Tampa Museum Of Art Inc

Programs: In 2014, the museum presented an impressive and ambitious exhibition schedule. For the first time since opening its new building in 2010, the museum collaborated on the organization of three major loan exhibitions, each with its own richly illustrated exhibition catalogue. The first of these, graphicstudio: uncommon practice at usf surveyed the nearly fifty-year history of graphicstudio, an important printmaking atelier located at the university of south florida in tampa that regularly hosts renowned artists from around the world. With graphicstudio, the museum highlighted the huge body of world-class artwork created in our city. The museum opened two very important exhibitions in the summer of 2014. My generation: young chinese artists was split between the tampa museum of art and the museum of fine arts, st. Petersburg, the first exhibition simultaneously displayed on opposite sides of tampa bay. It was also among the first exhibitions anywhere in the united states to focus on the new generation of chinese artists born after the cultural revolution. Following this joint display, the exhibition traveled to oklahoma city, and will go to orange county, ca in 2015. Also opening in the summer, poseidon and the sea: myth, cult, and daily life was the first major traveling exhibition of classical antiquities in tampa in more than ten years, and the first in the united states to focus on the ancient greek god of the sea. Inspired by the museum's own statue of the god, the exhibition also included loans from many other lenders. It traveled to omaha, ne in 2014, and to hanover, nh in 2015. Following its own exhibitions of contemporary and ancient art, in the fall the museum brought important impressionist and post-impressionist paintings to tampa with renoir to chagall: paris and the allure of color, organized by the dixon gallery and gardens. The museum complemented this exhibition with a small display of nineteenth-century prints and photographs of paris from the permanent collection. Finally, in anticipation of the fifth anniversary of its new building in early 2015, the museum organized three additional permanent collection exhibitions before the end of 2014: the classical world; picturing land and sea; and mid-century modernist works. In 2014, the museum maintained its commitment to educational outreach and on-site programming. From adult lectures to hands-on children's classes, summer art camp, and docent-led tours, the museum continued to engage with a widening audience. Thanks to an expanded volunteer docent corps, the museum was able to offer tours to nearly 3000 k-12 students in 2014. The museum continued its partnership with macdill air force base, hosting four military appreciation days for more than 1000 active and retired military personnel and their families. The museum also welcomed more than 2000 visitors during its family days, with free admission, art-making activities, gallery tours, and more. It also expanded its hands-on art-making program, artspot, continuing the free drop-in program at the museum each saturday and adding artspot at the amalie arena, prior to tampa bay lightning and tampa bay storm saturday evening home games. The museum continued its commitment to accessibility by maintaining its daily opening hours, staying open later into the early evening during the week, and offering pay what you will admission each friday from 4-8 pm.