Arts Talk

By Times staff

© St. Petersburg Times, published June 3, 2001

Celebrating women in arts

The Fairly Lilith Celebration of Women in Art festivities last weekend in St. Petersburg drew hundreds of spectators to the performing artists presentation at the Museum of Fine Arts and to the visual artists exhibition at the Galleries at Salt Creek. Poet Rosalie Peck of St. Petersburg received the best of show $500 award in the performing arts category, with singer Kat White Star of Sarasota receiving the $250 second place prize. In the visual arts, sculptor Judith Copeland of Melbourne Beach took the top prize, followed by mixed media artist Allison Massari.

More than 300 performing and visual artists from across Florida entered the juried competition, with 85 chosen to participate. The exhibition by visual artists will remain on display at the Galleries at Salt Creek until June 15. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.

Musical opens monthlong run

Mark Chambers,a frequent performer at American Stage in the past, plays the title role in the Southeastern premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The glam rock musical by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask opened a monthlong run this weekend at the Hippodrome State Theatre in Gainesville.

Scripts sought

Carrollwood Players is looking for one-act scripts, about 10-15 minutes in length, for its fifth annual One-Act Weekend. Deadline for submissions (include mailing address, phone number and e-mail address) is Aug. 1. Send typed entries to Carrollwood Players, Attn: Jack Steeley, P.O. Box 270116, Tampa, FL 33688-0116. Special consideration will be given to local authors. Call (813) 265-4000 for information.

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. The committee will pay artists $3,000 including all costs. Deadline for proposals is June 7.

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