Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview upcoming events to mark your calendar for. This weekend brings a big-ass variety of wicked art shows, including Munny: Change is Everything at the Skatepark of Tampa; Deft at St. Petersburg's C. Emerson Fine Arts Center; and I Before E at the West Tampa Center for the Arts.
Tampa Bay’s got a few offbeat art venues, but the Skatepark of Tampa might just be the oddest (and most interesting) of the bunch. This weekend’s Munny: Change is Everything show is the latest installment in SPoT’s Skate and Create series, and it’s not just locals who got in on the act: indie megamart Urban Outfitters in Ybor will showcase the exhibit’s best Munnys for a month. The 4- and 7-inch vinyl figures, originally created by Kid Robot, have been modified by
This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2010.