Events Calendar
Call for Artists: Bay Area Art Show
Call for Entries for TRA’s annual juried art show, Bay Area 19. Over $2000 in prizes. Juror is Leslie Elsasser, the Director of the Wild Space Gallery in St. Petersburg. Entry deadline is February 13, 2026.
Faces and Figures Exhibit
The TRA Faces and Figures Exhibit celebrates figurative and portrait work. All media types. The exhibit will run from January 13 through February 6.
Call for Artists: The Heart of the Matter
All media exhibit featuring what we each love.
TRA Plein Aire Event
On February 21, Donna Morrison (pastel) and Kathy Durdin (watercolor) will lead a plein aire event at Bern's Park on Howard Ave. Minimum registration will be $25 per person but additional donations are encourage. All proceeds will go to the Capital Campaign.
Call for Artists: 30th Annual Rembrandt Youth Art Exhibit
TRA’s annual exhibit for children ages 5 -14. Register in advance and pay at the art center.
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
All too often, we rely on our images or nature to create our composition for us. We don’t spend enough time planning but want to get started painting or drawing. Then, after hours invested in our work, the image that we have created doesn’t effectively communicate our vision. In this interactive workshop, we will look at our work against various concepts of composition. You might even be motivated to rework that prior painting, with much greater success!
Teresa Kirk — The Beauty of the Mark
In this Two-day workshop students will do exercises that will help them to make their own unique marks as a surprise element for their work. You will build upon that mark making process through negative painting, Color mixing and design formats. This workshop will engage your intuitive creativity.
Teresa Kirk — the Beauty of the Mark
Teresa will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Call for Artists: Faces and Figures
Receiving for this exhibition is January 9 and 10, noon to 3 PM. Register here no later than January 8.
Exhibit runs from January 13 through February 6.
Deck the Walls — Holiday Sale and Reception
Join us for an evening of holiday fun and cheer!
Members Holiday Sale
Participate in our Member Artists Sale!
Must be a member of the Art Center, must register and pay online. Registration will be due November 20. All works must be priced $125 or under. The works may be created at any time, and can include works created under the direction of a teacher.
Cora Waterhouse -- The Painted Portrait
This 2-day workshop promises to be chock full of techniques, tips and good humor, as Cora shares her simple processes for drawing, photgraphing, and painting oil portraits of a adults and children.
Special Life Drawing Session
TRA will be holding a special Life Drawing session with two models, Carmen and John C. Gestures for warm up. 2 60-minute poses with breaks. All artists welcome. No registration needed.
Cora Waterhouse - The Painted Portrait
Cora will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Call for Artists: Eat, Pray, Love
Coinciding with the Thanksgiving holiday, Eat, Pray, Love is a themed exhibit focusing on what you are thankful for — the family, friends, the harvest, etc.
Van Gogh Go Go
Join us for an evening of fun, frivolity, friendship and art appreciation at our Fall social event. The evening promises to be a fun event of socializing with the art community and neighbors, featuring some Van Gogh art-focused activities.
Anne Abgott’s Dynamic Watercolors Workshop
Anne’s Abgott’s dramatic and colorful watercolor paintings are the result of a unique approach to using the medium. Artist Anne Abgott will be demonstrating the techniques she uses for her success in this medium.
Anne Abgott’s Dynamic Watercolors Demo
Artist Anne Abgott will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop.
Call for Artists: Fin, Fur & Feather
Call for artists! Receiving ends on September 19th. This exhibit is an open, all media, judged exhibit and cash prizes will be awarded.
Gyasi Ottley Workshop: Digital Drawing
You will learn the skill of 2D animation using both free and paid digital tools available on your devices. You will choose 3 objects and animate a transition between them.
Life Drawing
Join us every Wednesday evening for self directed Life Drawing session. $10 fee, $8 for students. Bring your own supplies, easels available. Parking in front of building. If arriving after 630 pm, please enter in the rear of the building.
Model 9/10 — Dan
Model 9/17 — Seandor
model 9/24 — Vicki
Gyasi Ottley Demo: Digital Drawing
Gyasi will be demonstrating the techniques he’ll be using in his workshop.
Call for Artists: Focus on Florida (2025)
August 19 - September 19, 2025
An open, all media, judged exhibit.
Cash Prizes will be awarded.
Receiving: Friday, August 15 + Saturday, August 16, 2025 Noon - 3 PM
Last Day to Register: August 13, 2025
Please remember:
Take a photo of your artwork before framing.
All hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor.
For more information, see TRA’s Exhibition Requirements. We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content. Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
Beth Smedley -- Found Objects Robots
I found altoid tin robots on Pinterest a long time ago and had to try one. I’ve made several over the years. My findings lead me to what personality my robot will take. In this demo I will show the steps I take to flush out a “Happi-mess™” Robot.
About the Artist
Originally from Baltimore, MD, Beth Smedley has lived in Florida since 1974. She was deeply inspired by her Chinese mother who was very creative. Beth has worked professionally as a graphic designer for over 40 years, but has always found time to try a new art or craft. Some of these experiments are: stained glass, basketry, painting of all mediums, including cold wax and oil, jewelry making, paper mache, scultpure, needle felting and drawing. Favorite art type is mixed media, where all of the previous can come into play.
Beth has been involved with the Brandon League of Fine Arts since 2016 and served as president in 2024. She won the strawberry themed art award at the FL Strawberry Festival for 2 years in a row and a Best in Show award in 2020.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=85948236432
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Life Drawing
Join us every Wednesday evening for self directed Life Drawing session. $10 fee, $8 for students. Bring your own supplies, easels available. Parking in front of building. If arriving after 630 pm, please enter in the rear of the building.
model 7/23 — Carmen (new model)
Model 7/30 — Rob B ( new model)
TRA Annual Meeting
TRA Annual Meeting
Join the TRA Board for an overview of the past year and a look at the rest of 2025.
On Zoom Only.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82604080726
Second StART Exhibit
Over 150 students and astists have joined the StART series in Tampa since 2017. Join them in celebrating their artistic accomplishments. Exhibit limited to StART students.
Reception July 18, 5-730 PM.
Joyce Curvin: Whimsical Paper Mache Animals
Demo Description
Joyce Curvin creates quirky playful animals from paper-mâché and recycled materials. Her Art-Official Pets© start with an armature of upcycled items that might include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. The frame is then covered in paper-mâché which is typically painted in bright colors. The piece is completed with other found items – feathers, button eyes, fabrics, and paper - that tell the creatures’ charming stories.
Artist Statement:
Recycling is at the heart of my work. Through a playful fusion of colors, textures, and materials I work to create humorous, engaging characters that evoke a sense of fun and wonder. My goal is to capture an expression, an attitude or moment of joy in every piece.
Each of my Art-Official Pets© starts with an armature of mostly recycled materials that may include plastic bottles, old cardboard, paper and wire. I apply several coats of paper-mâché and texture to the structure followed by a bright palette of color in paint, paper, fabric, and such.
Bio:
Joyce Curvin was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, to a family who believed in reusing, repurposing, and recycling. She studied art and business at Stetson University in DeLand, FL, graduating with a BBA in marketing.
Joyce enjoyed a successful career in visual merchandising and store design for area malls and finer shops…all the while creating her art both on the side and as a part of her visual merchandising projects. She has worked in a variety of mediums including clay, metal, paper, and wood all culminating in her current work in paper-mâché and mixed media.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=82307669456
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Life Drawing
Join us every Wednesday evening for self directed Life Drawing session. $10 fee, $8 for students. Bring your own supplies, easels available. Parking in front of building. If arriving after 630 pm, please enter in the rear of the building.
Model 6/11 —Dan
Call for Artists: 2025 Art in the Garden
June 10 - July 18, 2025
The Old Hyde Park Art Center
An open, all media, judged exhibit.
Cash Prizes will be awarded.
Receiving: Friday, June 6+ Saturday, June 7, 2025 Noon - 3 PM
Last Day to Register: June 4, 2025
All media. Please remember to take a photo of your artwork before framing and email that image to Judy Milsaps at judith5886@gmail.com
Please note all hanging pieces must have wire on back.
Work must have been completed in the last five years, must be your original work and not completed in a class or with the help of the instructor. For more information, see TRA’s Exhibition Requirements.
We will not accept art work with lewd or violent content.
Limit 3 entries per person, and an entry 40 inches or larger in any dimension counts as two entries.
Click Below to Enter Art in the Garden Exhibit and Pay Now
Don’t forget to take a photo and email that photo to Judy.
Jeanne Keiyo Houlton: Ikebana Flower Arranging
Ikebana is not flowers in a vase.
Her demonstration is “Ichiyo Summer” using tropicals.
Bio
Jeanne Keiko Houlton is a 4th generation American of Japanese ancestry born and raised in Hawaii. Japanese is her first language. She started Ikebana lessons in the Sogetsu School in 1970 and became a Sogetsu teacher and then a teacher in the Ichiyo School of Ikebana. She has been teaching for the Ichiyo School for 25 years and has a dozen students who have become teachers. She has demonstrated arranging in most venues in St. Petersburg, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of History, Duncan McClellan Gallery, Morean Art Center, Craftsman House Gallery, St. Petersburg Clay Company and the Saturday Morning Market. She has demonstrated in 10 Ikebana International Chapters in the USA. She has also demonstrated in Tokyo representing North America and the Ichiyo School at the Ikebana International World Convention. Her style reflects Contemporary Ikebana.
Zoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=83086730658
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Melissa Miller Nece Workshop: Discover Watercolor Pencils
The best of both worlds! Water-soluble colored pencils combine the precision and control of drawing with the fluid possibilities of paint. Explore the many ways these versatile pencils can be used – wet or dry, alone or for mixed media. Great for artists’ journals and plein air, for sketching or serious artwork, they even mix well with pen and ink and traditional watercolor. The class will include fun exercises, a guided painting project, and time to work on your choice of provided subjects. Various pencil sets will be available to share in class, no need to bring your own. Paper will also be included.
Artist Bio
Melissa Miller Nece is regarded as one of the foremost colored pencil artists in the country. Her enthusiasm and humor have made her a favorite speaker for arts groups around Florida, and she has inspired many others to try colored pencils through her classes and workshops. She has been teaching colored pencil, drawing, and oil and acrylic painting at the Dunedin Fine Art Center since 1990. She has taught many workshops around Florida and the country.
Since 2008, Melissa has served on the national governing board of the Colored Pencil Society of America, as ways and means director, president, and currently as corporate relations director, cultivating a strong working relationship with art materials companies. She is a 20-year merit signature member and a CPX signature member of the society. She previously served two terms as president of CPSA District Chapter113. She is also a signature member and board member of the Miniature Artists of America, a member of the Florida Artist Group, a trustee of the Professional Association of Visual Artists and a member and past board member of the Miniature Art Society of Florida.Melissa exhibits and has won numerous awards in Florida and in national and international juried exhibitions. She has nine awards just in CPSA International and “Explore This!” Exhibitions. For her artwork, Melissa finds inspiration in the Florida environment, particularly its beaches. But sometimes she explores intuitive abstract themes, things that have to be expressed in a less literal way
What you will need
With pencils and paper provided, the supplies to bring are minimal–a couple brushes, erasers and fine line art markers if you wish. You may want a support board for the paper and tape to secure it.
Life Drawing
Join us every Wednesday evening for self directed Life Drawing session. $10 fee, $8 for students. Bring your own supplies, easels available. Parking in front of building. If arriving after 630 pm, please enter in the rear of the building.
Model May 14 —Matthew
2025 Bay Area Art Show Exhibition May 6-30
The BAY AREA ART SHOW 18 is a juried and judged fine art show sponsored by the Tampa Regional Artists held at the Old Hyde Park Art Center. This is an open competition and all artists are invited to submit their work for consideration. Bay Area exhibit dates are May 6 to May 30, 2025 and the reception will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the Old Hyde Park Art Center.
Because this is a juried exhibit, all entries must be submitted in accordance with the prospectus by midnight March 10, 2025.
AWARDS
Over $2,000 in prizes! CASH AWARDS** WILL BE OFFERED FOR:
● BEST OF SHOW-$500
● MEDIA AWARDS – at $200 each for media such as Oil, Acrylic, Pastel, Drawing, Photography, Sculpture and Watercolor, to be determined by the number of entries.
● 2 AWARDS OF MERIT $100 each
ADDITIONAL PRIZES OF ART SUPPLIES & MERCHANDISE WILL ALSO BE AWARDED.
**Category prizes may be combined and award amounts reallocated dependent on entries.
Melissa Miller Nece Demo: Discover Watercolor Pencils
Melissa will be demonstrating the techniques she will be using in her workshop. Click here for more details.
The Demonstration will be in person and also on Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7409862189?omn=85948236432
Meeting ID: 740 986 2189
Life Drawing
Join us every Wednesday evening for self directed Life Drawing session. $10 fee, $8 for students. Bring your own supplies, easels available. Parking in front of building. If arriving after 630 pm, please enter in the rear of the building.
Model 4/30 —Joanne