Tampa Museum of Art Grand Opening
We went to the Tampa Museum of Art grand opening this morning. They did a short ceremony with a few speakers and then the doors opened and people flooded in. (Quietly and politely, of course.) There were kids activities on the lawn. Mine decorated mini museums and made a replica of the sculpture hanging from the atrium ceiling. They even made Matisse style prints. The cafe was doing samples of their panini, desserts, and gelato. Delicious.
I bought a household membership to the museum as soon as the line dissipated. Because we had the kids there, I didn’t do a full-on museum visit, so I can’t wait until next week when I’ll be able to go on a weekday. Unfortunately, they are not allowing any photography of the artwork. (Even without flash!) I was surprised considering I’ve taken photographs more than once at MoMA and the Met in New York City. Hopefully they will change their policy when the crowds die down.
Councilman Thomas Scott (District 5) being interviewed.
View of University of Tampa across the Hillsborough River.
Man reading with dogs on one of the decks. Those stone chairs are surprisingly comfortable. Some of them even swivel.
Gayle Sierens from WFLA MC’d the ceremony.
Gayle introducing Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio introduces the Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, Todd Smith.
Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, Todd Smith
The people. (I also had my Olympus E-P1 around my neck for wide shots outside. It’s not bad as a second camera body.)
Onlooker Number 1
Onlooker Number 2
Onlooker Number 3
Onlooker Number 4
(Left to right.) Onlookers Number 5, 6, and 7
Onlooker Number 8
(Left to right.) Onlookers Number 9 and 10.
Gayle Sierens introduces architect Stanley Saitowitz.
Stanley Saitowitz
Stanley Saitowitz
(Left to right.) Museum Director, Todd Smith and architect, Stanley Saitowitz.
Stanley Saitowitz
Cornelia Corbett, for whom the Cornelia Corbett Center at TMA was named.
Artist getting ready to make pottery.
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio shown just inside the front door greeting visitors.
Architect Stanley Saitowitz
The wall of fame shows donors to the museum at various levels.
Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio greeting visitors.
The gelato at Sono Cafe.
The cafeteria with Sono Cafe and the museum store beyond.
The two-story Frank and Carol Morsani Atrium with “Untres Barres” by the late Alexander Calder.
The museum is covered with 900,000 of these circular holes on metal sheets.
I believe this terrace is going to be an outdoor sculpture gallery. No pieces were on display today.
Gorgeous pictures! My favorite is the one you captured looking through the circles down into the atrium.
Julia Gorzka
6 Feb 10 at 6:33 pm
Thank you Julia. And thanks for tweeting the link. You have a lot of followers that retweeted. I don’t do this for money, but it is fun to get traffic on my personal journal.
flashkube
6 Feb 10 at 11:10 pm
I’m all about getting the word out about local awesomeness and you are certainly capturing it!
I’m going to be doing a redesign on http://www.brandtampa.com in the very near future. I’d love to chat about featuring some of your images on the site.
Julia Gorzka
7 Feb 10 at 6:27 pm
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7 Feb 10 at 10:34 pm
Darn…no pics of me making paper airplanes with the kids on the east side. I was right next to the people doing the mini-museums. oh well, we had a ball anyway!
Just pics of a new museum…oh well, and also, onlooker # 1 and the pottery dude sure look alike! :)
dean
8 Feb 10 at 11:37 am
Sorry, I became distracted watching my own kids making stuff at the booths. You may have seen them. (Twin 9 year old girls with a 2 year old little sister.) And yes, Onlooker #1 and the pottery dude DO look very much alike. Strange! :P Thanks for stopping by.
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