Join Us For A NEW Lecture Series…
Contemporary Art Demystified:
3 Lectures Featuring SPAACES Founder & SCF Art Professor
As They Discuss “What Is Contemporary Art?”
August 26th 10am – 12pm | September 23rd 10am – 12pm | October 14th 10am – 12pm
$20 for members $30 for nonmembers (discount code will be provided!)
Contemporary Art Demystified #1 –
Origins: Modernism
August 26th, Saturday, 10am – 12:00pm
Contemporary Art Demystified #2 –
The Image Falls Apart
(Conceptual, Ab Ex, Color Field and Formalism)
September 23rd, Saturday, 10am – 12:00pm
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Contemporary Art Demystified #3 –
Reactions and Remedies
(Feminism, Realism, Pop, Performance/Installation)
October 14th, Saturday, 10am – 12:00pm
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Contemporary Art Demystified #1 –
Origins: Modernism
August 26th, Saturday, 10am – 12:00pm
Contemporary Art Demystified #2 –
The Image Falls Apart
(Conceptual, Ab Ex, Color Field and Formalism)
September 23rd, Saturday, 10am – 12:00pm
Contemporary Art Demystified #3 –
Reactions and Remedies
(Feminism, Realism, Pop, Performance/Installation)
October 14th, Saturday, 10am – 12:00pm
Katherine Bzura…
is an Assistant Professor in Art, Design, and Humanities at the State College of Florida. She is a dynamic leader and storyteller who is constantly seeking opportunities for creative solutions to introduce art and visual thinking constructively into the steam and currency of life. At SCF, she teaches courses in art appreciation and art history while leading development efforts to enrich face-to-face and online art history course offerings as part of an innovative and dynamic fine art department at the college. She also serves as Curator/Manager of the Art Collection at SCF and is the faculty advisor to the SCF chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. Prior to coming to SCF, Katherine owned Kama, a performance and exhibition space in Ybor City where she was the winner of Weekly Planet’s “Best of the Bay 2005” Best New Gallery Critic’s Choice Award. She also served as Vice-President for Aerial Innovations, an all-woman owned photography company specialing in aerial photography. She has a Master’s Degree in Art History and Criticism from the Universiy of South Florida.
Marianne Chapel…
Marianne Chapel is an artist, specializing in contemporary, figurative oil painting. Chapel received her BFA from Buffalo State College and her Masters of Fine Arts Painting from Indiana University. While working towards her MFA, Chapel received Indiana University’s Graduate Studies Research Grant, and the Lanham Fellowship for Travel Abroad. Since then, she has been awarded several grants including a research residency grant for the Vermont Studio Center, and a faculty grant from the Ringling College of Art and Design for a series of life-size figurative works. In 2020, she founded the SPAACES Foundation, an arts nonprofit championing career-track artists with exhibitions and studios, creating a community of like-minded artists working together and supporting one another. In 2022, Chapel received a local leadership award called “Women Who Roar.” She believes her dedication to her artwork and her involvement in local community organizations are necessary to affect social change. Chapel has been instructing art at the college level since receiving her master’s degree and is currently an adjunct instructor at the Ringling College of Art and Design. Chapel’s art research, practice, and career are most important to her, and she spends the majority of her time in her studio painting and looking at contemporary art world trends.
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100% of ticket sales go toward SPAACES’ new MADE (Major Art District Expansion) Campaign.
This fundraiser runs from August 5th to December 1st, and will enable SPAACES to advance contemporary visual art and professional artists while enhancing a vibrant arts community.
By purchasing tickets to Contemporary Art Demystified, your contribution to the MADE Campaign:
– Helps 7 additional artists afford air-conditioned art studios.
– Gives 38 additional artists the chance to show their work in an exhibition.
– Expands SPAACES’ footprint from 4500 to 7000 square feet and advances contemporary visual art in Sarasota.
