University of South Florida - Aegean Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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12 Florida Center For The Arts One outstanding example of a multitude of opportunities USF offers the Tampa community, is the Florida Center for the Arts. This tremendously valuable tin the sense of offering loy- men personal experience with highly professional and cre- ative talentt creotive-educotionaI-culturol unit at USF pro- vides an appropriate atmosphere where the arts are prod- uced, learned, discussed and disseminated. Functioning since 1968 as the Arts Management Unit for the College of Fine Arts, a staff of professional arts admin- istrators originate, manage and publicize seven maior arts programs: the USF Artist Series, Dance Residencies, two Film Series, the Summer Chamber Music Series, the Art Bank, Galleries and Exhibitions, and the GRAPHICSTUDIO. Its contributing purpose to USF students and the Tampa community is its sponsorship of quality programs which people normally wouldn't be exposed to, which appeal to non-mass audience tastes. Its publics are afforded the opportunity to observe the work of performing and studio artists and to associate personally with them in conference and workshop situations. The USF Artist Series sponsors nationally and interna- tionally known performers, performing both in the Univer- sity Theatre and in oft-campus ouditoriums. Outstanding artists such as Julian Bream, British classical guitarist and lutenist; the Julliard String Quartet; the New York Pro Musica; Siobhan McKenna, Ireland's leading actress; and the Polish Mime Ballet Theatre, oward-winning avant-garde troupe, are a small fraction of the superb per- formances offered throughout this program. The Dance Residencies program retains talented dance troupes who reside at USF for short periods while conduct- ing classroom seminars, public lecture-demonstrations, pub- lic performances and master classes for USF and other interested dance students. The troupes have included Louis Falco and Dance Company, the Alwin Nikolais Company and the Jamie Cunningham and Acme Dance Theatre. The Film Art Series, presenting 12 films quarterly, cho- sen for a combination of technical, photographical and directional uniqueness, and the free Afternoon Film Art Series, consisting of 100 short, experimental film presenta- tions yearly, comprise the Center's two Film Series Proe gram. Concerts, free Iecture-demonstrotions and master classes by some of the world's foremost interpreters of chamber music, are provided by the Summer Chamber Music Series. Pianist Jacques Abram, cellist Bernard Greenhouse, violinist Davis Nadrin, and violist Walter Trampler are some of the artists who have appeared in this series. The Art Bank, alias museum without walls,' is a part of the University's permanent art collection containing ceramic, graphic and photographic works by major con- temporary artists, which are grouped into travelling exhib- itions loaned out to Florida educational institutions, librar- ies, museums, ort organizations and businesses who pro- vide these displays as a cultural service to the public. Approximately 30 free, public exhibitions are staged yearly in three university galleries on campus, displaying the works of students and faculty members, additions of the Art Bank collection, and travelling exhibitions from maior national galleries and museums, as part of the Gal- leries Exhibitions program. The Centerts GRAPHICSTUDIO is a professional work- shop where visiting American and European artists produce graphic works while in residence at USF. Those artists who have used the workshop include James Rosenquist, Gold Light, and Robert Rauschenberg, Cardboard Construc- tions.