Tarpon Springs

The Suncoast Arts Fest is a production of Fine Arts of the Suncoast, Inc., a Florida not for profit 501(c)3 with the mission to "promote cultural awareness in Pasco County".

Proceeds from the event benefit "The Arts for Kids" and help supplement funding for arts education in schools.

Leepa Rattner Art Gallery

Tarpon Springs Campus - St. Petersburg College

600 E. Klosterman Rd.; Tarpon Springs, Fl. 34689

(727) 712-5762

http://www.spcollege.edu/central/museum/

Jan. 22 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jan. 23 1 to 5 p.m.

Sculpture in Motion: Lin Emery, A Retrospective

This exhibition is a sixty-year retrospective of the acclaimed New Orleans kinetic sculptor Lin Emery and includes early
static pieces; experiments in movement with magnets; motors and sounds; and large outdoor sculptures that capture the natural energy of the wind while commanding the landscape.  Emery’s innovative works are featured in major museums, public art collections and in award-winning international sculpture competitions around the world.

The inspiration for the Sculpture in Motion exhibition is based on the 1994 sculpture Flowering gifted to the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art as part of the Patricia A. and Thomas J. Lehnen Family Collection.  Designed as a maquette (model) for a 26 foot high sculpture commissioned for the Neiman Marcus Store in Shore Hills, New Jersey, the model was purchased by Neiman Marcus Senior Vice President Tom Lehnen and his wife.  Tom greatly admired the work of Lin Emery and encouraged the museum to organize this exhibition.  With his unexpected death in 2006, the museum wishes to dedicate this exhibition to the passion of Tom Lehnen for art, the sculpture of Lin Emery and this museum.

To enhance understanding of the Lin Emery exhibition, the museum will present videos on the artist’s aesthetics career, and also has published a gallery guide with an essay by Philip J. Palmedo who is publishing a book on Lin Emery that will be available in the spring.