Following is a summary of museum exhibits set for this month. If you know of a Tampa Bay area museum not listed here, please e-mail the details to tampa.guide@about.com.
Hillsborough
Twice Exposed: Photographic Works and Print Works from the Permanent Collection of the USF Contemporary Art Museum- Where: Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 200 N. Tampa St., Tampa
When: Through Jan. 10
What: An exhibition which explores the many ways today’s artists manipulate photography into different mediums.
- Where: Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., University of South Florida, CAM101, Tampa
When: Jan. 9 through March 7
What: Raw Loop, the first U.S. solo exhibition of works by Austrian artist Werner Reiterer, features drawings, objects and participatory installations that engage the viewer in a re-examination of everyday experience.
Manatee
The Contempos’ Fabric JourneyA Consuming Passion for Watercolor
Spanning Time
- Where: ArtCenter Manatee, 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton
When: Jan. 6 through 30
What: The Contempos’ Fabric Journey, in the Kellogg Gallery, will feature innovative journal quilts; A Consuming Passion for Watercolor, in the Searle Gallery, will showcase watercolors by Pat Weaver; and Spanning Time, in the Reid Hodges Gallery, will display watercolors by Susanna Spann.
Pinellas
It’s a Dog’s Life: Photographs by William WegmanSanctuary: Photographs by Anna Tomczak
- Where: Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, 600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs
When: Jan. 18 through April 12
What: It’s a Dog’s Life, featuring photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection; Sanctuary, showcasing photographs by Anna Tomczak, circulated by the Museum of Florida Art, Deland.
- Where: Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive N.E., St. Petersburg
When: Jan. 17 through April 12
What: An exhibition of works by Dürer, considered the greatest German artist of the Renaissance era, which offers an exclusive look at the artist’s innovative interpretations of sixteenth century Christianity and his position as a critical figure between Gothic naturalism and Italian humanism. The collection is drawn from the renowned Hessian State Museum, Darmstadt, Germany, and is comprised of 100 examples of Dürer’s woodcuts, etchings and engravings.
- Where: Salvador Dali Museum, 1000 Third St. S., St. Petersburg
When: Through Jan. 11
What: The exhibit features works by the celebrated 20th century Cuban-born artist.
- Where: Gulf Coast Museum of Art, 12211 Washington Road, Largo
When: Through Jan. 25
What: A retrospective exhibition featuring over 30 years of work by Tampa Bay native Christopher Still whose richly symbolic still life, landscape and history paintings reflect themes derived from Florida culture and history.
Mini-Me: DFAC Artists in Miniature
- Where: Dunedin Fine Arts Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin
When: Jan. 18 through Feb. 8
What: The 34th annual International Miniature Art Society Exhibition will feature over 300 selected works by calligraphers, painters and sculptors working worldwide in miniatures; the Mini-Me: DFAC Artists in Miniature will works by members of the Dunedin Art Center.
Sarasota
To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum- When: Through Jan. 11
- When: Jan. 17 through May 10
Where: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota
What: To Live Forever highlights the ways in which ancient Egyptians dealt with death, the exhibit showcases more than 100 objects from the Brooklyn Museum’s collections of ancient Egyptian art including mummies, coffins, stone sculpture, gold jewelry and sacred vessels. You Be the Judge aims to provide visitors with opportunities to develop skills in looking at works of art, with the ultimate goal of becoming more active viewers. Using works of art from the Ringling’s permanent collection – many of which may not be familiar even to frequent visitors – the exhibition presents the visitor with sets of pairs that illustrate fundamental ideas about art, including the role and meaning of condition, size, color, expression, feeling, and detail.