Southern Fields Art Resource

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All it takes is an essay, $199 and some luck. Channel 10 did a news story, and the Art Decor International web site has the details.
Here’s part of what the winner gets:

A minimum of 700 framed prints
A minimum of 400 framed oils
A minimum of 100 matted prints
A minimum of 200 stretched oils
A minimum of 300 unstretched oils in stock
A minimum of 200 dry mounted prints
A minimum of 7,000 feet of framing material
A minimum of 150 full size sheets of mat board
A minimum of 50 sheets of oversized mat board
A minimum of 5000 prints
A minimum of 100 pre made frames
A minimum of 1000 feet of fillet
Whatever amount of glass and foam board is in stock at end of contest,no amount guaranteed
Stretcher bars for oils will be included no guaranteed amount
Framed and unframed mirrors no guaranteed amount
A miter saw capable of handling framing material up to 76″ long
Vee nailer (underpinner) for fastening frames together
Glass cutter
Speed cutter for cutting beveled mat openings.
Dry mount machine.
Industrial stapler, point gun, manual oval mat cutter, manual circle mat cutter
Rolls of tape and wire, hangers, off sets, screws, etc..
ART DECOR sign on building.

“Who We Were: A Snapshot History of America” is now available from That Guy over at Square America! And check this vernacular photo site, too, which never disappointments.

We found, through Artnet News, this info on the 2009 Artampa show:

NEW ART FAIR FOR TAMPA
Peru-born American painter Tullio Gianella is director of the new Artampa International Art Show, which kicks off Apr.23-26, 2009, at the Florida State Expo Hall in the city of Tampa Bay [?]. Booths are $5,000; to apply, see www.artampa.com.

The  ArTampa site, which is new (and apparently 100% Adobe Flash), is very light on details at this early date. The site offers a choice of Spanish or English versions, which makes us hopeful that ArTampa will have a Latin-American flavor. A Google search provided no additional useful references to the show, but we will be watching to see what accretes on the web.

Director Tullio Gianella’s art site displays his work and gives bio data. A preview of the facilities in provided on the Florida State Fairgrounds site.

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The 2nd Annual Gulf-South Regional Contemporary Art Exhibition is hosted by the BECA Gallery in New Orleans, La, but is open to all merging 2-d and 3-d artists in the Gulf states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida who do not already have representation in New Orleans.

The purpose of the annual ‘Gulf South Regional Contemporary Art Exhibition’ is to discover and highlight new emerging Gulf South contemporary artists, their current work and the ideas that are motivating their creative processes. The exhibition is juried by the gallery’s Co-Directors who are seeking the most engaging and innovative works to feature during this group exhibition.

We see a nascent trend toward bio-regionalism in art emerging here, and would welcome the inclusion of gulf-coastal Mexico in future exhibitions, in the same way that British Columbia is often included in events with northern California, Oregon and Washington. It becomes increasingly obvious that arbitrary political boundaries make little difference to birds, fish or artists.

Has the traditional Florida style of marketing to the great unwashed finally made its way to the heart of metropolitan sophistication? In art museums yet? As usual, Florida leads the way. Congratulations on catching up to our refined methodology, San Francisco! Can we interest you in some parrot wrangling to go with the temple to the Cult of Frida?

Which way to the alligators?

Stolen art in the Tampa Bay area; we had no idea it was such a problem. Alex Pickett of Creative Loafing Tampa sketches out the situation and then proposes a partial solution.
We are reminded by these stories that we are more and more often asked to install security key picture-hanging hardware when we do large installations in Florida. For a mere two extra bucks a frame, enough security is afforded that the casual, opportunistic thief will be deterred. Oh, and the picture won’t bang around during earthquakes or whatever.

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Talk about a captive audience.
According to this posting we found on the Skot Foreman Fine Art site, The practice of staging, and I use that word advisedly, art auctions on cruise ship is a tactic that goes back 20 years and has been recently yielding up some unhappy customers.
Our own feeling about this practice is that people who are pampered and catered to in every way in the womb-like atmosphere of a luxury cruise ship may not be on their toes in the same way that they might be in a Manhattan auction room. Hmmm.