News from the Arts Council of Hillsborough County 2/1/2010

Valentine Making
This Saturday, February 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon you can learn how to make a valentine at the Henry B. Plant Museum.

Perfect for those who love to scrapbook. Make personalized valentines just in time to be mailed or hand-delivered. Our creative Curator of Education, Gianna Russo, will be on hand to assist you.

Refreshments and all supplies are provided for this hands-on activity for all ages.

Saturday, February 6, 2010 from 10 AM - Noon. The charge is $15 for members; $20 not-yet-members.

Henry B. Plant Museum, Plant Hall, Music Room, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, 813.254.1891, plantmuseum.com

The Ybor Festival of the Moving Image - DATE CHANGE
The original dates of February 17 through Sunday February 21, 2010 for the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image have been changed to April 7 through April 11, 2010 due to construction at the College.

Ybor Festival of the Moving Image Film Festival announces a change in dates for the festival. Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus presents the 8th annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Wednesday, April 7 through Sunday, April 11, 2010. www.yborfilmfestival.com. The dates have been shifted to accommodate unanticipated schedule conflicts for some of the invited filmmakers.

This eclectic film festival explores the cinematic landscape of independent filmmakers, with a focus this year on Florida artists, offering a spectrum of documentaries and personal films, plus live performances, workshops and lectures.

The 2010 festival will examine the social, political and economic implications and effects of digital motion media on contemporary filmmaking, and the effects of this technological advance on American culture.

Another theme, Making Your Media Matter, presents seminars and innovative films exploring the culturally diverse realms of our lives while challenging pre-existing notions of our world. The feature documentaries selected will illuminate contemporary political and cultural issues affecting and influencing our national life.

The festival is open to the public. Screenings will be held at Hillsborough Community College-Ybor, in the HCC Performing Arts Building at the corner of Palm Ave and 14th Street, Tampa, 33605.

General admission for screenings is $6.00, though numerous events, panels, seminars and programs are free. Tickets are available at the box office located in the Performing Arts Building. All festival events are free to the HCC community. For more information please go to: www.yborfilmfestival.com.

David Audet, Festival Director, Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Hillsborough Community College, 2112 N. 15th Street, Tampa, FL 33605813-253-7000 x5179, www.yborfilmfestival.com

ARTS IN THE PARK - Deadline to apply is February 24, 2010
The Carrollwood Cultural Center is inviting Bay area artists to exhibit at Arts in the Park, a high quality art festival promoting local artists and their art.

Arts in the Park is an artistic event celebrating the second anniversary of the Carrollwood Cultural Center.

The art show will take place on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 10 am to 5 pm, in the beautiful oak-shaded park behind the Carrollwood Cultural Center, which will be transformed into a vast outdoor gallery of original work.

Inspired by the success of its previous art festival, this second annual Arts in the Park will include 100 artists, live entertainment, hands-on activities for children, food and beverages, and an artist’s welcome breakfast. The show will provide a mix of Bay area artists, first-time exhibitors to older favorites. The range of mediums presented will offer an eclectic visual palette including everything from watercolors, acrylic and oil painting to jewelry, sculpture, fiber (includes fine wearable, rugs, and basketry), photography, printmaking, mixed media, metal, wood, ceramics and more.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center is a partnership between Hillsborough County and the Friends of Carrollwood Cultural Center. It is the first cultural center in the Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department system.

The center is located 4537 Lowell Road Tampa FL 33618.

For more information and to exhibit at Arts in the Park, please contact Laure Pericot at (813)269-1310 or email laure@carrollwoodcenter.org.

In fact, LOTS of Calls to Artists have deadlines THIS MONTH. Please check our website at www.tampaarts.com and click on the CALLS TO ARTISTS for opportunities to participate in a variety of events. Visual, music, dance, and more!

You still have time to sign up for Arts One on One - FREE!
Is your New Year resolution to promote your creative endeavors, understand why you didn’t get that grant or start a nonprofit?

Join Arts Council Staff, Jenny Carey and Lynn Norton for Arts One on One, Tuesday, February 9, 2010, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the St. Petersburg Times Building, 1000 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 400, Tampa ( directly across from the Straz Performing Arts Center).

Come to converse, develop new connections and cultivate the support you need as an artist, arts educator or arts community supporter. Bring your arts questions, arts proposals, and arts ideas along with a brown bag lunch for the first monthly Arts One on One.

Metered street and paid parking available. An RSVP is preferred but not required. For more information or to RSVP please contact Jenny Carey ( Director of Program Services) careyj@tampaarts.org or Lynn Norton ( Director of Arts Education) nortonl@tampaarts.org or call the Arts Council offices at 813- 276-8250.

FMOPA - Your 15 Minutes of Fame
If you would like to have "Your 15 Minutes of Fame" in February, please email 15Minutes@fmopa.org. A.S.A.P.

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMOPA)200 North Tampa Street, Suite 130, Tampa, Florida 33602(813) 221-2222, www.FMOPA.org