This life-sized work by UF alum Matt Schaffer is featured in Florida Fire at Florida Craftsmen Gallery.
Dunedin collector Mindy Solomon, who curated Florida Fire: the UF Ceramic Faculty Experience, currently on view at Florida Crafstmen Gallery, will speak tonight on a panel about collecting contemporary ceramics with UF professor Anna Callouri-Holcombe, whose work is featured in the show, and Sherrie Riley Hawk, owner of Sherrie Gallerie in Columbus, OH, who specializes in contemporary ceramics, art jewelry and regional contemporary art.
Mindy is a local educator whose passion for collecting contemporary art, especially ceramics, hit full throttle a few years ago following an exhibition of contemporary ceramics at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Since then, she has amassed an amazing (and still growing) collection with an emphasis on figurative works.
Passionate About Crafts: Collecting Ceramics
Thurs., Feb. 12, 6-8 p.m.
Members, $10; Non-memembers, $12; Students w/ ID, $5
Florida Craftsmen Gallery
500 Central Ave., St. Petersburg
Megan Voeller is Creative Loafing’s visual art critic. She teaches at the University of Tampa and The Art Institute of Tampa and blogs at Artsqueeze.com.
This article appears in Feb 11-17, 2009.