THE BIG DRAW-RUSKIN

A Season of sponsored DRAWING & ARTS EVENTS.

In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of
the Founding of Ruskin
The SouthShore Arts Council and Community Partners Invite you to MAKE YOUR MARK in
THE BIG DRAW- Ruskin

September 15th – October 11th

THE BIG DRAW –Ruskin invites every one of all ages and experience to join in sponsored events using drawing to engage our minds and imaginations.
www.southshoreartscouncil.org

Penguin Promenade
10 am and 3 pm daily
Presented by The Florida Aquarium

Momentos from Under the Minarets
through December 31, 2008
Presented by Henry B. Plant Museum

Demystifying India
through October 1, 2008
Presented by MOSI

It's Not Easy Being Green
through September 28, 2008
Presented by Tampa Museum of Art

Phanton of the Opera
October 30 - November 22, 2008
Presented by Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center

Sunset Cinema
November 1, 2008
Al Lopez Park
Presented by Tampa Theatre

Raymond James Gasparilla Arts Festival
March 7, 2009
Presented by Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill
October 23 - November 9, 2008
Presented by Gorilla Theatre

• Daily - Dolphin Cruise from The Florida Aquarium in Tampa Bay - One of the most playful, yet graceful animals of the sea is the dolphin. On this fun eco-cruise from The Florida Aquarium in Tampa Bay, you will see these lively mammals in their natural environment from aboard the 64-foot catamaran, Bay Spirit.
• Weekly - Ybor City Saturday Market
  The Ybor City Saturday Market is open EVERY Saturday, year-round, rain or shine offering Fresh Produce, Fresh Breads, Prepared Foods, Jewelry, Purses, Arts and Crafts. Parking is FREE, pets are welcome and admission is FREE!
• Weekends - Florida Railroad Museum
  The Museum is open Saturday and Sunday, year-round, excluding a two week holiday for Christmas and New Years. The Museum's train operates rain-or-shine. Bring the whole family out this summer and take advantage of our Kids Ride Free promotion. With every adult ticket purchased, two children ages 3-11 ride with our compliments on all weekend excursions during July and August. Throughout the year, the Museum schedule special event weekends that couple exciting themes with a ride on the train. Examples include a train robbery, World War II re-enactment and a trip to the North Pole.
• Thru Sept 2 - Arthur's World
  In Arthur’s™ World, children engage in role-playing and reading activities in their favorite Arthur™settings. The exhibit includes Mr. Ratburn’s Classroom, the Elwood City Library, The Read Family Kitchen and The Backyard Sleepover. Fun, Arthur-related activities are designed to reinforce the messages behind the Arthur book character and television series: that being smart and into books is cool; and that kids’ face, and can resolve, real-life dilemmas.
• Thru Oct 15 - Fiber Arts Take Flight
  Tampa International Airport embellishes the main terminal décor with fiber art – its newest rotating public art Exhibit, “Fiber Arts Take Flight.” Twelve local artists of Beyond Perfection Artcloth Group create art cloth by layering cloth with dyes, paints, discharges, screen prints, stamps and foils. The group says that if they wanted cloth that was perfect -- they would buy something machine made. Something dyed with even colors, something with perfectly shaped and sized images. However, these artisans are seeking something Beyond Perfection, something individual and different.
• Thru Dec 28 -  Ab-Fab-Cabaret
  Starts Aug. 22. The hilarious chronicles of the smash hit British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous are brought to life as cabaret and talk show based upon antics of the women who made it famous, and weekly featured guests who virtually stop the show.
• Thru Dec 31 - MEMENTOS FROM UNDER THE MINARETS
  Over the course of its 40-year existence, Henry B. Plant’s Tampa Bay Hotel inspired its share of mementos. Plant’s “Moorish-Spanish” resort in “Tampa Bay, Florida—land of oranges, pines and palmettos” was depicted on thousands of souvenirs and in advertisements that enticed snow-weary Northerners down to the Sunny South. Scenes of the Hotel reinforced the notion that it was a “health seekers paradise” and “a mecca for the Tourists on pleasure bent. “ Emblems of the Plant System—Plant’s line of railroads, steamships and hotels—along with images of Tampa, native flora and fauna, and the Tampa Bay Hotel appeared on china, glasses, silverware, playing cards, sheet music, jewelry, stereoscopic cards and postcards. Some items were made in America, but many were manufactured in Europe, Japan and China. These souvenirs were sold at “a little shop” on the Hotel grounds. They were also showcased in stores throughout downtown Tampa, with items “made expressly for” Nunez, Adams, M. Ressler, Wm. A. Morrison, and W.H. Beckwith Jewelry, to name a few. Letters and memorabilia from Hotel guests-- preserved the memories of their stay at “the adorning gem of the Plant System hotels.”

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