The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the National Museum of Women in the Arts Present an Evening of the Arts, 12/10

The Carrollwood Cultural Center and the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) present an evening of the Arts on Thursday, December 10 from 6 pm to 9 pm at the Carrollwood Cultural Center.

This evening of the arts will feature a juried art show by the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The event will start with a lecture on the work of Dalia Condis. There will also be live music by Jay Rosoff and John Deledda, a book reading by author Chris Coad Taylor, and a poem reading by Dore Anderson.

Refreshments will be served at this event, which is free to the public.

The NMWA art show will continue until January 4, 2010.  The Gallery is open from 8 am to 6 pm, from Monday to Friday.

WilhelMina Cole Holladay and Wallace F. Holladay traveled abroad in the 1960’s admired artworks of Clara Peters, a 17th century Flemish painter.  When they returned to the United States, they looked for more women artists and found that there were no women artists in the reference books at all.  After learning this, they decided to seek out and collect material and artwork about women artists.  Their extensive collection formed the original core of the National Museum of Women in the Arts which Mrs. Holladay founded in 1981 in Washington DC.The Florida Committee of the NMWA was founded in 2000 by a group of women in Tallahassee who were interested in promoting Florida women artists.  In Florida, there are 2000 members of the NMWA.  A number of these members joined the Florida Committee.  Since the Florida Committee is state-wide, we have identified seven geographic regions, each with a dedicated director.  Regional directors organize events to promote the artists in their area and encourage membership in the Florida Committee.  They also participate in state-wide events sponsored by the Florida Committee Board.   
The mission of the Florida Committee reflects that of the NMWA:  To identify and promote women artists in the areas of visual, literary and the performing arts and to educate the public on the history of women artists as well as on contemporary women artists.  The Florida committee selected to focus first on the visual arts.

The CentrAl West Region of the Florida Committee of the NMWA is a group of women artists who are very versatile in their subject matter, medium, style, and creativity which makes for an interesting and fun exhibit.  For more information, contact Sheila Blow, Regional Director at 727-819-2242 or visit www.floridawomenartists.org.

Dalia Condis is a Cuban born artist who is now retired in Tampa. She has a series of 25 paintings of famous women. After immigrating to the US in the 70’s, she opened her own academy of drawing and painting in New Jersey.

The Carrollwood Cultural Center is located at 4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, FL 33618.  For more information, call (813)269-1310.

For more information visit the Center website at www.carrollwoodcenter.org.

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