Opening Reception Friday January 11, 2008 6-9 PM Free and Open to Public

Closing Reception Friday February 22, 2008 6-9 PM Free and Open to Public

 

 

Diana Lucas Leavengood, December 10( series of 31 images), 4x6 c-print, 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diana Lucas Leavengood

Drinking Tea goes against the way I was raised it feels like a slap at my family, and even though they are mostly all dead, it is hard to change the way you were raised. Tea was for those that couldn’t handle their coffee. It was something to be sneered at and the cause, in my grandmother’s opinion, of some rude ad inappropriate behavior in and around the Boston Harbor several centuries ago. 31days of tea represents an effort to make good choice sand create helpful habits as well as to traffic in a little fortune telling on the side.

 

Diana Lucas Leavengood 727.422.1648 / willknotdi.com

Born: Syracuse, New York

Lives in Florida

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Fresh Juice, Davidson Fine Art Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL, curated by Kimberly Finn

2005 Ten Years On, Raymund Arts & Media Center, St. Petersburg, FL

People/Places/Things, Sanford Meisner Theatre, NYC

2004 People/Places/Things, FlexSpace, Tampa, FL

 TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2008 Photography: Two Views, Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Self Evident, American Self-Portraiture, Moreshead, Kentucky

Tea, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Heart Gallery of America, Tampa, FL

2007 Spirituality and Materialism C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Gala Corina ilumincion, Tampa, FL

Florida Aquarium Art Show, Tampa, FL

Platform Florida #10, Lakeland, FL

Art After Dark: USF Alumni Show, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa Florida

Projekt30 – Violence

SPIN 3 Txt Me L8r, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

Film Lingual I, C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member Show, Tampa, FL

Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Katharine Butler Gallery, National Juried Exhibition, Sarasota, FL curated by Andrew Maass Spring Salon.07, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Canada

Projekt30’S March Juried Show

2006 Florida Biennial III, The Museum of Florida Art, DeLand, FL curated by Robert J. Sindelir Gala Corina Esperanza, Tampa, FL

Revolution and Renewal, Ybor City State Museum, Tampa, FL, curated by Elizabeth Kozlowski

2-3-d-5 Online Exhibition, Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Art After Dark: Anime Celebration, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member Show, Tampa, FL

49 th Annual Exhibition, Rocky Mount, NC, curated by Carol McCormick

Art After Dark: Multicultural Night, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

2005 Platform Florida #6, Lakeland, FL

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member Show, Tampa, FL

The Arts Center Member Show, St. Petersburg, FL

Artists Unlimited Member Show, Tampa, FL curated by Jack Breit

2004 The Arts Center’s 13 th All-Florida Juried Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL, curated by William Zimmer

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member Show, Tampa FL  

PUBLIC ART

University of Florida, Citrus Pathology Building, installation of 8 large photographs

from the Fresh Juice Collection, Lake Alfred, FL

Rampello Downtown Partnership School & Children's Board of Hillsborough County

Scanner Art Project: An Installation of 2 nd & 3 rd Grader Original Art, Tampa, FL

Permanent Installation, State Representative Bill Heller’s District Office, St. Petersburg, FL

GRANTS / AWARDS / HONORS

2007 Dale & Gale Wilcox Award, Northern National Art Competition

Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Creative Capital Foundation Professional

Development Weekend Retreat.

2006 Bright House Networks Diversity in Art Award, inaugural recipient

Grand Prize Winner, Revolution and Renewal,

2005 Members’ Choice Award – Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member Exhibit

Honorable Mention – WIPI’s Beauty: Camera Eye of the Beholder: Architechture, Abby Brussel, juror

Honorable Mention – WIPI’s Beauty: Camera Eye of the Beholder: Conceptual, Michael DePirro, juror

2004 Honorable Mention – Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts Member Exhibit, Dr. Jennifer Hardin, juror

1999 Florida Individual Artist Grant - Filmmaking

1997 Pinellas County Artist Resource Grant – Filmmaking

EDUCATION

1986 Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/History – elected Pi Gamma Mu

1995 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

MFA work in DTVC (Directing for Theatre, Video and Cinema) Program

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2007 Voeller, Megan, Kitsch and Wiggles, Creative Loafing, May 3

Senses Art & Culture Magazine May issue

Ormond, Mark, Media is mixed-with mixed results-in Butler Gallery’s show, Pelican Press (5/10)

Brandon Herald (4/26) Weekend/Visual Arts section

Hooper, Earnest, Play sends teens into depth of Holocaust, St. Petersburg Times (4/24)

Pickett, Alex, Growing Pains, Creative Loafing, March 7

The Jewish Press – Anne Frank & Me

2006 Bennett, Lennie, HOT TICKET, St. Petersburg Times (11/9)

Voeller, Megan, Corina, Corina, Creative Loafing, November 8

Voeller, Megan, Viva Ybor, Creative Loafing, October 18

Bennett, Lennie, HOT TICKET, St. Petersburg Times (6/22)

Tampa Bay Illustrated (March) – premiere/mixed media

2005 Patel Foundation – Photographic image selected for Holiday Calendar

2004 Bennett, Lennie, Scaled-down art adds shared impact, St. Petersburg Times (7/22)

1996 Associate Press publishes worldwide my photograph of Yosemite rockslide

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2007 Director & Co-producer, ANNE FRANK & ME, The Tampa Jewish Community Center

Director, ANNE FRANK & ME, Shorecrest Preparatory School & The Florida Holocaust Museum

2005 Grant Panelist, State of Florida, Media Arts Panel

2004 Grant Panelist, Hillsborough County Arts Council

2003 Leadership St. Pete Class of ’03 – Elected Graduation Speaker

2002 Judge, The Education Channel’s Independent Film Festival

2001 Grant Panelist, Pinellas Country Arts Council

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

Friends of Photography/St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art

Houston Center for Photography

Center for Fine Art Photography - Ambassador

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Available upon request

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Bright House Networks

State of Florida, Division of Cultural Affairs

• Established Artist Trading Card Collection for the State of Florida

Cigar City Magazine

MKJ Marketing

Industrial Strength, Inc.

Allred Hunt Club

Kanuga Conference Center

Eckerd College

LifePath Hospice

Leavengood & Nash

Shorecrest Preparatory School

St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral

The Tampa Jewish Community Center

 

ONLINE

The Guardian Unlimited, London, photograph selected for inclusion on arts blog

http://www.flickr.com/photos/txtmel8r

www.artistauditions.com

www.ovationtv.com - selected for the ART of NOT? on-line showcase

www.projekt30.com

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL