Tampa Bay Museum Exhibits

Following is a summary of museum exhibits set for this month. If you know of a Tampa Bay area museum not listed here, please contact me with the details.

Hillsborough

Beetle Collection

Where: Museum of Science and Industry, 4801 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa
When: March 3 through April 30
What: Steven Katzman, a renowned photographer whose 45-year interest in insects began when he was a child, will display a series of photographs taken inside the Florida Department of Agriculture’s Entomology Museum.

Contemporary Chinese Photography

Where: Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 200 N. Tampa St., Tampa
When: March 12 through May 9
What: Sponsored by Trenam Kemker Attorneys, the exhibit will showcase contemporary Chinese photography.

Werner Reiterer: Raw Loop

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

Brief Interlude

Where: ArtCenter Manatee, 209 Ninth St. W., Bradenton
When: March 3-13
What: An open, juried all media exhibition.

Pinellas

It’s a Dog’s Life: Photographs by William Wegman
Sanctuary: 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.

Albrecht Dürer: Art in Transition

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.

Dalí. Freud and Surrealism

Where: Salvador Dali Museum, 1000 Third St. S., St. Petersburg
When: Feb. 20 through June 7
What: Dalí and the surrealists shared a profound interest in the ideas of Sigmund Freud. Through a selection of artworks, writings and objects from the museum’s permanent collection the museum will demonstrate the use of Freud’s theories in the artist’s oeuvre. Curated by Joan Kropf.

Summa and Magna: Annual Student, Member and Faculty Exhibitions

Where: Dunedin Fine Arts Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin
When: Through March 29
What: Works by the center’s outstanding faculty are displayed along with DFAC’s popular annual student/member exhibition.

Jasper Johns Prints: Things the Mind Already Knows

Where: The Art Center, 719 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
When: Through May 30
What: The center is displaying a collection covering 40 years of printmaking from one of America’s most revered artists. All works in the exhibition are from the John and Maxine Belger Family Foundation collection.

Highwaymen Art Exhibit

Where: Safety Harbor Museum, 329 Bayshore Blvd., Safety Harbor
When: Through April 26
What: The exhibit features a painting from each of the 26 original Florida Highwaymen artists. At various times during the exhibition, artists will be at the museum demonstrating their technique.

Christopher Still Prints: Clues to Florida’s History and Natural Beauty

Where: Heritage Village, 11909 125th St., Largo
When: Through June 1
What: This print collection showcases Still’s murals that were commissioned by the Florida House of Representatives. Each print contains elements and details that speak to the history of Florida.

Sarasota

The Triumph of Marriage: Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance

When: Feb. 14 through April 19

You Be the Judge

When: Through May 10
Where: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5401 Bay Shore Road Sarasota
What: 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. Painted Cassoni of the Renaissance features cassoni, Italian for “large chests,” which were an essential part of elite marriage rituals during the Renaissance. Made in pairs and often painted with historical or allegorical scenes, these chests were paraded through the streets, very much like trophies, when the bride moved into the house of her new husband.