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Painting of mannequins standing in front of a house

New Exhibition: Ezra Johnson, Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing, at the Mindy Solomon Gallery

Mindy Solomon Gallery is pleased to present Sunday Morning Coming Down. Ezra Johnson’s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. In this group of new paintings, Johnson has been inspired by what he calls the “tropical noir” atmosphere of Tampa, engaging with objects, spaces and scenes that are built up with many layers of oil paint, applied in sheets of color often showing the residue of earlier layers.

February 29, 2024Art & Art History, Faculty

Mernet Larsen, Cézanne's House (2023) Photo: Phoebed'Heurle. Courtesy of James Cohan Gallery. by Katie White

What Do Artists Diane Simpson and Professor Emerita Mernet Larsen Have In Common? A Fascination With the 45-Degree Angle - artnet

What if we saw the world from a 45-degree angle? This topsy-turvy premise united two shows “Mernet Larsen: Thinking About CĂ©zanne” and “Diane Simpson: 1977–1980” at James Cohan, New York (Simpson’s show is on view through March 23; Larsen’s closed on March 16), wherein sculptures (Simpson’s) and paintings (Larsen’s) playfully vacillate between two and three dimensions.

February 20, 2024Art & Art History, Faculty

Dr McCutchen directs the student musicians.

Heard on NPR’s All Things Considered - CRESCENDO: Turning environmental impact data into music

When Heather O’Leary started attending concerts held by ±«Óătv’s School of Music in 2021, she loved how the performances made her feel. As an anthropologist, she was moved and inspired by the ebb and flow of the music. She often wondered: could her own data touching on environmental impacts be turned into music that people could enjoy and understand?

February 20, 2024Music, Students & Alumni

Cans of printing ink

Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Elizabeth Herrmann, recognized with an Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

Congratulations to Elizabeth Herrmann as a top-3 awardee for the 2022-23 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. This recognition is part of ±«Óătv’s ongoing commitment to enhance undergraduate teaching by recognizing and rewarding excellence. It is an important focus of the university to ensure that the foundation courses of the undergraduate curriculum receive the proper emphasis in preparing students for work in the major, as well as providing the proper foundation in critical thinking, problem-solving, and written and oral communication skills.

February 13, 2024Announcements, Art & Art History

Art History undergraduates Ellie Saylor and Jessica Loaiza

Congratulations to Art History undergraduates Ellie Saylor and Jessica Loaiza

Congratulations to ±«Óătv School of Art & Art History undergraduates Ellie Saylor and Jessica Loaiza on their presentations as part of ±«Óătv’s 5th Annual Undergraduate Humanities Conference. Both students’ papers were composed in Prof. Ali Reilly’s “Artist as Curator” seminar.

February 5, 2024Art & Art History, Students & Alumni

Brass musicians perform in the HOT Band Road Show, a pregame tradition at ±«Óătv Football’s home games. [Photo: Christina Klein Photography]

The Magic of Music in Motion: ±«Óătv’s Herd of Thunder marching band marks a grand tradition in its 25th year

Just beyond the din of afternoon rush-hour traffic on Fowler Avenue, a jam of a different kind takes shape on a sprawling ±«Óătv practice field. Overhead, gray and white clouds billow against a blue backdrop, a vibrant sideshow to the cacophony of brass, woodwinds and percussion warming up beside fluttering Color Guard flags. It is as if the sky has heard the Herd and wants in on the act.

February 2, 2024Music, Students & Alumni

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Rebecca Penneys: Acclaimed pianist aims to spread the ‘language of peace’

A child prodigy, pianist Rebecca Penneys has been immersed in music since she began playing by ear as a toddler. It’s a powerful language, she says. “It’s a language of peace, and I’m definitely an advocate of peace on earth,” she says. “Music makes you smarter. When you play an instrument, it changes your thinking. The whole idea is that civilization then can go forward in a more peaceful way.”

February 1, 2024Faculty, Music

Gerard Madrinan, Pinellas County's Teacher of the Year, gives high-fives to students as he arrives at Seminole High after the traditional limousine ride to school Tuesday. Following behind, at right, is principal Jane Lucas. Madrinan was awarded the honor in a ceremony Monday night at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]

±«Óătv School of Music Alum Gerard Madrinan ’04, ‘06 named Pinellas Teacher of the Year - Tampa Bay Times

The Monday night announcement puts Gerard Madrinan in the running to become Florida’s top teacher.

January 22, 2024Music, Students & Alumni

Robert Rauschenberg, Chinese Summerhall, 1983. chromogenic print. 30 x 1200 in. Published by Graphicstudio, ±«Óătv Collection. Photo by Peter Foe

Spring exhibition highlights printmaking pioneers - Creative Loafing

Graphicstudio, the printmaking workshop at the ±«Óătv (±«Óătv), has an international reputation among artists. As one of only three professional university-based print ateliers, it’s become a popular stopover in many influential artists’ creative journeys. As Todd Smith, the former Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, once put it, through Graphicstudio, ±«Óătv introduced Tampa to “a veritable who’s who of contemporary art.”

January 15, 2024±«Óătv CAM

Kenrick Wagner (second from right) speaks with ±«Óătv students in the Contemporary and Commercial Music program. (Spectrum News)

Kenrick Wagner, Assistant Instructor of Commercial Music: Hip-hop still as transcendent 50 years later - BayNews 9

“A lot of the things that we say in the music, we say it in the music because in other spaces and places it may not resonate as strongly as it would. Unless we have a fly beat behind it.”

January 12, 2024Faculty, Music

Joo Yeon Woo, Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing, explores the in-between spaces, fluidity of identity, sense of belonging, displacement, and exchanges between Western and East Asian cultures in her work.

Selected Topics: ±«Óătv Faculty Exhibition at Gallery114

This exhibition is intended to introduce HCC students to potential mentors, departments and schools to consider for further study upon completion of their AA degree at HCC. Selected Topics: ±«Óătv Faculty Exhibition features artists from both Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses who work across a wide array of media and conceptual frameworks, offering a glimpse into the breadth and variety of artistic and pedagogical perspectives at the ±«Óătv’s College of the Arts.

January 8, 2024Art & Art History, Faculty

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