Arts talk

By Times staff writers

© St. Petersburg Times, published May 20, 2001

Student Academy Award finalists

Two students of Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota are finalists in the 28th annual Student Academy Awards competition from the same folks who bring you the Oscars. Tonya Noerr and Amber Rudolph were chosen in the animation category for Silhouette, one of eight nominees. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters will decide the winners, to be announced June 10 in Los Angeles. Prizes include trophies and cash ranging from $2,000 to $5,000.

Royalty Theatre events

Clearwater's renovated Royalty Theatre presents a weekend of films, dance and pageants May 25-27 at 405 Cleveland St. Opening night includes selections of the festival's king, queen, prince and princess. Tickets are $10, $15 and $20. May 26 is a day of films, including Ballroom Fever from Austria, the skateboard documentary Video Daze by Largo artist Brandt Elliott and One More Second by Clearwater filmmaker Patrick Creel. Tickets are $5, $10 and $15. The final day includes a dance showcase of Hollywood songs at noon (tickets $5 to $15) and a 7 p.m. formal or Roaring '20s gala (tickets $10 to $25). For information, call (727) 441-8868.

Florida Studio Theatre season

Pump Boys and Dinettes, the country-fried musical revue, opens the Florida Studio Theatre summer season June 5 and continues through June 24. Also on the agenda at the Sarasota theater are Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton, July 3-22, and God's Man in Texas by David Rambo, July 31-Aug. 19. Subscriptions cost from $27 to $39. Call (941) 366-9000.

Beyond Tampa Bay

"Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence," the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., May 27-Aug. 19. The artist's most complete retrospective to date traces his style, technique and methods. Other venues: Whitney Museum of American Art, Nov. 8-Feb. 3; Detroit Institute of Arts, Feb. 23-May 19, 2002; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 16-Sept. 8, 2002; and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Oct. 6, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003. 1-800-551-7328 or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com.

Opportunity for artists

Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts Inc., P.O. Box 559, Tampa, FL 33601-0559; (813) 221-2787. Project: Original, specially commissioned work of art, created in an edition of nine (one for each Business in the Arts honoree, to be presented at annual gala Nov. 8). Work may be in any medium. TBBCA will pay artists $3,000 including all costs. Deadline for proposals: June 7.

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