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.

Work Requirements:

• We are looking for work that is about the garden, flowers and horticultural imagery. Think images of farms, gardens and fields of flowers. Still lifes with flowers, plants, and vegetables and fruits are all encouraged too! If it is about plant life in depiction or design, its game. All 2D and 3D media welcome and it does not have to be realistic.

• Work should fit within the theme of the show and needs to be up for the duration of the show.

• Using photos as references for accuracy (like animal anatomy for example) taken by someone else is OK so long as the composition of the final artwork is of your creation and not of that photograph.

• Any photos used for its composition, design etc must be taken by you and not by someone else on the internet, magazine or another artist (yes, even with permission).

• Submitted work must have been made in the last 5 years. Work previously submitted in a TRA Show is fine as long as it had not received an award from TRA.

Receiving:

• Receiving will be at the Old Hyde Park Art Center from 12-3PM on the dates listed above.

• Need not be a TRA member or professional artist to enter. Students of all ages welcome to enter.

• Limit is 3 works of art per artist. If one piece is over 40" in either dimension, it will count as 2 entries and then the limit will be 2. For example, an artist can submit one 48" X 30" piece and one piece that measures 16" X 20". Please see flyer above for entry fees.

• Please bring in work ready to display hanged with a frame (or gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides) and wired tightly on the back or to be displayed on a pedestal.

• Entry forms need to be completed when you drop off your artwork.

• Work needs to be up for the duration of the show.

Art Sales:

• Work needs to be listed for sale in order to be judged for awards. For sales, we take 20% commission. Artists receive 80% minus the sales tax we submit.

Judging for Awards/Reception:

• Artwork to be judged by a professional artist and award winners will be notified prior to reception and given at the reception. Any award winners not able to attend will be mailed their award after the reception.

Artwork Pick-Up:

• Unsold work needs to be picked up on Friday, March 1- Sunday, March 3, 2024 from 12-3PM. If absolutely unable to pick up either day, please contact us. We do not have the space to store your work long term!

For any other questions, please contact us and we will get back to you.

2023 Members Sale

2023 Members Sale

2023 Fin, Fur and Feather Exhibition

2023 Abstract Exhibition

2023 Celebrate Florida Exhibition

2023 Celebrate Florida Exhibition

Work Requirements:

• We are looking for work that is about the garden, flowers and horticultural imagery. Think images of farms, gardens and fields of flowers. Still lifes with flowers, plants, and vegetables and fruits are all encouraged too! If it is about plant life in depiction or design, its game. All 2D and 3D media welcome and it does not have to be realistic.

• Work should fit within the theme of the show and needs to be up for the duration of the show.

• Using photos as references for accuracy (like animal anatomy for example) taken by someone else is OK so long as the composition of the final artwork is of your creation and not of that photograph.

• Any photos used for its composition, design etc must be taken by you and not by someone else on the internet, magazine or another artist (yes, even with permission).

• Submitted work must have been made in the last 5 years. Work previously submitted in a TRA Show is fine as long as it had not received an award from TRA.

Receiving:

• Receiving will be at the Old Hyde Park Art Center from 12-3PM on the dates listed above.

• Need not be a TRA member or professional artist to enter. Students of all ages welcome to enter.

• Limit is 3 works of art per artist. If one piece is over 40" in either dimension, it will count as 2 entries and then the limit will be 2. For example, an artist can submit one 48" X 30" piece and one piece that measures 16" X 20". Please see flyer above for entry fees.

• Please bring in work ready to display hanged with a frame (or gallery wrapped canvas with painted sides) and wired tightly on the back or to be displayed on a pedestal.

• Entry forms need to be completed when you drop off your artwork.

• Work needs to be up for the duration of the show.

Art Sales:

• Work needs to be listed for sale in order to be judged for awards. For sales, we take 20% commission. Artists receive 80% minus the sales tax we submit.

Judging for Awards/Reception:

• Artwork to be judged by a professional artist and award winners will be notified prior to reception and given at the reception. Any award winners not able to attend will be mailed their award after the reception.

Artwork Pick-Up:

• Unsold work needs to be picked up on Friday, June 9th - Sunday, June 11th, 2019 from 12-3PM. If absolutely unable to pick up either day, please contact us. We do not have the space to store your work long term!

For any other questions, please contact us and we will get back to you.