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Past Exhbitions -- January 2003
Paul Eppling: Frozen Steel and Silica
The well-known creator of the "Security Lizard" on top of the police car garage at the corner of Fifth Ave. and I-275 brings more incredible animals to life, now by merging glass with recycled steel componen.
Texture & Technique: Mary Klein and Laura Militzer Bryant
Both of these popular and nationally known St. Petersburg artists work in ancient crafts using modern leading-edge techniques. Klein paints figurative images in recently discovered cloisonne enamels on copper. Bryant weaves metal threads within multiple layers of vibrantly colored fabric, "reflecting an inner landscape--wherein rests the spirituality of mankind."
Claire Jeanine Satin: Reconstructed Meanings
artist's books, sculpture & related objects: 1993 - 2002
This internationally collected artist, whose works appear in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum among many others, transforms written messages through the visual elements of mixed media. By manipulating text into "chance" patterns, Satin communicates her individualized stories in books and installations. This is her first exhibition at The Arts Center.
Billie Jean Theide: Archive
Recently featured on the cover of Craft Magazine, Theide fashions exquisitely detailed, functional objects with jewel-like perfection. "In the perfect piece, concept, function and beauty are equal," maintains this artist who is also the Chair of the Metals Department at the University of Illinois at Champaign as well as a teacher in the Master Artists series at the Arts Center. See her teapots, beverage server, measuring spoons, and more.
Art for the Garden: the Best of Inspiration & Interpretation
For more than six years, artists and instructor Valerie Scott Knaust have gathered on Thursday mornings to create ceramic artworks. View their unique installation in the St. Petersburg Times Community Room. Landscaping and greenery provided by TommyTodd Landscaping.
Word &
Image: ...Let Freedom Ring
Pinellas
County Elementary Schools
"Freedom" is the theme for the second elementary school exhibition of the 2002-2003 Word & Image series. Pinellas County elementary school students from grades 3-5 share their interpretation of "freedom" through visual art combined with the written word.
