Arts & Crafts under the Palms seeks vendors

The Tampa Palms Women's Club is taking applications for vendors for its annual fundraising event.

The craft show, which features crafters of all kinds of handmade items, will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17 and 18 at the City Plaza Shopping Center at Tampa Palms in the 16000 block of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard.

For more information and to print out an application, click here.

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A couple places to check out area artists

North Tampa Arts League’s Artist of the Month is Zoe Otero. Her work is on display through July at the New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd. Call (813) 273-3652.

See “Following the Footsteps of Van Gogh,” an exhibit featuring work by local artist Terry Klaaren, during regular business hours through September in the IMAX dome lobby at the Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 E Fowler Ave. Call (813) 987-6315.

Check out the artist of the month

North Tampa Arts League’s Artist of the Month is Zoe Otero. Her work is on display throughout July at the New Tampa Regional Library, 10001 Cross Creek Blvd. Call (813) 273-3652.

Mosey on over to MOSI

Here are a couple ways to spend the rainy days indoors at the Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 E Fowler Ave:

The Kids in Charge fourth birthday party is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (July 11). The event features face painting, balloon artists and more.

The Animation exhibit opens today. Learn about the history and science of animation from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 7 at the . Cost is $23.95 for adults, $21.95 for seniors and $19.95 for children 2 to 12. Call (813) 987-6100.

See “Following the Footsteps of Van Gogh,” an exhibit featuring work by local artist Terry Klaaren, during regular business hours through September in the IMAX dome lobby. Call (813) 987-6315.

Art event choices

Looking for something a little more cultural to do than throw spaghetti on the wall? Why not check out one of the ongoing art shows in the area.

• The “View Point” photography show runs through June 30 at the Great Frame Up, 1646 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Wesley Chapel. Call (813) 949-8832.

• “Following the Footsteps of Van Gogh,” works by local artist Terry Klaaren, during regular hours through September at the The 'Arc’ Gallery in the lobby of the Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 E Fowler Ave. Call (813) 987-6315.

• The Spring 2009 Art Exhibition from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave. The exhibition features work by artists with disabilities.

• What do museums do behind closed doors? Find out at Museum at Work exhibit from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 17 at the Contemporary Arts Musuem at USF, 4202 E Fowler Ave. See the process for photographing and documenting the collection with Peter Foe, curator of the collection. E-mail pfoe@arts.usf.edu

• The Sixty Minutes exhibit is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through July 2 in the West Gallery at the Contemporary Art Museum. Sixty Minutes is a single channel video program designed to highlight and explore artists' practice and influences. It is conceived to expose the diversity and complexity of artists' process and provide an inspiring critical space to research, analyze and debate contexts for practice.

Great Frame Up first photography show kick off

An artists’ reception to kick off its first photography show is from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight (June 5) in the gallery at the Great Frame Up, 1646 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Wesley Chapel. Wine and hor d’oeuvres will be served. The exhibit runs through June 30. Call (813) 949-8832.

Tickets available for 'The Butler Did It!' at the Carrollwood Cultural Center

Check out some of the New Tampa Players who are performing The Butler Did It! at the Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Road. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday (April 3); at 2 p.m and 8 p.m. Saturday (April 4). Cost is $10 for members and $15 for non members. Tickets will be available the day of the show. Get them in advance by calling (813) 269-1310.  

The Butler Did It! is about Miss Maple, a woman noted for imaginative weekend parties. When she has a group of whodunit writers over they are to assume the personalities of their fictional characters.

Then a real murder takes place and the guests realize they're all marked for death.

Shhhh... It's a silent art auction

Artwork created by USF students and faculty members from the Master of Fine Arts Organization will be available by auction starting at 10 a.m. Friday (March 27) in FAH Room 288 at USF, 4202 E Fowler Ave.

Proceeds benefit a good cause. It will help the group's future endeavors including covering costs for fall exhibitions in Puerto Rico and Tallahassee.
 
The featured works are a variety of media including photography, prints, sculpture, music CDs, drawings and paintings. Artists include: Kim Adams, Wendy Babcox, Ariel Baron-Robbins, Neil Bender, Toni D. Billick, Elisabeth Condon, Cesar Cornejo, Robb Fladry, Ryan Foster, Gregory Green, Lauren Alyssa Howard, Danelle Kraszewski, Lou Marcus, Justin Martin, Bruce Monroe, Ellen Mueller, Andrew Nigon, Chris Otten, Khadijah Queen, James Reiman, Bradlee Shanks, Julie Weitz and Wallace Wilson.

Here are the times to do your biddings:

• VIP early bird bidding from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 25.

• Public bidding from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 27.

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Oboe masterclass

Dan Ross, from Arkansas State University, will lead an oboe reed masterclass from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 28) at the School of Music at USF, 4202 E Fowler Ave. Cost is $25 for students and $35 for others. Call

'Bobby and the Chimps,' a play about love, faith and the politics of evolution, opens at USF

A new play about love, faith and the politics of evolution opens tonight on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida. Bobby and the Chimps, produced under the auspices of the British International Theatre program, explores the concept of intelligent design — the belief that some systems found in nature could not have formed without the intervention of an unnamed designer — against the backdrop of a 2008 school board election in Bethlehem, Pa. See it in Theater II at 8 tonight through Saturday and March 4-7. Also, 3 p.m. Sunday and March 8. There will be a post-show talkback with the playwright and actors Friday (Feb. 27) and March 6. Tickets are $8-$15; (813) 974-2323.

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