News from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County

NMWA An Evening of the Arts
The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) are proud to present an evening of the Arts.

Join them for an evening of the arts with a juried art show by the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

The event will start with a lecture on the work of Dalia Condis. There will also be live music
by Jay Rosoff and John Deledda, a book reading by author Chris Coad Taylor, and a poem reading by Dore Anderson. Refreshments will be served.

The exhibit will open December 10, 2009 and run through January 4, 2010.

The Gallery is open from 8 am to 6 pm, from Monday to Friday. The Carrollwood Cultural Center located at 4537 Lowell Road in Tampa (813) 269-1310.

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS (NMWA) Wilhelmina Cole Holladay and Wallace F. Holladay traveled abroad in the 1960’s admired artworks of Clara Peters, a 17th century Flemish painter. When they returned to the United States, they looked for more women artists and found that there were no women artists in the reference books at all.

After learning this, they decided to seek out and collect material and artwork about women artists. Their extensive collection formed the original core of the National Museum of Women in the Arts which Mrs. Holladay founded in 1981 in Washington DC.

The Florida Committee of the NMWA was founded in 2000 by a group of women in Tallahassee who were interested in promoting Florida women artists. In Florida, there are 2000 members of theNMWA. A number of these members joined the Florida Committee.

Since the Florida Committee is state-wide, we have identified seven geographic regions, each with a dedicated director. Regional directors organize events to promote the artists in their area and encourage membership in the Florida Committee. They also participate in state-wide events sponsored by the Florida Committee Board.

The mission of the Florida Committee reflects that of the NMWA: To identify and promote women artists in the areas of visual, literary and the performing arts and to educate the public on the history of women artists as well as on contemporary women artists. The Florida committee selected to focus first on the visual arts.

The Central West Region of the Florida Committee of the NMWA is a group of women artists who are very versatile in their subject matter, medium, style, and creativity which makes for an interesting and fun exhibit.

For more information, contact Sheila Blow, Regional Director: 727-819-2242 www.floridawomenartists.org

Dalia Condis is a Cuban born artist who is now retired in Tampa. She has a series of 25 paintings of famous women. After immigrating to the US in the 70’s, she opened her own academy of drawing and painting in New Jersey.

Gasparilla International Film Festival
GIFF will host a kick-off party on Thursday December 10, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Tampa with free hors d'oevres provided by the Hyatt. Call 813.514.9962 for more info!

CALL TO ARTISTS - DEADLINES APPROACHING!

* Gasparilla Festival of the Arts: Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts seeks emerging artists (Artists and Photographers) for the Gasparilla Festival fo the Arts which will take place March 6th and 7th, 2010, downtown Tampa. Interested artists can learn more at www.gasparilla-arts.com/emerging.htm Applications must be postmarked by January 4, 2010. Contact: Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Emerging Artist Program, 813.876.1747, gasparillaarts@yahoo.com, www.gasparilla-arts.com
* GIFF announces "Green the Screen" Contest: GIFF partners with Repower America, inviting filmmakers to submit short films on Clean Energy, with the winning films to screen on 2010 Opening Night. For more information, please email rwsterrett@gmail.com Deadline: 12/31/09
* 8thh Annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image: The Festival will be held will be held February 17-21, 2010. Cash awards offered. Deadline: Postmarked by January 12, 2010. Contact daudet@hccfl.edu for more information.

Detailed information about all of the CALLS TO ARTISTS can be found on our web site atwww.tampaart.com" target="_blank"> www.tampaart.com under the CALL TO ARTIST tab at the top of the home page.

Jazz with Jim - The Music of Richard Rodgers
On Friday, December 11 at 7:30pm at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, Jim Burge and the Jazz Directions will explore the jazz settings of the great songwriter: Richard Rodgers with Where or When, I Could Write A Book , It Might As Well, Be Spring, My Funny Valentine, and more.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center is located at 4537 Lowell Road in Tampa (813) 269-1310

Admission is just $7 per person and tickets can be purchased at the door.

Featuring noted Tampa jazz musician Jim Burge and the Jazz Directions, with Jim Burge on saxophone, Ron Delp on keyboard, Jeff Henson on percussion and Mike Ruvin on double bass.

Jim Burge received the B.M.E. and M.A. in performance from the University of Denver. After teaching in Denver area schools, he moved to Las Vegas to perform in show bands, backing many of the stars of the ‘60s and ’70. He moved to Orlando for the opening of Walt Disney World where he was a staff musician and assistant conductor of the Walt Disney World Band. While in Orlando, Mr. Burge taught at Seminole and Valencia Community Colleges and performed with the Florida Symphony Orchestra. In 1976, he joined the faculty of Hillsborough Community College and remained there until retiring in 2005. He became the Director of Music at HCC, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Band among other responsibilities. He is a founding member of the Bay Area Saxophone Quartet and performs in various jazz and show bands around the Tampa Bay area.

Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He was one of the most successful and celebrated composers of the 20th century. His partnerships with lyricists Lorenz Hart (1895-1943) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) resulted in dozens of hit musicals for the stage and screen, from Babes in Arms to The Sound of Music. A published songwriter by the age of 17, Rodgers and Hart began collaborating in the 1920s. Between 1920 and 1943 they wrote dozens of musicals for the New York stage and Hollywood movies, including The Boys of Syracuse and Pal Joey. In 1943 Rodgers teamed with Oscar Hammerstein II to write Oklahoma!, a box office smash and a landmark in the history of musical theater. Rodgers and Hammerstein went on to write and produce hit musicals such as Carousel, State Fair, The King and I and The Sound of Music, all of which were adapted for the movies. After Hammerstein's death in 1960, Rodgers continued composing, sometimes writing his own lyrics. Rodgers was known for his catchy melodies and ability to incorporate other musical styles into popular tunes. Some of his songs, such as My Funny Valentine and The Lady is a Tramp have become jazz standards .Rodgers also composed for television, winning an Emmy for the music of the documentary series Victory at Sea (1952).

Happening This Week!

* Rob Bovarnick, Chalet Comellas, Perri Neri Exhibition University of Tampa, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery at the Bailey Art Studios ends this Thursday, December 10 - Don't miss it!
* Sleep of Reason Cinema Series: Through a Glass Darkly at Gallery (5) Art on Thursday, December 10, 2009
* Lecture: Visionary Women at the Carrollwood Cultural Center on Thursday, December 10, 2009
* Paris Exhibition at the Centre Gallery, Marshall Student Center, USF, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa 33620 opens Thursday, December 10, 2009

For more information about these events and many others, please visit the EVENTS section our website at www.tampaarts.com