The Museum of Fine Arts has the only comprehensive art collection, extending from antiquity to the present, on the Florida west coast.
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- Location:
- Saint Petersburg, FL, 33701
- Phone:
- 727-896-2667
- Tues - Sat:
- 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Sun:
- 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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- Coffee Talk for people 55+
The Museum’s dramatic collection of...
Tomorrow, November 11 at 10:30am - Video presentation of Lesley D...
Visually striking and musically evo...
Tomorrow, November 11 at 2:00pm - College Night | I Heard A Voic...
See the Lesley Dill exhibition for ...
Tuesday, November 17 at 6:00pm - You are invited to the Collect...
Guest Lecturer Dr. Mary Panzer pres...
Thursday, November 19 at 6:30pm - Lunch with Dill and the Director
Enjoy a private gallery tour and a ...
Friday, November 20 at 11:30am
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
See the exhibition with an ideal guide. Join MFA Director Dr. John Schloder for a private gallery talk, followed by a gourmet lunch prepared by the MFA Café. Participation is limited, first-come, first-served.
Cost is $35 per person. For reservations, please contact Ellen Rivera at 727-896-2667, ext. 221, or via e-mail, erivera@fine-arts.org.
Time:11:30AM Friday, November 20th
Location:Enjoy a private gallery tour and a gourmet lunch with Museum Director Dr. John Schloder
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Found a fun video on Youtube made by a visitor. We don't allow video in our galleries but it looks like people still shoot it.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Collectors Circle continues to bring experts in art history and collecting to the area. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. A special cocktail hour for Collectors Circle members only, also sponsored by Northern Trust, will begin at 5:30.
The lectures are free for Collectors Circle members, MFA docents, and docent appren...tices. Museum members only pay $8 and the general public $15 (includes admission to the permanent collection). Lectures are free for students with current I.D. after paying Museum admission. Tickets will be available at the door.
Dr. Mary Panzer will focus on fine art photography in American magazines such as Fortune, LIFE, LOOK, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue from 1936-1976. Her lecture will include photographers represented in Legends in Photography: Major Works from the Museum’s Collection.
For nearly eight years, Dr. Panzer served as Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. She is now an Exhibition Consultant at Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Curator and Consultant for Exhibition Art & Technology. She has advised the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and other institutions. She has a special interest in American photography and photojournalism.
Dr. Panzer curated a number of important exhibitions at the Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady: Images as History, Photography as Art, Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective, and Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson, among them. Her book, Mathew Brady and the Image of History, is one of the most illuminating studies ever published on the Civil War-era photographer. Brady also produced portraits of 18 American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln.
Another major project, Things as They Are: Photojournalism in Context since 1955, was named the 2006 Photography Book of the Year by the International Center of Photography in New York. She has also written books on Brady and Lewis Hine for Phaidon Press. Her essays and reviews have appeared in academic journals, leading photography publications like Aperture, and the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune.
Her approach is expansive. She is known for eloquently explaining the historical and cultural currents reflected in photography. She has been Curator of Photographs at the Spencer Museum of Art and Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Kansas. She has also taught at New York University and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Dr. Panzer holds her B.A. in English from Yale University, her M.A. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University, and her Ph.D. in American and New England studies from Boston University. Over the years, she has received many fellowships, grants, and awards for her research and scholarship.
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The Collectors Circle continues to bring experts in art history and collecting to the area. All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. A special cocktail hour for Collectors Circle members only, also sponsored by Northern Trust, will begin at 5:30.
The lectures are free for Collectors Circle members, MFA docents, and docent appren...tices. Museum members only pay $8 and the general public $15 (includes admission to the permanent collection). Lectures are free for students with current I.D. after paying Museum admission. Tickets will be available at the door.
Dr. Mary Panzer will focus on fine art photography in American magazines such as Fortune, LIFE, LOOK, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue from 1936-1976. Her lecture will include photographers represented in Legends in Photography: Major Works from the Museum’s Collection.
For nearly eight years, Dr. Panzer served as Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. She is now an Exhibition Consultant at Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Curator and Consultant for Exhibition Art & Technology. She has advised the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and other institutions. She has a special interest in American photography and photojournalism.
Dr. Panzer curated a number of important exhibitions at the Portrait Gallery: Mathew Brady: Images as History, Photography as Art, Philippe Halsman: A Retrospective, and Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson, among them. Her book, Mathew Brady and the Image of History, is one of the most illuminating studies ever published on the Civil War-era photographer. Brady also produced portraits of 18 American presidents, including Abraham Lincoln.
Another major project, Things as They Are: Photojournalism in Context since 1955, was named the 2006 Photography Book of the Year by the International Center of Photography in New York. She has also written books on Brady and Lewis Hine for Phaidon Press. Her essays and reviews have appeared in academic journals, leading photography publications like Aperture, and the Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune.
Her approach is expansive. She is known for eloquently explaining the historical and cultural currents reflected in photography. She has been Curator of Photographs at the Spencer Museum of Art and Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Kansas. She has also taught at New York University and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Dr. Panzer holds her B.A. in English from Yale University, her M.A. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University, and her Ph.D. in American and New England studies from Boston University. Over the years, she has received many fellowships, grants, and awards for her research and scholarship.
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Time:6:30PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Guest Lecturer Dr. Mary Panzer presents: Patrons of the New Art: Photography in American Magazines, 1945-1955
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Students at the University of South Florida, Eckerd College, St. Pete College, or any other college or university can see the Lesley Dill show for only $5 with current I.D.
There will be live acoustic music and coffee in the MFA Café.
Time:6:00PM Tuesday, November 17th
Location:See the Lesley Dill exhibition for only $5 with current college I.D.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
Performance work has been an important part of Ms. Dill’s
artistic creation. According to Curator Nandini Makrandi
Jestice, Divide Light, which premiered in 2008, “brings together
all the threads of the last many years – the language of Emily
Dickinson, costumes covered with her words, set design
i...ncorporating decades of Dill’s photographic work, and choral
music that recalls the artist’s visionary experience.”
It also demonstrates her interest in collaboration – in this case,
with composers Richard Marriott and Tom Morgan. This film
by Ed Robbins adds yet another layer to the project by brilliantly
capturing Ms. Dill’s attempt to expand the boundaries of the
operatic tradition. Divide Light is at once a culmination and a
new path for the artist.
video run length: 82 mins Read More
Performance work has been an important part of Ms. Dill’s
artistic creation. According to Curator Nandini Makrandi
Jestice, Divide Light, which premiered in 2008, “brings together
all the threads of the last many years – the language of Emily
Dickinson, costumes covered with her words, set design
i...ncorporating decades of Dill’s photographic work, and choral
music that recalls the artist’s visionary experience.”
It also demonstrates her interest in collaboration – in this case,
with composers Richard Marriott and Tom Morgan. This film
by Ed Robbins adds yet another layer to the project by brilliantly
capturing Ms. Dill’s attempt to expand the boundaries of the
operatic tradition. Divide Light is at once a culmination and a
new path for the artist.
video run length: 82 mins Read More
Time:2:00PM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:Visually striking and musically evocative, this opera is one of a kind!
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Free with Museum admission.
“Steuben Glass – Short Stories Seen In the Collection”
The Museum’s dramatic collection of Steuben glass comes to life through the prism of Ms. Colton’s imagination.
Sponsored in part by: Westminster Communities of St. Petersburg
Time:10:30AM Wednesday, November 11th
Location:The Museum’s dramatic collection of Steuben glass comes to life through the prism of Ms. Colton’s imagination
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Working on podcasts from this mornings Folk Art Conference. I'll let you know when and where they become available. Three great presentations!
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Special offer to our online community! You can recieve $5 off admission price if you purchase your Art on Tap tickets early - use the code word "Brewhaha" when purchasing your ticket for the discount.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Photos related to exhibitions and our permanent collections.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Great review of the Lesley Dill exhibition this weekend in the St. Pete Times!
Museum of Fine Arts shows Lesley Dill's intriguing creations inspired by poems - St. Petersburg Time
Source: www.tampabay.com
Artist Lesley Dill's show at St. Petersburg's Museum of Fine Art includes contemporary sculpture, installation art and conceptual art, much of it inspired by Emily Dickinson poems and are in the same genre at text-based conceptual artists such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger and Ed Ruscha.
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Installed some Folk Art in the Acheson gallery yesterday, we are hosting some events for the 22nd Annual Folk Art Conference next week. If you are a Folk Art fan check out the events and stop in to see the new installation. Here's a link to the Conference page.
Source: www.folkart.org
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Super Special Saturday tomorrow - bring the kids and have some fun!
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Special offer to our online community! Receive $5 off admission price if you purchase your Art on Tap ticket early - use the code word "Brewhaha" when purchasing your ticket for the discount.
Join us in the Conservatory for premium beers like Hoegaarden, Leffe Blonde, Stella Artois at our Belgian bar with specialty glas...s and demonstrations on pouring the perfect Belgian beer!
Out on the terrace you can enjoy well known favorites like Becks, Boddingtons and Bass all while taking in the sights of beautiful downtown St. Pete and our amazing view of the bay!
Complimentary hors d’ oeuvres by the MFA Café, live music by The Hot Sun Trio and admission to the exhibition I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill! This is an event not to be missed!
$30 for advanced tickets, $40 at the door.
Contact Ellen Rivera, Event Marketing Manager at 727-896-2667 ext. 221 to purchase tickets.
Visa, MasterCard and American Express is accepted.Read More
Join us in the Conservatory for premium beers like Hoegaarden, Leffe Blonde, Stella Artois at our Belgian bar with specialty glas...s and demonstrations on pouring the perfect Belgian beer!
Out on the terrace you can enjoy well known favorites like Becks, Boddingtons and Bass all while taking in the sights of beautiful downtown St. Pete and our amazing view of the bay!
Complimentary hors d’ oeuvres by the MFA Café, live music by The Hot Sun Trio and admission to the exhibition I Heard a Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill! This is an event not to be missed!
$30 for advanced tickets, $40 at the door.
Contact Ellen Rivera, Event Marketing Manager at 727-896-2667 ext. 221 to purchase tickets.
Visa, MasterCard and American Express is accepted.Read More
A premium beer-tasting event!
Time:7:00PM Saturday, November 7th
Location:Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Join us for a fun day at the Museum with activities for the whole family!
Discovery Hour: Seated Couple, pre-Columbian Bahia culture, 11 a.m.-noon
Explore the MFA. You will find an artwork in the collection using a Museum Masterpiece “treasure hunt” sheet. You can also handle related, contemporary touchable objects.
Encor...e: Nan Colton’s “Julia Margaret Cameron,” 11:30 a.m.-noon
Imaginative performances for people of all ages by Nan Colton, the Museum’s talented performing artist-in residence.
World of Imagination Storytelling: “Legends and Tales from Around the World,” 12:30-1 p.m.
Be prepared to listen, smile, and discover as storyteller-in-residence Charlotte Olson takes you on an interactive journey focusing on the collection. You may even find yourself playing one of her characters.
MFA: Hands-On! Embellish a photo frame, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Create art in the Museum’s classroom inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions.
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Join us for a fun day at the Museum with activities for the whole family!
Discovery Hour: Seated Couple, pre-Columbian Bahia culture, 11 a.m.-noon
Explore the MFA. You will find an artwork in the collection using a Museum Masterpiece “treasure hunt” sheet. You can also handle related, contemporary touchable objects.
Encor...e: Nan Colton’s “Julia Margaret Cameron,” 11:30 a.m.-noon
Imaginative performances for people of all ages by Nan Colton, the Museum’s talented performing artist-in residence.
World of Imagination Storytelling: “Legends and Tales from Around the World,” 12:30-1 p.m.
Be prepared to listen, smile, and discover as storyteller-in-residence Charlotte Olson takes you on an interactive journey focusing on the collection. You may even find yourself playing one of her characters.
MFA: Hands-On! Embellish a photo frame, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Create art in the Museum’s classroom inspired by works in the collection and special exhibitions.
Read More
storytelling, performance, hands-on activity, and treasure hunt
Time:11:00AM Saturday, October 17th
Location:Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
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