Weekend: Two shows open in Sarasota

SELBY GALLERY -- Selby Gallery at the Ringling School of Art and Design opens its season today with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. for two shows: "selfportrait.map: digital images by locurto-outcault," digital images mapping the human body; and "Harvey Stein's Coney Island," chronicling the artist's 30-year fascination with the amusement park. Other events: director Kevin Dean's tour of both shows at 11:30 a.m. Monday and a lecture by Harvey Stein at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 in the lecture hall adjacent to Selby. Both shows continue through Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday (to 7 p.m. Tuesday). Free. The gallery is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, one block east of 2700 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota; (941) 359-7563.

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WATTENBARGAR -- Synthesis Fine Arts honors its ongoing exhibition of quilts by Peggy Wattenbargar with a reception from 6:30 to 9 p.m. today at First Union Center. The exhibit continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays through Oct. 20. A percentage of sales supports Studio f at the University of Tampa. Free. First Union Center, 100 S Ashley Drive, Tampa; (813) 207-0343.

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AMERICA THROUGH THE CBS EYE -- The Florida International Museum adds an exhibit of 140 black-and-white photographs taken by CBS photographers, with subjects including well-known personalities and memorable events. Through Dec. 31. Admission to the museum, $13.95 for adults, also includes a cassette-guided tour of the permanent Kennedy Collection and "Presidents and First Ladies on Time" from the National Portrait Gallery, through Oct. 22. The museum is at 100 Second St. S., St. Petersburg; (727) 898-2100 or (813) 287-8844 for advance tickets through Ticketmaster (not required).

Gulf Coast Museum of Art seeks docents

The Gulf Coast Museum of Art needs docents, volunteers who will provide guided tours of its changing exhibitions. Volunteer training will include two art history courses, supplemented by lectures, field trips and continuing education meetings. To obtain information or to enroll, attend a docent recruitment meeting at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 at the museum, 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo, FL 33778, or call (727) 518-6833.

Opportunity in the arts

Nominations are open for the Impact Through the Arts Award, sponsored by the Tampa Bay Business Committee for the Arts Inc. and Synthesis Fine Arts. The award recognizes and honors an artist -- visual, performing or literary -- or an arts educator who shares time and talent to inspire and help others in the Tampa Bay community.

The award, in its inaugural year, carries a cash prize of $1,000, to be presented at the annual gala Nov. 15 at the Hyatt Regency Westshore, Tampa.

For a nomination form with more details, write the TBBCA Office, P.O. Box 559, Tampa, FL 33601-0559; call (813) 221-2787; or e-mail TBBCA@yahoo.com. Deadline is Sept. 20.

Around the bay

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Sept. 9, 5:30-9 p.m. -- Downtown St. Petersburg Evening Gallery Walk. Downtown Arts Association venues open their doors for a monthly event. (727) 894-2111

Sept. 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. -- Studio Waltz. Annual open house at 12 studios and galleries in north Pinellas County. Free. (727) 733-3972.

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