Press kit

Click here to download the Chihuly Collection press kit and media relase.

Click here to download an informational brochure about the Chihuly Collection.

 

A Morean Arts Center press kit will be available for download soon.

For more information or to request logos and photographs please contact Wayne Atherholt at Wayne.Atherholt@MoreanArtsCenter.org or call 727.822.7872 x2120.

 

The Morean in the news

Catch Paradise Lost/Paradise Found and Disappearing Florida while you can
By Megan Voeller
Published 03.10.11
Living in urban Tampa or St. Petersburg, it's easy to forget about the "real Florida." Not that a daily trip to Starbucks or a commute across the Howard Frankland isn't real — but you know...

Exhibits focus on Florida
By Esther Hammer
Published: February 16, 2011
There's something very personal about an exhibit by Florida artists that focuses totally on Florida. Whether it's glitzy mermaids, neon motel signs or swampland meadows, there's the potential ...

St. Pete photographer concerned wonders of nature may disappear
By Rob Shaw of The Tampa Tribune
Published: January 13, 2011
Dick Jacobs is worried about the beautiful images he sees through the lens of his camera. He's concerned they won't ...

Morean Arts Center exhibits explore complex themes in paintings, drawings, sculpture
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic
In Print: Sunday, October 24, 2010
The Morean Arts Center's most visible exhibition is the Chihuly Collection, a group of glass installations by Dale Chihuly ...

Labauvie, Wujcik and American ImpressIonists are among the season's big shows
By Megan Voeller
Published 08.26.10
Dominique Labauvie.The Tampa-based sculptor, who hammers steel into improbably graceful forms, is the man of the moment this fall, with three shows on view ...

On the Radar: Kitchen Dreams and Undressing the Feminine | Daily Loaf
By Julie Garisto
August 4, 2010 at 12:00 am
Two intriguing art shows on domesticity and female identity are on the verge of ending next week. How they might relate to one another, well discuss amongst yourselves. Visit the Morean Arts Center to see Ricky Bernstein's “Kitchen ...

Morean Arts Center opens children's learning center
By Melvin Beal
May/June 2010
The Morean Arts Center held a grand opening for the Bank of America Children's Learning Center. The education kids get here involves clay, paste and paints ...

Charley gets creative with clay
MyFox Tampa Bay—Video
Published : Friday, 16 Apr 2010, 8:10 AM EDT
Charley Belcher spent the morning at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg, where he learned all about clay and the programs the center will be offering ...

Mernet Larsen show opens at Morean Arts Center - St. Petersburg Times
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic
In Print: Thursday, March 25, 2010
Mernet Larsen's paintings are immediately recognizable. Look at Ballerina, for example, shown. It's whimsical at first glance with everything, ...

Paper! Scissors! Beer! (Now that's an art project!)
By Times staff writer
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 11:43 AM
This Morean Arts Center event is much better. For one thing, there's beer (careful where you point the scissors). And this artwork won't fit on the fridge. ...

Babs Reingold's unsettling vision of lives traumatized by poverty
By Megan Voeller
Published 01.27.10
In her installation, Hung Out in the Projects -- now on view at the Morean Arts Center -- Reingold tackles the topic of what it's like to live in public ...

Morean Arts Center news, hot and cool
By Times Editor
December 14, 2009
The Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg, which has a big, popular studio arts program for the community, is addressing its need for more classroom space. In January, all the ceramics classes will move from the center at 719 Central ...

 

 

The Chihuly Collection in the news

Double down: Chihuly Collection, Dali Museum draw art lovers to Florida
By Associated Press
Sunday, January 23, 2011
It’s possible to see all three in one weekend in the Tampa Bay area — and still have time to savor the beach. The opening of ...

St. Pete museums focus of new ad campaign
MyFox Tampa Bay—Video
Published : Wednesday, 08 Dec 2010, 9:20 PM EST
They all eat lunch or dinner, they buy a gelato, they have a cup of coffee," said Paul Carder, of the Morean Arts Center, which operates the Chihuly ...

Learning about glass art at the Hot Shop - Central Florida News 13
By Virginia Johnson, Entertainment reporter
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
When the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg debuted its collection from world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly this summer, it also opened up a studio ...

Cleaning Chihuly artworks is an art in itself - St. Petersburg Times
By Vivian Yee, Times Staff Writer
In Print: Sunday, August 15, 2010
Ned Kipping cleans the Azul de Medianoche Chandelier in the Chihuly Collection at the Morean Arts Center. He and Marko Savanovic spend most mornings ...

Charley takes in the Chihuly Collection
MyFox Tampa Bay—Video
Published : Tuesday, 20 Jul 2010, 8:40 AM EDT
The Chihuly Collection, a permanent exhibition of the work of Dale Chihuly, recently opened at the Morean Arts Center to great fanfare ...

Chihuly Collection opening a triumph
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic
In Print: Sunday, July 11, 2010
The artist was scheduled to come from his home outside Seattle for the opening celebration with the Morean Arts Center, which owns the collection and will ...

It's a colorful explosion of glass in a setting built speciffically to showcase the sculptures—ABC News
By: Marvin Tarver
Posted: 07/10/2010
St. Petersburg - Fans of glass art will find nirvana in downtown St. Petersburg this weekend. The Chihuly Collection presented by the Morean Arts Center ...

Chihuly Collection | St. Petersburg Clearwater vacation and travel
The Chihuly Collection presented by the Morean Arts Center is a stunning, permanent collection of the world-renowned artist's unique artwork in a ...

Albert Alfonso is the grand designer behind the Chihuly Collection
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 12:39 PM
They plan to exhibit the work at the Morean Arts Center in 2011 for a fundraiser. If he could, Alfonso would probably paint full time. ...

'Create Your Own Chihuly Shoes' at Morean Arts Center
By Lennie Bennett, Times Art Critic
In Print: Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Chihuly Collection opens in about six weeks on Beach Drive in downtown St. Petersburg, the only one of its kind devoted to the world-famous glass ...