Call for Artists: Fin, Fur & Feather
About the Call
Receiving
Friday, September 19 through Saturday, September 20, 2025 from Noon - 3 PM
An open, all media, judged exhibit.
Cash Prizes will be awarded.
Last Day to Register: September 17, 2025
Please observe the following:
All hanging pieces must have wire on back and the wire must be capable of supporting the artwork on our hanging system.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
You will be asked for your image of your artwork during the registration process. For more information, see TRA’s Exhibition Requirements.
Entry Fees
Members
1 entry — $15
2 entries — $25
3 entries — $30
Non-members
1 entry — $20
2 entries — $30
3 entries — $45
When checking out, always use the quantity of one after you select the entry category — member/ nonmember and number of pieces.
Call for Artists: Eat, Pray, Love
Coinciding with the Thanksgiving holiday, Eat, Pray, Love is a themed exhibit focusing on what you are thankful for — the family, friends, the harvest, etc.
Cora Waterhouse - The Painted Portrait
Cora will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Cora Waterhouse -- The Painted Portrait
Course Description
This 2-day workshop promises to be chock full of techniques, tips and good humor, as Cora shares her simple processes for drawing, photgraphing, and painting oil portraits of a adults and children.
Bio
Artist and instructor Cora Waterhouse creates portraits in charcoal, pastel and oil. Locally, her work can be seen at Armature Works, The Pear Water Street, Visit Tampa Bay Visitor Center, and homes in the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Germany, Brussels and Denmark. Over time and distance, she has discovered creative ways to conquer the challenges of painting endearing portraits from life and from photographs.
Artist Statement
I am an artist who recently moved to Tampa and have found that it is a great place to work and share my passion for growing and nurturing new artists. I’ve taught children for the Dali Museum and the Hillsborough Community College Youth and Teen Camp, and Adults for Tampa Regional Artists, LuLu Studios and the Tampa Museum of Art. I’ve also presented workshops in Tampa, Singapore and Georgia. When I am not teaching, I maintain an active studio schedule of portrait commissions in charcoal, pastel and oil. I am always looking for new artistic adventures and am thrilled by how Tampa delivers so many exciting opportunities to work and share what I love.
Supply List provided upon registration
To Register and Pay for this workshop, click below.
Hello, World!
Members Holiday Sale
Receiving will be November 22 to 23, noon to 3 pm.
Must be a member of the Art Center, must register and pay online. Registration will be due November 20.
All works must be priced $125 or under. The works may be created at any time, and can include works created under the direction of a teacher. Works may be of the artist's own reference materials, or, if someone else’s image, you must have permission to create and sell your creation. TRA will not be responsible for the impact of artists’ copyright violations. All works must be clean and salable. For example, matts must be clean.
Artists may include 3 pieces that hang on the the wall and these must be wired and ready to hang safely. Artists may include 5 pieces that matted, and sleeved to include in the browse bens. Please consult with Judy Milsaps regarding three-dimensional standing pieces.
Each piece MUST be clearly labeled on the back. The label must include the artist’s name and contact information (including phone number) as well as art work title, media, price,
Registration information must be provided so that wall cards can be prepared before receiving.
Call for Artists: Focus on Florida (2025)
August 19 - September 19, 2025
An open, all media, judged exhibit.
Cash Prizes will be awarded.
Receiving: Friday, August 15 + Saturday, August 16, 2025 Noon - 3 PM
Last Day to Register: August 13, 2025
Please remember:
Take a photo of your artwork before framing.
All hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor.
For more information, see TRA’s Exhibition Requirements. We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content. Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
Beth Smedley -- Found Objects Robots
I found altoid tin robots on Pinterest a long time ago and had to try one. I’ve made several over the years. My findings lead me to what personality my robot will take. In this demo I will show the steps I take to flush out a “Happi-mess™” Robot.
About the Artist
Originally from Baltimore, MD, Beth Smedley has lived in Florida since 1974. She was deeply inspired by her Chinese mother who was very creative. Beth has worked professionally as a graphic designer for over 40 years, but has always found time to try a new art or craft. Some of these experiments are: stained glass, basketry, painting of all mediums, including cold wax and oil, jewelry making, paper mache, scultpure, needle felting and drawing. Favorite art type is mixed media, where all of the previous can come into play.
Beth has been involved with the Brandon League of Fine Arts since 2016 and served as president in 2024. She won the strawberry themed art award at the FL Strawberry Festival for 2 years in a row and a Best in Show award in 2020.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=85948236432
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Second StART Exhibit
Over 150 students and astists have joined the StART series in Tampa since 2017. Join them in celebrating their artistic accomplishments. Exhibit limited to StART students.
Reception July 18, 5-730 PM.
Joyce Curvin: Whimsical Paper Mache Animals
Demo Description
Joyce Curvin creates quirky playful animals from paper-mâché and recycled materials. Her Art-Official Pets© start with an armature of upcycled items that might include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. The frame is then covered in paper-mâché which is typically painted in bright colors. The piece is completed with other found items – feathers, button eyes, fabrics, and paper - that tell the creatures’ charming stories.
Artist Statement:
Recycling is at the heart of my work. Through a playful fusion of colors, textures, and materials I work to create humorous, engaging characters that evoke a sense of fun and wonder. My goal is to capture an expression, an attitude or moment of joy in every piece.
Each of my Art-Official Pets© starts with an armature of mostly recycled materials that may include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. I apply several coats of paper-mâché and texture to the structure followed by a bright palette of color in paint, paper, fabric, and such.
Bio:
Joyce Curvin was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, to a family who believed in reusing, repurposing, and recycling. She studied art and business at Stetson University in DeLand, FL, graduating with a BBA in marketing.
Joyce enjoyed a successful career in visual merchandising and store design for area malls and finer shops…all the while creating her art both on the side and as a part of her visual merchandising projects. She has worked in a variety of mediums including clay, metal, paper, and wood all culminating in her current work in paper-mâché and mixed media.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=82307669456
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Call for Artists: 2025 Art in the Garden
June 10 - July 18, 2025
The Old Hyde Park Art Center
An open, all media, judged exhibit.
Cash Prizes will be awarded.
Receiving: Friday, June 6+ Saturday, June 7, 2025 Noon - 3 PM
Last Day to Register: June 4, 2025
All media. Please remember to take a photo of your artwork before framing and email that image to Judy Milsaps at judith5886@gmail.com
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor. For more information, see TRA’s Exhibition Requirements.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
Click Below to Enter Art in the Garden Exhibit and Pay Now
Don’t forget to take a photo and email that photo to Judy.
Jeanne Keiyo Houlton: Ikebana Flower Arranging
Ikebana is not flowers in a vase.
Her demonstration is “Ichiyo Summer” using tropicals.
Bio
Jeanne Keiko Houlton is a 4th generation American of Japanese ancestry born and raised in Hawaii. Japanese is her first language. She started Ikebana lessons in the Sogetsu School in 1970 and became a Sogetsu teacher and then a teacher in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana. She has been teaching for the Ichiyo School for 25 years and has a dozen students who have become teachers. She has demonstrated arranging in most venues in St. Petersburg, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of History, Duncan McClellan Gallery, Morean Art Center, Craftsman House Gallery, St. Petersburg Clay Company and the Saturday Morning Market. She has demonstrated in 10 Ikebana International Chapters in the USA. She has also demonstrated in Tokyo representing North America and the Ichiyo School at the Ikebana International World Convention. Her style reflects Contemporary Ikebana.
Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=83086730658
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Melissa Miller Nece Workshop: Discover Watercolor Pencils
The best of both worlds! Water-soluble colored pencils combine the precision and control of drawing with the fluid possibilities of paint. Explore the many ways these versatile pencils can be used – wet or dry, alone or for mixed media. Great for artists’ journals and plein air, for sketching or serious artwork, they even mix well with pen and ink and traditional watercolor. The class will include fun exercises, a guided painting project, and time to work on your choice of provided subjects. Various pencil sets will be available to share in class, no need to bring your own. Paper will also be included.
Artist Bio
Melissa Miller Nece is regarded as one of the foremost colored pencil artists in the country. Her enthusiasm and humor have made her a favorite speaker for arts groups around Florida, and she has inspired many others to try colored pencils through her classes and workshops. She has been teaching colored pencil, drawing, and oil and acrylic painting at the Dunedin Fine Art Center since 1990. She has taught many workshops around Florida and the country.
Since 2008, Melissa has served on the national governing board of the Colored Pencil Society of America, as ways and means director, president, and currently as corporate relations director, cultivating a strong working relationship with art materials companies. She is a 20-year merit signature member and a CPX signature member of the society. She previously served two terms as president of CPSA District Chapter113. She is also a signature member and board member of the Miniature Artists of America, a member of the Florida Artist Group, a trustee of the Professional Association of Visual Artists and a member and past board member of the Miniature Art Society of Florida.Melissa exhibits and has won numerous awards in Florida and in national and international juried exhibitions. She has nine awards just in CPSA International and “Explore This!” Exhibitions. For her artwork, Melissa finds inspiration in the Florida environment, particularly its beaches. But sometimes she explores intuitive abstract themes, things that have to be expressed in a less literal way
What you will need
With pencils and paper provided, the supplies to bring are minimal–a couple brushes, erasers and fine line art markers if you wish. You may want a support board for the paper and tape to secure it.
Melissa Miller Nece Demo: Discover Watercolor Pencils
Melissa will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop. Click here for more details.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=85948236432
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Latonya Hicks Workshop: Mixed Media Relief
In this exploratory Mixed Media Relief class, participants will use a variety of materials to create a high relief assemblage. We will work in 3 Phases that begin chronologically and end iteratively.
Phase 1:I deation will begin with a discussion/sharing of personal objects, images for inspiration,“shopping”through my dragons hoard”of supplies, and planning.
Phase 2: Building up the surface through construction. During this phase we work on the Masonite substrate, weavings, demo with wire, aluminum, clay and Polyfill. The“HowTo”and the“Go do”stage.
Phase 3:The surface. During stage 3 we embellish our relief. This process of creation is iterative meaning we keep circling back through the phases as we work on different sections of our relief.
Bring any other materials you would like to create with and objects of personal significance to inspire you, embed in your work or use to embellish the surface.
Artist Bio
Born in Macon, Ga and raised in Jacksonville, FL, Latonya Hicks is a visual artist who lives and works in Clearwater, FL. Her recent exhibitions include the Tampa Museum of FineArts, Tampa, FL; Court House Cultural Center Gallery, Stuart, FL; CF Webber Gallery at The College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL; Tully Levine Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL and the Lighthouse Ar tCenter Gallery, Tequesta, FL. Latonya received an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and is currently th President of the Florida Art Education Association and the Secondary Visual Art Integration Coordinator responsible for guiding 6-12 art teachers in PinellasCounty.
Artist Statement
An archeologist discovering and claiming my history I draw on historical, fictional and personal references to create densely layered figurative compositions from my ‘dragon’s hoard.’ My eye is drawn to high contrast, colorful patterns that evoke the comfort of my grandmother’s kitchen while she cooked wearing mod dresses indicative of the 60s and 70s. During those years I struggled to feel welcome around my extended family. Early on my parents moved us away and my everyday life was completely counter to those summers running around with cousins. In the aftermath, Grandma’s house became a safe place where my‘blackness’was never a question. My existence and speech patterns were always ENOUGH. For years my style of dress was an act of homage to the safety she provided; scouring thrift shops and markets for objects that made me feel connected to that time/place. Her house was lost to a gang war and with it the furniture, bed coverings, polyester dresses, linoleum patterns and everything I built my early visual language on.
In much the same way that I use to‘collect’using my body as the canvas now I extrapolate from my history to invent a visual language that represents my experience-which simultaneously feels paradoxically fractured and whole. My identity was/is a collaged identity that is reflected in my work. I collect people and objects using them to tell a story I don’t quite know the end of yet.
Latonya Hicks Demo: Mixed Media Relief
Latonya will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop. Click here for more information.
Call for Artists: 2025 Landscape, Seascape and Cityscape
Last Day to Register is March 26, 2025.
Receiving Friday and Saturday, March 28-29 from Noon to 3PM both days.
All media. Please remember to take a photo of your artwork before framing and email that image to Judy Milsaps at judith5886@gmail.com
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
Click Below to Enter Landscape Exhibit and Pay Now
Don’t forget to take a photo and email that photo to Judy.
Shawn Dell Joyce Workshop: Adding Wildlife to a Painting
Make breathtaking paintings with dramatic light and color, like sunset and marsh/lake scenes, then add wildlife (birds, gators, etc) and learn to match the lighting to make it look like they were there all along! Work from supplied photos to create an atmospheric painting, then choose which critter you want to include. Make value sketches and color studies to plan how the light will wrap around the forms, and create a finished, polished painting. Work from supplied references, individual and group attention. Open to all media, demonstrations in pastel.
Artist Bio
Shawn Dell Joyce was born in Texas in 1965 and grew up on the border in Brownsville Tx. She worked in her family’s citrus orchards until an unseasonable frost killed the trees in1982. This loss changed the trajectory of her career from farmer to artist. She went to art school at University of North Texas in Denton, and studied Semiotics with artist Vernon Fisher, then transferred to San Francisco Art Institute in 1987. Her real education happened as an artist’s apprentice in SoHo section of NY where she worked in several artist’s studios until leaving the city for the beautiful farmlands North of the city and began teaching plein air classes in 2000, and continues weekly to this day in Tampa Bay. She founded a plein air school with an Arts and Agricultural mission based on the historic Hudson River School, called the Wallkill River School of Art. It still exists today as a nonprofit arts organization with a mission of bringing cultural tourism to the Hudson Valley region through plein air painting workshops and events on local farms, historic sites and open spaces.
Joyce has won many prestigious awards for plein air painting, and is a signature member of Pastel Society ofTampa Bay (PSTB), New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein AirPainters (IPAP), and Pastel Society ofAmerica (PSA). She has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Pastel Journal Magazine, Tampa Bay Magazine. She is represented by six galleries around the country including Wallkill River School in NY, Woodfield Fine Art in St. Pete, and Lakeside Inn Gallery in Mount Dora, FL.She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country in Staunton, VA, Olana, NY, Tampa Bay Florida, and is included in museum collections in the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. She recently won the Creative Pinellas grant for established artists in 2023, Best in Show for Central Florida Pastel Society Annual Exhibit, and Best in Show for 2024 Pastel Society of Tampa Bay Annual Exhibit.
What you will need
Bring your favorite media and two supports (canvas/paper) 16x20 or 12x14 along with all brushes, solvents, etc.
Pack a lunch and drink
Bring two photos of a landscape and two photos of wildlife you would like to add to that landscape. (Or choose from mine! I’ll bring hundreds of photos to use)
Sketchbook and pencil/markers/charcoal for value sketch
We’ll provide standing and table easels, so you can work the way you prefer.
Shawn’s workshops are sponsored by AmpersandSurfaces.
Shawn Dell Joyce Demo: Adding Wildlife to a Painting (ZOOM)
THIS IS A ZOOM PRESENTATION
Shawn will be demonstrating techniques that will be used in her workshop. Click here for more details.
Click here for Zoom demo link (activated on March 16, 2025)
Call for Artists: 2025 Rembrandt Youth Art Competition
Receiving Friday and Saturday, February 28-March 1, Noon to three PM. Please complete the form below a to register your work in advance.
Open to artists ages 5-14 years old. All Media, including sculpture. Two dimensional pieces must be wired and ready to hang. Limit 3 per artist. $2 per entry, $5 for 3 piences.
$600 in total awards. Awards given in age groups — 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12 and 13-14, plus a best in show.
Anyone bringing more than 10 pieces must make arrangements to drop off art work outside of the general receiving times, including during the week prior to March 1.
Reception and award ceremony date will be Sunday Marhc 16, 330 PM
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Contact Judy Milsaps with any questions or to arrange drop off of more than 10 pieces. judith5886@gmail.com
Sponsored by Las Damas De Arte.
Fealing Lin Workshop (2 day event via ZOOM): Transparent Watercolor Portraiture + Figure
This is a 2-day ZOOM workshop being broadcast February 15 and 16 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Link will be sent to registered participants 2 weeks prior to event.
Although portrait painting can be very intimidating, Fealing will teach you how to relax and enjoy the process as you discover the spontaneity and uniqueness to watercolor. You will also learn how to capture the quality of light available to you. You will achieve a level of transparency with your images and develop an understanding of head architecture that will give you the confidence to take on even the most challenging portraits. Award winning watercolorist, Fealing combines semi-abstract strokes and impressionistic concepts to elicit life and movement in her portrait and figure paintings. There will be daily lecture, exercise and demo. Fealing will assist and critique student’s works whatever way she could, and allow the students to work on their own pace. During this workshop, learn how value and temperature change, as well as how to use transparent glazing to allow the glow of the paper to shine through. By balancing colors and weaving lights and darks, you will achieve painterly and successful paintings. She will spend time in the workshop discussing the value and essentials of a good drawing, although the focus will be on painting
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN ONLINE WORKSHOP. A LINK WILL BE SENT TO REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOP.
Artist Bio + Statement
Fealing Lin, NWS, TWSA, is based in Los Angeles. Fealing is a signature member of National Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Watercolor West, Missouri Watercolor Society and others. She is a popular workshop instructor and judge for national and international shows. Her works and articles appear nationally and internationally including in France, England and Estonia. Both of Fealing's portrait and cityscape were published in many Splash books and variouss magazines in United States.
“I live for art,” says Fealing. “The challenge of each process of every painting keeps me humble, so I can continue being inspired by all the beauties in this world.”
Fealing Lin Demo (via ZOOM): Transparent Watercolor Portraiture + Figure
Fealing Lin will be demonstrating the techniques she will use in her workshop. Click here for further detail
This demo is a ZOOM event.
Click here for demo link.. (To be activated on February 9, 2025 at 2 p.m.) Text Kthy Durdin at 813.2205800 if you have any trouble getting in to the Zoom webinar.
11th Annual DooDad Repurposed Sculpture Competition Reception
Registration for the Awards Reception for the 11th Annual DooDad Repurposed Sculpture Competition. If you need to register for tickets at this time, please email Kathy Durdin at kathydurdin@gmail.com and you must put “Doodad Ticket Request” in the subject line. Please limit orders to 10 or less per group. If you need more, please register more groups with the name of a different adult picking up the tickets.
Call for Artists: 2025 For the Love Of?
“Lost in Thought - Tampa, FL,” oil, 24x24, © Linda Hugues
Last Day to Register is January 29, 2025.
Receiving is Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1: Noon to 3 PM on both days
All media.
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Click Below to For the Love Of? Exhibit
Daniel Smith Watercolor Demo 1-3 PM
Join us for a fun and interesting conversation with Scott Stevenson, Brand Ambassador for DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing. Scott has had the privilege to be in the industry for over 20 years working with some of the most well-known manufacturers in art materials. In his free time enjoys watercolor, wine, music and travel. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with his wife Traci.
Do you have questions about DANIEL SMITH or with watercolor paint in general? Have questions about Quinacridone pigments? Wonder where the color Serpentine comes from? How does the color Moonglow get its name. How does DANIEL SMITH test pigments for lightfastness? What’s granulation? This is a great opportunity to ask questions in a conversational and relaxed atmosphere.
The presentation will start off with the history of DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing and the many aspects of developing DANIEL SMITH products. You will see firsthand lab paint outs, see and touch the minerals used to manufacture the colors in the PrimaTek line and more. The finale...the exciting opportunity to sample a selection of our colors and put paint to paper!!!
Demo is in person.
PARTICIPATION IN THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO 16 PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH SESSION. THERE ARE 2 SESSIONS; THE FIRST WILL BE 10-NOON AND THE SECOND WILL BE 1-3 PM. PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR THE TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. IF YOU MUST CANCEL, PLEASE DO SO WITHING 48 HOURS SO THAT SOMEONE ON THE WAITLIST CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE. This seesion is full and we are taking waitlist reservations..
Jointly Sponsored with Florida Watercolor Society
Daniel Smith Watercolor Demo 10am - Noon
Join us for a fun and interesting conversation with Scott Stevenson, Brand Ambassador for DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing. Scott has had the privilege to be in the industry for over 20 years working with some of the most well-known manufacturers in art materials. In his free time enjoys watercolor, wine, music and travel. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area in California with his wife Traci.
Do you have questions about DANIEL SMITH or with watercolor paint in general? Have questions about Quinacridone pigments? Wonder where the color Serpentine comes from? How does the color Moonglow get its name. How does DANIEL SMITH test pigments for lightfastness? What’s granulation? This is a great opportunity to ask questions in a conversational and relaxed atmosphere.
The presentation will start off with the history of DANIEL SMITH Manufacturing and the many aspects of developing DANIEL SMITH products. You will see firsthand lab paint outs, see and touch the minerals used to manufacture the colors in the PrimaTek line and more. The finale...the exciting opportunity to sample a selection of our colors and put paint to paper!!!
Demo is in person.
PARTICIPATION IN THIS DEMONSTRATION WILL BE LIMITED TO 16 PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH SESSION. THERE ARE 2 SESSIONS; THE FIRST WILL BE 10-NOON AND THE SECOND WILL BE 1-3 PM. PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR THE TIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. IF YOU MUST CANCEL, PLEASE DO SO WITHING 48 HOURS SO THAT SOMEONE ON THE WAITLIST CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE. This session is sold out. Please sign up for the wait list.
Jointly Sponsored with Florida Watercolor Society
Robert J. Simone 2-Day Workshop: Painting Vibrant Florida Landscapes
This is a 2-day workshop. The cost is $240 for TRA members; $280 for non-members.
Classes will be held on Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12 from 10-5 p.m.
Click Below to Register and Pay:
Artist/Instructor Robert J. Simone says that the most closely held secret in painting is that there are no secrets! Simone says that great painting flows from mastering the basics. The biggest key to painting vibrant Florida landscapes is mastering the ability to paint sunlight! The primary emphasis of this workshop will be on the principles involved in painting convincing light. The colors, values and techniques involved in achieving a vibrant light will be thoroughly explored.The secondary emphasis will be on choosing subject matter, cropping and composing.
The course is suitable for all levels from beginning to advanced. The workshop begins with a demonstration on Jan 5th, 2025, from 2pm–3:30pm at the Old Hyde Park Art Center in Tampa. Classes resume Jan 11th and 12th, 2025, from 10am–4pm.
As an instructor, Robert has been described as very passionate, extremely knowledgeable, patient and kind. He can meet you where you are and give you the information most critical to your growth. His teaching style is a stream of consciousness approach that drawson his vast studies and experience. Although highly focused he is very lighthearted and fun loving. His workshops are joyful deep dives into the depths of painting
Robert J. Simone, NOAPS, ASMA, OPS
Artist Statement
Good things happen when you paint!
Tampa Bay’s own, nationally known artist, Robert J. Simone insists that good things happen when you paint! “I really believe that,” he says. “I’m living proof that it’s true. I was a late bloomer, who started taking classes and workshops when I was in my 40’s. I just kept my head down and kept painting. I’m still pinching myself over the awards and recognition that has come my way.” Simone says that the secret to constant growth as an artist lies in mastering the basics. Thestrength of his own work is his mastery of vibrant color and convincing light. Robert recently won the Grand Prize a tPlein Air Easton 2024! Other recent awards include FirstPrize in the Quickpaint Competition at Olmsted Plein Air Invitational in Atlanta, Ga, 2024, Best Landscape at the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society(NOAPS), Best of America Small Works Exhibition 2023 and BestMarine/Seascape at Oil Painters of America(OPA)Eastern Regional2023.
robertjsimone@gmail.com
Click here for materials list
Robert J. Simone Demo: Painting Vibrant Florida Landscapes
Robert will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop. Click here to see full details.
Click here for Demo link
(activated on January 5, 2025 at 2 p.m.)
Call for Artists: 2025 Faces and Figures
Last Day to Register is January 1, 2025.
Saturday, January 3 and Sunday, January 4: Noon to 3 PM on both days
All media.
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Click Below to Enter Faces and Figures Exhibit
Call for Artists: 2025 Bay Area Art Show Exhibition
The BAY AREA ART SHOW 18 is a juried and judged fine art show sponsored by the Tampa Regional Artists held at the Old Hyde Park Art Center. This is an open competition and all artists are invited to submit their work for consideration. Bay Area exhibit dates are May 6 to May 30, 2025 and the reception will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the Old Hyde Park Art Center.
Because this is a juried exhibit, all entries must be submitted in accordance with the prospectus by midnight March 10, 2025. That means that you must submit your entry information on the form and you must pay online. Please make sure that you select the entry type, add to cart and complete the check out process, including payment.
AWARDS
Over $2,000 in prizes! CASH AWARDS** WILL BE OFFERED FOR:
● BEST OF SHOW-$500
● MEDIA AWARDS – at $200 each for media such as Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture and Watercolor, to be determined by the number of entries.
● 2 AWARDS OF MERIT $100 each
ADDITIONAL PRIZES OF ART SUPPLIES & MERCHANDISE WILL ALSO BE AWARDED.
**Category prizes may be combined and award amounts reallocated dependent on entries.
2024 Ceramic Sculpture Biennial Exhibit Reception (Show Runs Thru December 28, 2024)
Every two years the sculpture group at Tampa Regional Artists presents their latest works in clay. The reception is always a festive event with refreshments and an opportunity to meet and talk with the artists. The exhibit will run through December 28, 204.
2024 Participating Artists:
Sybil Anderson, Cielo Graciela Aracena, Tina Belknap, Deb Biasetti, Daniela Cisneros, Natalia Cisneros, Andrea Ellena, Saira Gallego, Norbert Gonsalves, Doris Goren, Lia Hesse, Ren Hesse, Katholeen Kampfe, Candace Knapp, Lee Oken, Pam Pereira, Gina Stark, Toni Veeck
Anna Jonsdottir Workshop: Stitching on Watercolor Paper
In this workshop, Ana will show how traditional embroidery stitches can lay the foundation for creative embroidery and art textile. She will demonstrate how to stretch and manipulate stitches to incorporate stitch onto surfaces to express texture and feelings. She invites you to enjoy playing with threads, without any preconceived project or application in mind. Be spontaneous with your stitch choices and color scheme. Open your mind to explore using threads in your work. Merging art with our concept of thet raditional trade of hand embroidery.
Bio: Anna Jonsdottir was born in Denmark and raised in Iceland. At the age of six she was taught by her Grandma Anna, to thread a needle and followed a pattern. As a teenager, she loved knitting and exploring embroidery techniques, and designing her own patterns. She has a degree in science and had a successful and lucrative career in the European R&D food sector. Anna moved to the United Kingdom in 2011 and met the talented textile artist Kathleen Patterson, who ran a monthly ‘CreativeEmbroidery’ course. She then studied at the Open Collage of Art, in UK. In 2016 Anna was accepted into her first juried art exhibition, ‘TheNew Forest Open Art Exhibition. Following that she received her first commission from an international public relation company. “Finally,”she says, “I had the courage to say out loud, I am an artist.” In 2023, Anna started selling embroidery kits to encourage people to use embroidery to relax in our ever-demanding society. Finding the joy of using the small tool of a needle and a thread to explore the endless possibilities a needle can bring to our life being mending, making, drawing and/or exploring our artistic side. All kits have everything needed, not popping to the shop. Just putting down the phone, opening a box and feeling the joy of using our hands to make!
Artist Statement
I am a textile, mixed media artist manipulating fibers using color and texture that reflects my Icelandic heritage, weather-beaten Northern Artic wilderness mixed with the bright colors of tropical living in the sunny state of Florida. I mainly explore the theme circle of life, connections, the concept of individualism and nature through texture and feel. I usually work in a series of several small works where each piece can stand on its own, but the depth of the work strengthens and shines as more and more pieces are brought together. As with society, compositions are endless! Isn’t us more fulfilling than I? Although we need an I to make us! That’s thebeauty of us as humans, that’s the fundamental of society.
@amjcreativitywww.amjcreativity.com
www.amjcreativity.etsy.com
What you will need
Printed reference images for color or texture reference
6 in x 8 inWatercolor paper (300g/m2140lb)–Needs to be thick enough to be punched and stitchedwithout the paper bending
Snips of handmade paper, plastic food packaging and/or watercolor paper (to make circle and semicircle)
Watercolor of your choosing
Mixing pallet for watercolors
Small container for water
Paper towel
Optional:Salt and/or tools for making texture, Tracing paper-cut into 5¾”x 7¾”or the size that covers your watercolor paper, Masking tape, Flat sponge to lay the paper on top to help with the needle punching, Drawing pencil, Eraser, Circle maker or circled small objects to trace, Small ruler, Glue stick, Scissors–for cutting paper, canalsobe used as a thread cutter, Pens–black, white, gold in various thickness(0.3-0.7mm), Chenille needles–with sharp end for making holes in paper, Thimble or helps with the punching, Tapestry needles, Beading needles, Embroidery and/orsewing machine threads-In your preferred colors and associated decorative threads
We are working on a small surface so thin is better than thick. Beads, found objects, wires, sticks, sand etc.anything that goes with the feel of your chosen colors/texture. Recycling is closely linked to textile art-use what you have.
Call for Artists: 2024 Landscape
Receiving Friday, October 25 from Noon to 3PM and and Saturday, October 26, 1-3 PM.
All media. Please remember to take a photo of your artwork before framing and email that image to Judy Milsaps at judith5886@gmail.com
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
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Don’t forget to take a photo and email that photo to Judy.
Call for Artists: 2024 Abstract
Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29: Noon to 3 PM on both days
All media.
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
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Call for Artists: 2024 Fin, Fur & Feather
Receiving August 30th Friday and Saturday August 31st Noon to three PM.
All media.
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
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Call for Artists: 2024 Primary Colors
To be eligible, one or more primary color (yellow, blue or red) must be 75% or more of the artwork. Start looking at your artwork -- you will be surprise how many of your paintings or sculptures fit this criteria.
Receiving: Friday, July 26 + Saturday, July 27, 2024 Noon - 3 PM
All media.
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.