BY ONESELF: THE ART OF ASTER de FONSECA E X T E N D E D T O A P R I L 1 4 Aster da Fonseca’s influences are from many different venues. He was originally interested in figurative works, mostly influenced by Matisse and Picasso. Back in 1998, Aster started visiting museums and…
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What is a Florida Painter?
We’re so glad you asked! Dirk Eberle is a Florida Painter. He’s also one of our devoted volunteers, assisting our gallery curator, Robert Gross, with hanging the shows. You might think it’s easy to just hang art on the walls, but, there’s some thought that goes into it. Each artist has a story to tell,…
Artists You Need To Know
Yep. You need to know these folks! Mark Baker, Amanda Carney, Carol Finlayson, Patty Maceri and Yvette Vás. Remember those names! They are some of the finest artists around these parts, yet each is unique unto him or her self. When we assembled their art and created this exhibit, we discovered a delightful collection of…
What we did on our summer vacation…
… an inviting space for newcomers and visitors, a charming place where they can find out about our island city and all that is offered here.
Eyes on the Sunshine State
Last Friday evening, the three winning artists from our annual Island City Juried Art Exhibition delivered their art to the gallery and our curator, Robert Gross, his assistant, Celia Diaz, and volunteers Carol Finlayson and Dirk Eberle created a show that is all about the Sunshine State, the people and places that make Florida unique….
In the spirit of art …
On Good Friday evening, Art Gallery 21 was blessed to have a lovely young woman serve as our gallery hostess, and, we are sincerely astonished and immensely grateful for the fabulous job she did! Pamela Maldonado Velasco has three works hanging in the current show, and when she volunteered to greet visitors to the gallery…
The Art of Tyce Marshall, et al
Art Gallery 21 is pleased to present The Art of Tyce Marshall with Mark Baker, Patti Maceri, Pamela Maldonado, Carl Phillips and Pat Wahl. These artists have brought a breath of springtime air to the gallery and we welcome them! NOTE: In the header above, we have used “et al” and some folks might wonder what…
Coming soon …
The Island City Juried Art Competition exhibit closes tonight and we are grateful to all of the artists who participated! 23 individual artists submitted 38 works of art and over the past four weeks more than 200 folks visited Art Gallery 21 and browsed the talent of our local artists! We have changed the schedule for the…
Won’t you join us?
We are super excited! This Friday, February 12th we will present the awards to the winners of the Fourth Annual Island City Juried Art Competition. Now, this is not done in a vacuum. Presenting cash prizes and ribbons is serious business, so it’s done during the whirlwind we call an “Art Social!” The great thing about…
juried competition …
Just out of curiosity, I searched Wikipedia for “juried competition” and learned some very interesting things about their history. The earliest juried competitions were held in Greece, under Aeschylus and his successors. During the Middle Ages in 1441, a public poetry competition called the Certame Coronario was held in Florence with the intention of proving that the…