LRMA of Art Leepa-Rattner Museum at St. Petersburg College
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spring 2018
exhibitions
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS Dive into summer with two exhibitions celebrating contemporary photography. Selina Román captures the quirky, darker side of Florida and the spaces in between, while The Museum Project showcases photographs by nationally known artists who pioneered experimental techniques in black and white and color.
Selina Román: A Liminal State Changing Exhibition Galleries APRIL 29 – SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Seductive and mysterious, the characters in Selina Román’s photographs offer an intimate, yet unsettling glimpse into a transient world full of the colors and glittering textures of vintage Florida. Selina Román: A Liminal State explores the quickly vanishing glamour of old Florida and the temporary feeling of the artist’s native state. Román’s voyeuristic approach allows her models, who are often transformed into faceless alter egos, to experiment with props and costumes. Featuring her Florida motel room series, Please Disturb, the exhibition includes some of Román’s props, to immerse the visitor in her experiences, and photographs from a collaboration with members of the LRMA community in July 2017. .
Born in Florida in 1978, Román trained as a print journalist and spent five years in Miami at an international security and investigations firm. She immersed herself in Miami’s fashion industry where she shot fashion campaigns for a local designer and honed her personal photographic style that mixed elements of fashion and reportage. Román received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of South Florida in 2013. Her work, which questions ideas of perception, power, protection and femininity, is in numerous private collections.
Above: Selina Román, Untitled (Raise), 2012, archival inkjet print, 20 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist Top right: Selina Román, To Swim in Touch with South-Mouthed Life (from Please Disturb: LRMA Edition), 2017, archival inkjet print, 16 x 20 in. Courtesy of the artist
The Museum Project Changing Exhibition Galleries APRIL 29 – SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
Darryl J. Curran, Backyard Seascape (Table), 1981, photograph, 16 x 20 in. Gift of the Artist, The Museum Project, 2017.28
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The Museum Project was established in 2012 by a distinguished group of American artists who donate their work to museums throughout the country to express their gratitude for the institutional support of photography as an art form. After spending several months culling through more than 400 images, the LRMA curatorial staff selected fifty-two photographs from nine artists for donation to the museum’s contemporary photography collection. The collection reveals a multitude of contemporary perspectives, diverse styles, concepts and photographic processes. Participating artists, such as Darryl Curran, pioneered experimental techniques while others are known for their unique style, as reflected in Bonnie Schiffman’s celebrity portraits, which have been featured on Saturday Night Live and in Rolling Stone magazine. The Museum Project has donated more than 3,000 prints to 130 institutions throughout North America, Australia, and France.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Internal Landscapes: The Mysterious World of Steven Kenny Changing Exhibition Galleries THROUGH APRIL 15, 2018
Focusing on the beauty and mystery of the natural world, Steven Kenny’s paintings illuminate the bonds between humans and nature through a surrealist context. Allowing the subconscious to emerge, the surreal and symbolic juxtapositions of man versus nature become strangely harmonious as the artist journeys into the human psyche. Internal Landscapes: The Mysterious World of Steven Kenny features fifty paintings by this renowned surrealist painter. In this contemporary museum setting, Kenny’s jewel-like, surreal scenes are displayed in intimate vignettes, which highlight themes and symbolism prominent in his work. The fine craftsmanship and lush color palette of Kenny’s paintings lure the viewer into a world where reality is not as it appears but as he understands it. Left: Steven Kenny, The Gate, 2013, oil on canvas, 29 ¾ x 25 ½ inches, on loan from the Wooden Shoe Collection Right: Steven Kenny, The Fisherman’s Bride, 2016, oil on canvas, 40 x 26 inches, on loan from Private Collection
Let’s Get Surreal: Works on Paper from the Collection Works on Paper Gallery THROUGH APRIL 15, 2018 .
Featuring works from the permanent collection, Let’s Get Surreal explores the Surrealism movement through printmaking by influential artists such as Salvador Dalí, Stanley William Hayter and Paul Klee, who were prominent figures in the movement in Paris in the 1920s and 30s. Also on display are contemporary surrealist artists from Cuba, Colombia, France and Denmark, which marks the widespread influence of this movement well into the 1980s.
Habits & Habitats: Inside the Artist’s Studio with Abraham Rattner Center Gallery THROUGH APRIL 15, 2018
Rattner’s Contemporaries in Paris Rattner Permanent Collection Gallery THROUGH JUNE 17, 2018
Thank you to our Partners in Art, Florida Hospital North Pinellas, Jim and Mary Avery, Karen Brayboy and Joe Part, City of Tarpon Springs, Charles DeGrandpre, Banther Consulting, Sharon M. and Gary Bressen, Dr. Clifford M. & Mildred S. Brock, Hoffman Architects, Ocean Honda of Port Richey, Patricia Miller, Elizabeth Nace, Barbara Schnipper, Catherine Wargny, and Gary and Carol Zino, for their support of our exhibition schedule.
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acquisitions The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art remains grateful to the artists and collectors who have donated art to the LRMA permanent collection. The following have been approved by the LRMA Collections Committee and Board of Directors and were accepted into the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art's permanent collection in November 2017:
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• Three works by Chuck Berk including: Homage to Abe, 1986, and All Fall Down, 1985, abstract pen, ink and wash drawings and Cityscape, 1989, acrylic painting. Gifts of the artist. Based in New Jersey, Berk is the nephew of Abraham Rattner and cousin of Allen Leepa. • One painting by Florida artist Leslie Neumann: Release, 2000, oil and encaustic on panel. Gift of Jerry and Ellie Karp. Release will be featured in Focus Friday in May. See Happenings calendar for details. • One painting by Florida artist Lance Rodgers: Blast Off, 2015, oil and acrylic on canvas. Gift of the artist. • One painting by Japanese artist Keisuke Teshima: Rising Dragon, 2014, watercolor. Gift of the artist. Teshima is returning to LRMA on March 15th at 6:00 pm to perform his One-Stroke Dragon painting technique. See Happenings section for details.
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• One painting by Florida artist and SPC Visual Arts faculty member Kevin Grass: Child’s Play, 2013, acrylic on panel. Gift of the artist. • One work on paper by Cuban-American artist Ernesto Blanco: Diálogo Unidireccional, 2012, mixed media on handmade paper. Gift of James W. and Ann Larsen.
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• Jim and Martha Sweeny donated eight contemporary prints by Louisa Chase, Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin and Donald Sultan, as well as three folk art pieces by Mary Proctor and Lonnie Holley. In addition to a donation the Sweenys made in May 2017, this gift expands the Jim and Martha Sweeny Collection to include twenty-two prints and seven mixed media works by significant contemporary artists and folk artists including Louisa Chase, Brad Davis, Thornton Dial, Clint Griffin, Howard Hodgkin, Lonnie Holley, Hung Liu, Howardena Pindell, Mary Proctor, Donald Sultan and Terry Winters. A significant portion of the collection has been recently featured in the exhibitions celebrating LRMA’s fifteenth anniversary, the Works on Paper gallery and Focus Friday.
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Images 1 Chuck Berk, Homage to Abe, 1986, pen, ink and wash, 21 x 17 in., gift of the artist. 2 Jerry and Ellie Karp (left), Leslie Neumann (right) with Release 3 Lance Rodgers with Blast Off 4 Keisuke Teshima with Rising Dragon 5 Kevin Grass with Child’s Play
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The LRMA Docent Corps began 2018 with six new committees: Art Research, Governance, Hospitality, Tours, Cultural Trips, and Community Outreach. Committee members have accomplished a variety of projects including object research for works on view in the Elemental exhibition, a museum outreach program for the Tampa Bay Newcomers group in Lutz and reaching out to docents on extended leaves of absence. At the Volunteer Appreciation Lunch on April 16, the museum looks forward to thanking all docents for their significant contributions toward docent and staff support, community outreach and visitor enrichment.
Visitor Expressions
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Docent News
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Docent Corps, January 2018 From left: Al Scalzo; Ruth Ann Gardner; Nancy Hensel; Gail Simon; Maureen Skipper; Shelly Whiting; Barbara Schnipper; Carol Zino; Jean North; Kimen Mitchell; Patti Buster, LRMA Education Coordinator; Sylvia Hicks (behind Patti Buster); Nancy Krauss; Jean Ligon; Sylvia Solomon; Larry Milne; Joan Kossoff; Charlie DeGrandpre (not pictured: Sharon Bressen; Jan Gray; Candy Hennessy; Jan Kadushin; Sonia Linke; Carrol Lund; Greg Rosasco; Jeanette Sixbury; Miguel Solari; Lyn Tebrugge; Sharon Wallenberg)
LRMA Tours In 2017, the Education Department scheduled 27 docent-led adult tours, 25 children's tours and 27 SPC student tours. Groups included Introduction to Humanities, General Psychology and Composition classes, the Elegant Ladies of Tampa and the International Society of Appraisers, and K-12 students from across the Tampa Bay area. If you would like to schedule a docent-led tour, please contact Education Assistant Nina Rivera at (727) 712-5220 or rivera. nina@spcollege.edu.
Visitors of all ages continue to surprise and delight LRMA staff members with their creations in the Challenge of Modern Art Interactive Gallery. In addition to creating imaginative artwork, visitors compose poems and images on the magnetic word wall and construct imaginative puzzle configurations. Stop by and leave your own creation!
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happenings
spring 2018
16 Friday
ABC Reading Club
MARCH 2 Friday
Focus Friday
Noon, Made in Florida Gallery, included with admission This program is supported in loving memory of Dr. Marcia Makris.
1:30 p.m., LRMA Resource Center, included with admission Palm Harbor Library Director Gene Coppola facilitates this bimonthly program held at the museum. Members select and discuss books about modern and contemporary art and on alternating months enjoy guest speaker presentations in the Fine Arts Auditorium. March's book selection is New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-Century by Jed Perl.
28 Wednesday
Leap into Art at LeepaRattner! Focus Friday occurs on the first Friday of the month from September through November and February through May. Learn more about art, art history and the museum's expanding collection from LRMA's experienced docents. Larry Milne will research and present March's selection, a celebration of Women's History Month, If I Knew Now What I Knew Then, an acrylic and oil on canvas painting by Maggie Newman. .
8 Sunday – 11 Sunday Museum Closure
The museum will be closed to accommodate parking needs for the Valspar Golf Championship at Innisbrook.
15 Thursday
One-Stroke Dragon Painter Performance
3:30 p.m., Challenge of Modern Art Gallery, included with admission (free for children) Great for ages 4-8, this program features books about art read by the Youth Librarian at Palm Harbor Library, Marisa Steuer. LRMA's Education Department leads a related art activity. March's theme is Leap into Spring and the books are The Rainbow Book by Kate Ohrt and Rechenka's Eggs by Patricia Polacco.
30 Friday – 1 Sunday SPC Spring Holiday Museum offices closed.
6:00 p.m., Fine Arts Lobby, free (entrance to the museum by donation, 5:00-8:00 p.m.)
APRIL 6 Friday
Focus Friday
The master of the one-stroke dragon technique, Keisuke Teshima, is back! He will be returning to our area in March, and if you missed him paint a dragon with one stroke at the museum last year, you have another chance to experience this mesmerizing performance. Hot green tea will be available. Please note seating is limited. The artist recently donated a large painting to the museum, which will also be on display.
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Noon, Made in Florida Gallery, included with admission This program is supported in loving memory of Dr. Marcia Makris. Learn more about art, art history and the museum's expanding collection from LRMA's experienced docents. Sylvia Solomon will research and present April's selection, Gold Word Figure, a photogravure with thread by Lesley Dill.
For up-to-date information on these and other exciting programs at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, visit www.leeparattner.org or call 727-712-5762.
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15 Sunday
Exhibitions Close
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Last day to see Internal Landscapes: The Mysterious World of Steven Kenny, Let's Get Surreal: Works on Paper from the Collection and Habits & Habitats: Inside the Artist's Studio with Abraham Rattner.
25 Wednesday
Leap into Art at Leepa-Rattner!
3:30 p.m., Challenge of Modern Art Gallery, included with admission (free for children)
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Great for ages 4-8, this program features books about art read by the Youth Librarian at Palm Harbor Library, Marisa Steuer. LRMA's Education Department leads a related art activity. April's theme is Colors Make a Splash! and the books are Paint Me a Picture by Emily Bannister, The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater, and The Starry Night by Neil Waldman.
28 Saturday LRMA is pleased to honor its valuable volunteers with a recognition and appreciation lunch. We thank those who selflessly donate their time and expertise to make a difference. All volunteers are welcome! RSVP to Beth Becker at (727) 7125762 or Patti Buster at (727) 712-5226 by April 9.
20 Friday
ABC Reading Club
1:30 p.m., Fine Arts Auditorium, included with admission Palm Harbor Library Director Gene Coppola facilitates this bimonthly program held at the museum. Members select and discuss books about modern and contemporary art and on alternating months enjoy guest speaker presentations in the Fine Arts Auditorium. April's program features the presentation, "The Role of an Art Museum Director," by LRMA Director Ann Larsen.
Noon, Made in Florida Gallery, included with admission This program is supported in loving memory of Dr. Marcia Makris. Learn more about art, art history and the museum's expanding collection from LRMA's experienced docents. Kimen Mitchell will research and present May's selection, Release, an oil and encaustic painting on panel by Leslie Neumann.
1:30 p.m., LRMA Resource Center, included with admission
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Noon, Challenge of Modern Art Gallery
Focus Friday
ABC Reading Club
National Volunteer Week
LRMA Volunteer Appreciation Lunch
4 Friday
18 Friday
15 Sunday – 21 Saturday
16 Monday
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Members’ Opening Reception for Selina Román: A Liminal State and The Museum Project 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Complimentary for current members; $10 per person for nonmembers (may be applied to membership purchased this evening) Space is limited; Reservations required by 5:00 p.m. April 25 to 727-712-5762. Watch for separate invitation with details for the evening.
29 Sunday
Selina Román: A Liminal State and The Museum Project open 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. regular admission
Palm Harbor Library Director Gene Coppola facilitates this bimonthly program held at the museum. Members select and discuss books about modern and contemporary art and on alternating months enjoy guest speaker presentations in the Fine Arts Auditorium. May's book selection is Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great War by Mary McAuliffe.
28 Monday
Memorial Day
Museum offices closed
30 Wednesday
Leap into Art at Leepa-Rattner!
3:30 p.m., Challenge of Modern Art Gallery, included with admission (free for children) Great for ages 4-8, this program features books about art read by the Youth Librarian at Palm Harbor Library, Marisa Steuer. LRMA's Education Department leads a related art activity. May's theme is Lines Unleashed and the books are When a Line Bends... A Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene, The Clever Stick by John Lechner, and Beyond the Great Mountains by Ed Young. 7
membership Members Update The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art gratefully welcomes its newest, renewing and upgrading members as we go to press (^ indicates upgraded level; bold italics indicate new members). PATRON LEVELS:
SUPPORTER LEVELS:
Advocate ($500) Catherine Wargny
Family ($75) Dr. Thomas and Susan K. Carson ^ Brenda and Gary Clark Rod and Rebecca Davis Lisa Fokkena and Eric Durrance Edward Horowitz Gail Simon
Annette Lawrence and Les O'Dell Marjorie Maddock and Wm Brian Martin Nancy and Ed Maurer Dr. Gordon and Antigonne Merritt John Miranda and Patricia Di Leito Karl and Kathleen Nichter Larry and Teresa Patzer Anthony and Pamela Pientka RealNet Brokerage Jennifer and Kevin Reid Charles and Susan Rine Jay and Judy Roth Ann Fay Rushforth and Reid Perryman Doreen E. Saccardo and Whit Williams Juliana and Stephen Salamone Richard and Olivia Salladin Sharilyn and Al Schaffer Davidson Neil and Carole Seely John and Maureen Skipper Judy Squires and Robert Feaver David and Shelly Whiting Jacqueline and Daniel Wickenheisser Fred Wilcox and Carl Apgar
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Contributor ($250) Holly Bird ^ Charles DeGrandpre Larry and Annie Harris John and Lois Pilitsis ^ Steven and Maria Sacoolas Joan and James Gardner Laura and Edward Parvin Dual ($60) Kim and Allen Adams Christine Bloom-West and Friend ($125) Paul F. Seymour William and Marilyn Brady Karen Bogatin and Burt and Marjorie Golub William Bardwell Annette and Don Gordon Sandra and Joseph H. William and Judy Isaly Buckley Patricia Keeley ^ Barry Cohen and Susan Sonia Linke Colton Barbara Micheln Steve Corrado and Robin Kimen and Charles Mitchell Saenger John and Jean North Connor and Heather Davis Juan and Elvia Rivera Pat Dugan and Roy Ernst Joan Van Tilburg Kate and Peter Foulds William and Lynda Vinson ^ Frank and Catherine Nikki Nicholau Giambalvo Marc Ginsburg and Jane Crabtree William and Betty Gleason Paul Goldsmith and Candee Hett Ronald and Patricia Haddad Merle and Erich Herz Individual ($40) Sylvia and Robert Hicks Lori Auletta Ron and Brenda Hott Annette Bagur Dolores and Steven Kathy Bell Kaufman Sandra Blaker Linda and James Kegley Kristine Brown Member Benefits Helen Klotz Jo Ellen Bryant Linda and James Kolianos LRMA membership hosts a wide variety of Tina Bucuvalas Joan and Bob Kossoff ^ benefits including discounts in Isabelle's Peggy Burdine Thomas and Paula Kramer Museum Store and on art classes. Free Brian Callanan Leslie and Marvin admission to other reciprocal museums in Alicia Campos Kreithen SERM, NARM, and College and University Conferlete Carney Vicki and Ken Kuse Art Museums Reciprocal Program is offered, depending on your member level. We have also been pleased to offer you free admission for one designated month at The Dali Museum. Check for details online at www.leeparattner. org/membership.
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Linda Cobo June Colburn Evelyn Colรณn Cece Connable Jared Cross Theanne Crossett Debbie Dunn Barbara Fisher Alan Friedman Jose Gelats Cathleen Gillen Deborah Hill Leslie Jeffery Joan Jennings Shirley Johnson Steven Kenny Jean Ligon Nancy MacDonald Dee Mayer Molly McCormick Judith McSwine Marlys Meckler Lawrence Milne Kathleen Monahan Leslie Neumann Ann Peterson C.W. Petit Margaret Pugh Betty Roberts Julie Rosenheimer Loretta Saunders Ken Schall Kristen Scheblein Martha Sifnas Gary Smith Margaret Smith Claudia Sodaro Anita Steinfeld Michele Tuegel Michael Walbolt Hannah Walker Darlene Westberg Kathy Wilson Sandy Witman Student ($20) Dulcie Ribbons
In Memoriam Patricia Lehnen September 7, 2017 Dr. Angela Carney December 3, 2017 Henry Cadorette Oct. 27, 2017
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New Partners in Art Gary and Carol Zino We are proud to announce Gary and Carol Zino as our newest Partners in Art, joining Florida Hospital North Pinellas, Jim and Mary Avery, Karen Brayboy and Joe Part, City of Tarpon Springs, Charles DeGrandpre, Banther Consulting, Sharon M. and Gary Bressen, Dr. Clifford M. & Mildred S. Brock, Hoffman Architects, Ocean Honda of Port Richey, Patricia Miller, Elizabeth Nace, Barbara Schnipper, and Catherine Wargny. Thank you to all who have continued their commitments. For more information on this program, contact Connor Davis, Development Officer, at 727-302-6758.
Art Access Program .
For 16 years the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art has captured the imagination and inspired the talents of thousands of Tampa Bay area children through our Arts Access program. We applaud champions in our community like Duke Energy and the Pinellas Community Foundation for their investment in this program, underwriting the cost of admission for our youngest visitors.
Leverage Your Charitable Giving : Donations of Stock One of the most cost-efficient ways to support the programs, exhibitions, and future of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is through a gift of stock. The donation of appreciated stock is a simple process, and offers many benefits to you, including: • No obligation to pay capital gains taxes on the appreciation • The total value of the stock is taxdeductible upon transfer • You can donate appreciated stocks, bonds, or mutual funds The benefits of this charitable-giving strategy are clear. Please contact your financial advisor for individualized guidance. If you have any questions, or would like to review your intentions, please contact Connor Davis at 727-3026758.
Leave a Legacy The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is grateful to the individuals or couples who have included LRMA in their estate plans. Legacy gifts can be made in the form of a bequest by naming LRMA not only in your will or trust, but also in a charitable remainder trust, gifts of life insurance, or other charitable planning vehicles. Your gift, both large and small, can have a profound impact on the museum for many years to come. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor about planned giving options. You can also contact Connor Davis at 727-302-6758 for more information.
Abraham Rattner (American, 1893-1978) Hands Ascending No. 2, 1947-48, Oil on canvas, 51 ¼ x 38 ¼ in. Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College Adopt-A-Masterpiece by William F. Wilke, Family and Friends in memory of Evelyn E. Wilke, 1997.1.1.55
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news Recognition The Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art was again named Best Modern/ Contemporary Art Museum in Pinellas County in the Best of METRO 2018 Arts & Entertainment.
From left to right: Rod Davis, Provost, Tarpon Springs Campus, Dr. Tonjua Williams, SPC President, Ambassador Haris Lalacos, Mayor Chris Alahouzos, Ramona Kirsch, Director of SPC International Programs, and Ann Larsen, Director, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art.
SPC & LRMA Representatives Attend Public Forum
LRMA also earned another TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. We thank all our visitors and members who have contributed their feedback to provide us with such favorable ratings. It is your feedback that helps us improve and shine.
Tarpon Springs Mayor Chris Alahouzos, along with Congressman Gus Bilirakis and Greek Consul General Dimitrios Sparos, hosted a public forum in January to introduce His Excellency Haris Lalacos, Ambassador of Greece, to the United States. SPC was well represented along with other local officials. The panel discussed ways to enhance US-Greece relations through economic development, culture and education.
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Costumes Galore!
Creative costumes came out of the woodwork (literally) with the surreal costume contest at our members' reception for Internal Landscapes: The Mysterious World of Steven Kenny! Many thanks to Jack Spirk of the Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce for selecting contest winners amid so many amazing choices. The successful opening was maxed out to capacity and received rave reviews from all who attended. We are very grateful to those who came, participated and assisted in making it a success and one of the most memorable events in recent years.
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museum staff
LRMA Art & Appreciation Classes
Ann Larsen, Director (727) 712-5225
Be sure to check our website for descriptions of upcoming classes and workshops! Most are held in the beautiful studios of the Ellis Education Wing, and are taught by exceptional arts educators. LRMA members receive a 20% discount on classes. Register by going to www.leeparattner.org/learn.
Christine Renc-Carter, Curator (727) 712-5210 Patricia Buster, Education Coordinator (727) 712-5226 Connor Davis, Development Officer
(727) 302-6758
Michele DiMattia, Collections Manager
(727) 712-5762
Cristina McCormack, Staff Accountant (727) 712-5203 Lilian Norris, Community Relations Specialist (727) 712-5232 Beth Becker, Visitor Services Coordinator (727) 712-5227 Larry Fineout, Museum Technician/ Preparator (727) 712- 5212 Yuki Osada, Curatorial Prep Assistant (727) 712-5202 Nina Rivera, Education Assistant (727) 712-5220 Erica Romero, Doreen Saccardo, and Ziara Quintero, Visitor Services Associates (727) 712-5762 Board of Directors Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Inc.
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William Schumacher, Chairman Gary Zino, Vice Chairman Vonda Woods, Treasurer Mary Mitchell Avery Anna Billiris Dr. Clifford Brock Eric Clark Jason Dunkel Dr. David Edmonds Housh Ghovaee Deveron Gibbons, SPC Trustee Appointment Marleen P.I. Gravitz Bill Heyser Edward C. Hoffman, Jr. Taylor Ikin Ralph Melick Dr. Jonathan Steele Evelyn M. Bilirakis, Director Emerita Ex-Officio Board Members Dr. Tonjua Williams, President, SPC Rodrigo Davis, Provost, SPC Tarpon Springs Campus Ann Larsen, LRMA Director, Board Secretary Frances Neu, Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Executive Director, St. Petersburg College Foundation, Inc.
MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art is to collect, conserve, exhibit and protect the works of art entrusted to its care and stewardship. Through its exhibitions, programs and expanding collection of 20th and 21st century art, the museum strives to engage and inspire our diverse community by providing opportunities for education, enlightenment, interpretation and research to students, scholars and visitors. St. Petersburg College is committed to equal access/equal opportunity in its programs, activities, and employment. For additional information visit www.spcollege.edu/eaeo/.
Featured artist Steven Kenny's giclee reproductions are available for special order at Isabelle's through April 15! Also available for purchase are several of Steven's monographs, notecards, and exhibition guides.
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Cover image: Abraham Rattner (American, 1893-1978) Ferme de la Dime (Tenth of the Harvest Farm) (Detail), Giverny, France, 1920 Watercolor on paper, 14 1/16 x 18 5/16 in., Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, St. Petersburg College, Adopt-a-Masterpiece, Mr. and Mrs. Roger and Lila Kumar, 1997.1.1.38
LRMA is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, Washington, D.C., a distinction held by only 6% of all U.S. museums.
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Visitor Comments
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I absolutely love this museum. It is absolutely beautiful and has so much to look at. I came here to pick a piece for a psychology assignment. I can't wait to come back with my friends and family.
Public Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday: 1 - 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and noted holidays.
Special Closing Dates
LRMA will be closed to the public March 8 -11 to accommodate parking for the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook
Location
Tarpon Springs Campus of St. Petersburg College 600 E. Klosterman Road Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Admission
Adults – $7, Seniors – $6 Free for members, students with ID, children 17 and under, and active duty military. Docent tours every Sunday at 2 p.m. (included with admission).
Our tour guide was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, and provided personal stories that enriched our team's overall experience. We all felt appreciative for the opportunity to learn about the museum's history, and to expand our knowledge of art in general. I've been taking my classes to the museum for years. The students love the experience, and they learn so much every time. Thank you to our corporate and community sponsors: Carol E. Martin & The EllMar Foundation, Inc. Jim & Mary Avery Karen Brayboy and Joe Part Sharon M. & Gary Bressen Dr. Clifford M. & Mildred S. Brock Charles DeGrandpre Patricia Miller
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