TCL recommends this tantalizing twofer that goes outside the "boxes": Dunedin Fine Art Center’s contain it! art show and Trashy Treasures.
The idea of contain it! first came to curator Kaya Jill on a road trip to Art Basel in Miami. She wondered what artists could do with PODS from a corporate neighbor (Portable on Demand Storage). At the multimedia installation fair on Fri., March 11, 10 artists will rework the interior of ten PODS (no drawing on the walls permitted) to reflect their unique take on the space.
“The idea is to have someone step inside each POD and feel transported into the artist’s imagination,” Jill said.
Artists in the show include Sara Alsum-Wassenaar, Chalet Comellas, Shane Hoffman, Johnny Hunt, Sarah Gail Hutcherson, Cecilia Lueza, David McKirdy, Kim Millspaugh, Chris Musina and Anat Pollack. Bonus: This year, the show is double-billed with Trashy Treasures, a funky, arty garage sale. For those unfamiliar with the sale event, people donate art works that they’ve perhaps grown tired of and art supplies they no longer need, and then the Dunedin Fine Art Center offers a select group for sale by silent auction on Fri., March 11, and then prices the rest of it to sell on a first-come, first-served basis on Sat., March 12.
Friday night’s party starts at 7 p.m., with drinks, hot dogs and live music by the uber-danceable band D’Visitors. Saturday’s sale is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission to the Friday night party is $10 while the exhibition will be open and is free. 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin, 727.298.DFAC (3322), dfac.org.
This article appears in Mar 10-16, 2011.
