Blake High School: Tribune scholars profiles and essays
An invitation was extended to the top 3 percent of Hillsboroughâs graduating seniors to take part in the annual competition.
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Blake High School, 1701 N Boulevard along the Hillsborough River in Tampa, offers an arts magnet program. [ MONICA HERNDON | TIMES ]
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More than 200 of Hillsborough Countyâs top high school seniors from 35 public and private schools accepted an invitation to share their accomplishments and take part in an essay contest through the 2021 R.F. âRedâ Pittman Tribune Scholars program. Their profiles and essays are published here, just as the students submitted them. To search all schools, click here.
Iconic work of artist Jasper Johns on display in Tampa
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60 years of art on display in Tampa
An exhibit on display at the Tampa Museum of Art features six decades of artwork by Jasper Johns.
TAMPA, Fla. - The largest exhibit of Jasper Johns artwork in Florida is on display at the Tampa Museum of Art until September 5. This is a very significant body of work that spans over 60 years of the artist s printmaking pieces specifically, shared Nina Contreras Womeldurf, the director of marketing and communications at the Tampa Museum of Art.
The iconic artist is known for his patriotic paintings of the American Flag which he first created after being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951.
An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection of Florida Outsider Art
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John Gerdes, Looking at You, (n.d.). Collage. Copyright the artist s estate.
The passion for Outsider Art runs deep in Florida, where self-taught artists have forged an indelible mark of special attention on the creative landscape of the state.
An Irresistible Urge to Create: The Monroe Family Collection of Florida Outsider Art is the most comprehensive exhibition of its kind, on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art until September 5th. This is the first time a museum has presented this definitive group of artists with an exhibition of this size and scope.
After 35 years at WMNF, music programmer Jeff Stewart signs off
The longtime radio host and volunteer spent more than half of his life at the station.
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Jeff Stewart hosting WMNF s Morning Show Wednesday. Hosts wear gloves and masks (when they aren t on the air) as coronavirus precautions. [ Courtesy of Jeff Stewart ]
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Even when Jeff Stewart was a kid growing up in Kentucky, radio was a big part of his life.
Right before he went to sleep, heâd fire up his parentsâ old tube radio and flip between the stations, bouncing between Chicago, Cincinnati and New York.