The BAY AREA ART SHOW 17 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 April 9 to May 3, 2024 and the reception will be held on Friday, April 19, 2024 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the Old Hyde Park Art Center.

JUROR 

The JUROR will be Amanda Poss.  Amanda Poss is the Gallery Director for Hillsborough Community College (2017-present), where she directs and implements visual arts programming across multiple HCC campuses. In addition to curating gallery exhibitions, Poss expanded access to the arts by instituting the college’s first public art program in 2018 (Grounds4Art@HCC) and by growing the Permanent Art Collection, which has tripled in size during her tenure. In 2019, she completed a Fulbright-Hays GPA program in Brazil focusing on representations of the Afro-Brazilian Diaspora in the arts. Poss teaches as an Adjunct Professor at HCC (2015-present) and serves as a Board Member for Tempus Projects in Tampa, FL (2020-present). She received her MA in Art History from the University of South Florida in 2015 specializing in Modern and Contemporary Art, and a BA from the University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2011. 

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.