In partnership with National Sculpture Society, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa, Florida will present a multi-piece art exhibit titled Performance In Sculpture as part of the 09-10 programming season.
Eleven pieces will be displayed in the Ruth Silbiger lobby of Carol Morsani Hall at TBPAC beginning in October. The exhibit will be open during shows in Carol Morsani Hall and during regularly scheduled tours. Special tours also may be available.
"This is an opportunity for us to add even more drama to our environment," said Judith Lisi, president and CEO of TBPAC. "We’re enhancing our patrons’ experience even before they see the show they're attending. This is a natural follow-up to our previous exhibitions of amazing artwork from the Ann and Jay Ross collection."
"We are tremendously excited by this new partnership with NSS. We were totally overwhelmed by the quality and scope of the entries, and we struggled to pick just 11."
As an added bonus for TBPAC patrons, the pieces are available for purchase.
Lisi said she hoped this would be the beginning of an annual exhibition displayed at TBPAC.
Those working on this project include TBPAC Visual Arts Committee Chairman Michael Urette and Ann McKeel Ross, architect James Jennewein (The Second Vice President of NSS) and TBPAC staff members Judith Lisi, Lorrin Shepard, Michael Kilgore and Dominick Furlano.
Sculptor Neil Estern (FNSS) and Robin Salmon, Vice President for Collections and Curator of Sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina, joined the selection process.
Sculptors included in the exhibition: Richard Blake, FNSS; Paige Bradley, NSS; Marianne Caroselli; Aldo Casanova, FNSS; Cathy Ferrell; Kathleen Friedenberg, NSS; Barry Woods Johnston, FNSS; Tuck Langland, FNSS; John Leon; Dora Natella, NSS; and Louise Peterson, NSS.
New York, New York – The National Sculpture Society is pleased to present the Fellows Invitational. This on-line exhibition features the works of 46 elected Fellow members of the Society.
The Fellows Invitational is National Sculpture Society’s inaugural on-line exhibition. The exhibition includes major public monuments; private commissions; works from museum and corporate collections; limited-edition sculptures; and sculpture, both old and new, making their internet debut.
Highlights of the show include an over life-size mermaid; principal members of the Battle of Little Big Horn; the sleep-infused ruminations of a dreamer; and a plump bunny on the alert. Figures - animal and human, historical and imagined - abound in the exhibition. The mediums run the gamut from traditional bronze to carved wood and marble, to terracotta and cement. The styles and subject matter reflect the diversity and the ingenuity of NSS members.
Fellow membership is the highest level of achievement in National Sculpture Society. NSS Fellows are nominated by their peers for advancement to Fellow. Fellows (FNSS), Elected Members (NSS), and Associates comprise the levels of membership of the organization which is international in scope and appeal. National Sculpture Society is a not-for-profit organization which supports excellence in sculpture through various educational programs including scholarships and grants for emerging artists.
Sculptors featured in the exhibition include: Nina Akamu, George R. Anthonisen, Anthony Antonios, Jane Armstrong, Béla Bácsi, Gerald Balciar, Richard Blake, Stanley Bleifeld, Aldo Casanova, John Coleman, Jane DeDecker, Sergey Eylanbekov, Anthony Frudakis, Leonda Froehlich Finke, Don Gale, Lloyd Glasson, Glenna Goodacre, Veryl Goodnight, André Harvey, Norman D. Holen, Lee Hutt, Joan Bugbee Jackson, Barry Woods Johnston, Carter Jones, Nathaniel Kaz, Michael Keropian, Kirsten Kokkin, Tuck Langland, Barbara Lekberg, Bruno Lucchesi, Gwen Marcus, Walter Matia, Paul Moore, Marilyn Newmark, Elliot Offner, Toni Putnam, Rosetta, Sherry Salari Sander, Rosie Sandifer, Tim Shinabarger, John Svenson, Kent Ullberg, Patricia L. Verani, Bart Walter, Garland Weeks, and Myra Weisgold.
National Sculpture Society was founded in New York City in 1893 by a group of America’s most prominent sculptors. Its members have created much of this country’s public sculpture, coins, and medals since the late 1800s. It is the oldest organization of professional sculptors in the United States, and has been hosting exhibitions for over a century.
