Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
By Tampa Tribune, Fla. Jul. 22--Who knew Tampa would flip over Red Bull Flugtag? But flip it did, with more than 100,000 people crowding into downtown to watch competitors launch homemade aircraft off a ramp into the Hillsborough River near the Convention Center.
Seminole Heights (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
According to the Tribune , a missing horse was found in the backyard of Clifton Avenue. A missing horse statue that was stolen from the front of the Tampa Museum of Art in 1998. "a woman who lives in the home gave Baxter a few stories about how the sculpture came to be in her yard, eventually saying an ex-boyfriend had bought it at a yard sale for $25 in 1998" They don't give the address, except to...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
TAMPA - A metal horse sculpture stolen from the plaza in front of the Tampa Museum of Art in 1998 has been located, and it will be returned to its rightful owner.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Ken Rollins spent most of the past three years dealing with the finances and politics involved in building a new art museum for the city.
Queerty (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Tampa Museum of Art’s interim director Ken Rollins has stepped down after three years. As part of his tenure, Rollins made sure to expand the museum’s collection of queer art. [TB Business Journal]
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Ken Rollins, interim executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art, said his last day on the job would be Wednesday.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
In just a week, the children in the Tampa Museum of Art's Summer Art Camp were introduced to paper sculpture, earth clay, plaster casting, paper mobiles and junk sculpture.
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The Tampa Museum of Art launched a new phase of its capital campaign to build and furnish a new facility in downtown Tampa.
tampabay.com blogs (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Latest twist in Tampa on raising money for the presumed Democratic presidential nominee: Come see some art. "Painting America Blue: It's Time to Get a Democrat Back in the White House" is this Sunday at Channelside, sponsored by ART of...
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The loud boom expected to rock downtown Tampa Friday as workers tested the strength of the pilings for the new Tampa Museum of Art was rescheduled to Monday.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Don't be alarmed if you hear a boom downtown Friday morning. A contractor for the new Tampa Museum of Art is doing some testing to figure out how strong the soil is at the site. The testing, scheduled to take place between 8 a.m. and noon, is a preliminary step toward installing foundation piling for the new building.
paintalicious (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The Ark , 2007, 36" x 48" The Fortunate Flock , 2007, 28" x 40" Kevin Sloan's paintings are utterly captivating, enticing the viewer into a world of symbolism, mythology and the poetic. It is a world that draws upon dramatic and very distinctive imagery to create the unique "magic realism" . Each piece is rich in color and filled with wonder and mystery surrounding the exquisite garden we call earth....
Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Smile! You might be on a webcam! There are more than a handful of public area webcams in the Tampa Bay area, and I figured I’d try to put a list of them all in one place. Most of the webcams are claimed by your local media companies, and they call them trafficcams or weathercams. WFTS has [...]
The Tampa Bay Business Journal (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
The Tampa Museum of Art received a pledge of $100,000 from the law firm Fowler White Boggs Banker.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
Many of them couldn't believe it was really happening. But there it was, under a big white tent at Curtis Hixon Park. Images of the new Tampa Museum of Art. Magnets depicting the new design. Brochures announcing the next stage of the capital campaign.
