature works of art from a variety of media and cultures. The diversity and richness of the artworks and “voices” in this exhibition represent all the Latin American communities that are transforming the United States at large. The exhibition reflects the cultural heritages of residents who make up part of Tampa’s ethnic mix.

Frida Kahlo: Images of an Icon
Thru – December 16
The exhibition features approximately 60 photographic portraits of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo taken throughout her life. Beginning with childhood and ending with an image of Kahlo on her deathbed, these portraits bring into focus the painter, the patient, the wife, the daughter, the lover, and the friend. Featured images by such modern masters of photography include those taken by Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Lucienne Bloch, Florence Arquin, and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, as well as leading photojournalists Giselle Freund, Bernard Silberstein, and Fritz Henle, as well as Kahlo’s relatives, lovers, and friends, including Guillermo Kahlo, Nickolas Muray, and Lola Alvarez Bravo. The exhibition is organized by Throckmorton Fine Art, New York.

www.tampamuseum.com

USF Contemporary Art Museum

Homing Devices Exhibition
Oct 25 thru Dec 15
Homing Devices is a group exhibition that considers the way contemporary Latin American and Caribbean sculptors-who may live and work anywhere in the world-approach the idea of home in context of increasing globalization, mobility, exile and migration in the Americas. By including works that are accented but not defined or delimited by cultural, geographical, and national boundaries, the exhibition considers the vital question of how art and artists preserve their identity within a global landscape. Artists include: Abel Barroso (Cuba); Maria Fernanda Cardoso (Colombia, living in Sydney, Australia); Tiago de Carneiro Cunha, (Brazil); Enrique Chagoya (USA); Edouard Duval-Carrié (Haitai, lives in Miami); Iran do Espiritu Santo (Brazil);José Manuel Fors (Cuba); Lázaro Saavedra (Cuba); Carlos Garaicoa (Cuba); Luis Gómez (Cuba); Kcho (Cuba); Los Carpinteros (Cuba); Luis o Miguel, (Cuba); Jorge Macchi (Argentina); Marepe (Brazil); Cildo Meireles (Brazil); Betasbée Romero (Mexico); Tomás Saraceno (Argentina. living in Berlin); and Adriana Varejão (Brazil). The exhibition will be organized to travel and is a significant component to the Tampa Bay area’s 2007 Arte Festival, which celebrates the variety of cultures from Latin American and the Caribbean.
www.arts.usf.edu - Free Event

University of South Florida / College of Visual & Performing Arts FAH 290

Maria Fernanda Cardoso, Artist in Residence, lecture
Oct 25- 7:00pm
A Yale University graduate with a Masters Degree in Sculpture and Installtion, she is well known for her conventional use of materials and use of animals as inspiration. Cardoso exhibits widely in major museums and galleries in the US, Latin America and Europe.
www.arts.usf.edu - Free Event

USF Contemporary Art Museum

Homing Devices - Exhibition Reception
Oct 26 7:00pm - Free Event

Marshall Center Ballroom
Symposium hosted in conjunction with Homing Devices Exhibition
Oct 26- 10:00am - Free Event
Symposium hosted in conjunction with Homing Devices Exhibition, featuring curators Noel Smith and Corina Matamoros, as well as Nestor Garcia Canclini and artist Edouard Duval Carrie.

www.arts.usf.edu

University of South Florida

Prodigy Youth Arts Program Discover Latin – American Arts Through Haitian Eyes!
School of Social Work/ Jim Walters Partnership Center
Nov 2 thru 17 – Opening Reception Nov. 3 University Mall (Mall Hours)
Haitian international students at the University of South Florida have teamed with local students ages 7-17, to create visual art depicting the Latin American and Caribbean influence in their families, neighborhoods and communities. The exhibit of 30-40 pieces of paintings, drawings, and multi-media designs will depict Caribbean and Latin American life as it is reflected in both day to day and spiritual life

Visual Edge Studio

Art in Motion Celebration
Nov 9 & 10
A celebration that incorporates the magic of color with the expression of the body in motion where creativity brings life to art. A two-part event featuring a workshop in body painting and a celebration including a fashion show, body painting, awards, live music, vendors, DJ, and dancing.
Call (813) 454-2636 to register.

www.bpves.bodyprinting.net

West Tampa Library

Dr. Ferdie Pacheco – Scenes from Tampa
Nov 8 6:30-8:00pm
Tampa native, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco is a noted author, sports commentator, doctor and artist. He is a gifted storyteller as evidenced by his paintings, which tell stories about life in Tampa in a most vibrant and colorful way. A series of his paintings depicting scenes from historic Tampa will be on display for this evening. His permanently installed Public Art Commission of paintings of historic West Tampa greets visitors inside the entrance to the West Tampa Public Library. Dr. Pacheco will also be available at the event to sign copies of his books.

Westshore Alliance Public Art

Nov 16-30
Opening Reception Nov. 16 11:00am-2:00pm

Meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments
The Westshore Alliance Public Art Committee and the Hispanic Alliance of Tampa Bay Cultural Committee present an exhibition of the original works of 22 Hispanic and Latino artists that were finalists for the Hispanic Alliance 2008 calendar competition.
For more details, call 813-289-5488 or visit http://www.choosewestshore.com/events.php

Ybor Cigar Plus

Favio Castan: From Havana to Tampa without a Ticket
Thru Oct & Nov
(813) 516-3731