City wakes up to Tampa Museum light show
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Passersby got an expected look at the artful impact of the new Tampa Museum of Art Friday morning.
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Tampa mayor trying to salvage Avenue of Arts
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
The Iorio administration is making a last-minute push to restore some funding for the Avenue of Arts project, which fell to the budget ax three weeks ago.
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Tampa officials weigh future of Avenue of Arts
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The city council's unexpected decision this week to cut funding for Mayor Pam Iorio's long-awaited Avenue of Arts project has city officials plotting their next step.
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Iorio's Avenue of Arts dead-ends at council
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Mayor Pam Iorio's Avenue of Arts has fallen to the budget ax. The city council voted unanimously Wednesday night to cut $2 million in proposed funding for the downtown redevelopment project, which would have turned Zack Street into an artsy, two-way, pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare leading to the city's waterfront.
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Director hopes exhibits redefine Tampa Museum
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
With an ambitious exhibit schedule that ranges from the celebrated works of Henri Matisse to introducing video artists, the new Tampa Museum of Art will try to redefine itself as a vibrant urban destination, according to executive director Todd Smith.
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New Tampa Museum to open with Matisse exhibit
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
Opening day on Feb. 5 at the new Tampa Museum of Art will showcase the works of legendary artist, printmaker and sculptor Henri Matisse (1869-1954).
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Morsanis Give Tampa Art Museum A $3 Million Boost
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Private donations keep rolling in for the new Tampa Museum of Art. On Monday, museum officials announced that Tampa businessman and philanthropist Frank Morsani and his wife, Carol, have pledged a $3 million gift to the museum's capital and endowment campaigns.
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Money Keeps Art Project Alive
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
When city officials broke ground on the Tampa Museum of Art project in April, missing from the blueprints was a laundry list of amenities they couldn't afford.
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Private Money Enriches Public Museum Project FOUNTAINS AND FIXTURES
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Private donations have been flowing into the new Tampa Museum of Art project, which includes city-funded renovations of Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and the adjoining Kiley Gardens. The money is allowing the city and museum to add design enhancements cut when officials signed off on scaled-back plans for $30 million in riverfront projects.
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Donations Fund Enhancement Of New Tampa Art Museum
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
When city officials broke ground on the Tampa Museum of Art project in April, missing from the blueprints was a laundry list of amenities they couldn't afford. But many of those items are coming back to the scaled-down project, thanks to millions of dollars in private sector donations raised by the museum in the past several months.
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World Destination of the Week: Tampa
the blog of flightcomparison.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Closeness to Florida’s beaches and amusement parks makes Tampa very popular with tourists. Divided by the Hillsborough River, it’s more commercially oriented than other Florida destinations, but it has plenty to offer - grand museums and golden beaches, all flavoured with a distinct Mexi-Flori zest. There is a high-class feel about Tampa with its top-notch [...]
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Art Museum Will Carry Name Of Top Donor
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Cornelia Corbett has poured her heart and soul into the Tampa Museum of Art, devoting time and money to ensure the city has a place to show its artwork.
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Ballet Classes Help Students Take The Right Steps
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Students at Metropolitan Ministries Academy are swapping sneakers for slippers.
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Tampa Museum of Art Hires Todd D. Smith as Executive Director
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
TAMPA, FL.- The Tampa Museum of Art's (TMA) board of trustees announced today the appointment of Todd D. Smith as the museum's permanent executive director. “On behalf of the entire board, I am very pleased with the selection of Todd Smith, whose experience and qualifications will serve our museum well. Todd brings a wealth of experience to the position,” says Raymond
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Council Approves Iorio's '09 Budget
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
City council members approved Mayor Pam Iorio's $836 million budget Wednesday, keeping the property tax rate the same for the next fiscal year.