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Breeze through Tampa's art galleries
The annual summer art hop is here, and one gallery is celebrating its grand reopening, too.
By BRANDY STARK
© St. Petersburg Times,
published July 26, 2001
Florida by Marsha Hammel at Michael Murphy Gallery.
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Life slows down in the summer, and that's good news for art lovers.
"People have a little more time in the summer to enjoy the arts," said Deb Stoberl of the Tampa Gallery Association, which is holding its Summer Breeze Gallery Hop 2001 from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
"I like these hops because they are a good way to keep all of the artists and art galleries networking. People need to know that there is art in Tampa," said Carolyn Kossar of Hillsborough Community College, which participated in last year's gallery hop. Donations gathered at the hop, which is free to the public, will go to the Hillsborough Education Foundation to create art scholarships.
Romeo Art & Design Gallery is celebrating its grand reopening in conjunction with the art hop. Owner Walter Romeo is a seasoned veteran of the art world.
"My wife, Sara Romeo, and I owned a showroom gallery in Ybor for 15 years. Then, she ran for state representative and won. She was half the business, so we closed down for a while. I missed it,though, and decided to come back."
The event includes transportation on HARTline's yellow trolley buses. Three routes are available, all beginning at the Tampa Museum of Art.
Parking is available in the Curtis Hixon Parking Garage at Ashley Drive and Twiggs Street. Trolleys will operate every 30 minutes throughout the day and are free.
The venues:
1. African Art Gallery and Museum, 1711 W Kennedy Blvd.: Meet artists and enjoy works from ancient and contemporary Africa.
2. Artists Unlimited, 223 N 12th St., Channel District: offers a clay classroom, a sculpture garden and two art galleries.
3. Artsiphartsi, 2717 W Kennedy Blvd.: offers handcrafted works by national artists exhibiting jewelry, furniture, glass, metalwork and other mediums.
4. Galerie du Soleil, 727 S Dakota Ave.: New to the art hop, the gallery offers works including ocean scenes, female portraiture and Venetian, Mediterranean and Parisian settings.
5. Gold Dragon Gallery, 3508 S Manhattan Ave.: featuring "Florida Fantasies" exhibit, showing the works of John Gurbaks, Bill Jacobs, Reggie Holder and Loyd Jones.
6. Grossman Gallery, 1111 Swann Ave.: a newcomer to the art hop.
7. Hillsborough Community College Gallery, performing arts building, Room 101, at Palm Avenue and 14th Street, Ybor City: Faculty Show features work by 10 HCC faculty members.
8. JJ Watts Gallery, 5103 S MacDill Ave.: original paintings, raku, glass works, sculpture and photography by Florida artists, and JJ Watts' sculptures.
9. MacArthur Galleries, 100 E Madison St.: "Figurative Dialogue," featuring Michael Madzo, and the early works of Edgar Sanchez (also showing in "underCURRENT/overVIEW 5" at the Tampa Museum of Art).
10. Michael Murphy Gallery, 2722 S MacDill Ave.: works of local and nationally recognized artists.
11. New Heights Gallery, 6310 N Nebraska Ave.: "Garbage Is Garbage," showing Soviet-era posters, and "Glass Masks" by Clearwater artist Marlena Rose. Trolley routes don't go to this gallery.
12. Nuance Galleries, 720 S Dale Mabry Highway: Charles Fazzino's original paintings, drawings, 3-D serigraphs and sculptures, with 20 percent of sales going to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
13. Old Hyde Park Art Center, 705 Swann Ave.: "All Anything Goes Media" members exhibit.
14. Romeo Art & Design Gallery, 1515 E Seventh Ave., Ybor City: reception for local artists Dennis Johnson, Greg Latch, Tomas Marais, Ray Paul, Guillermo Portieles and Alex Espalter-Torres.
15. Studio Gallery on Azeele, 3707 Azeele St.: "Summer Spice 2001," featuring Rebecca Skelton, Nancy Cockerham and Fern Samuels.
16. Tampa Museum of Art, 600 N Ashley Drive: "underCURRENT/overVIEW 5," displaying the works of 15 cutting-edge local artists.
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