Strength of Character Exhibition

Kendra Frorup is an internationally known multidisciplinary artist. Splitting her time between Tampa and Nassau, she uses a variety of everyday materials and found objects to create sculptural and multi-media work that is often connected to the Bahamian landscape she grew up in. Frorup has had her work exhibited in the United States, the Caribbean, France, Martinique, Ghetto Biennale, Haiti, UNESCO in Andorra, and The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. She currently serves as Assistant Professor in sculpture at…… Read More

Kathleen and David Bly co-founded Jib Projects, an art and design collective, in 2022. The Florida landscape has long been a source of their inspiration and their work explores connection to time and place through material. Environmentally conscious, their practice uses resources consciously, employing locally salvaged wood and finding creative ways to reuse other natural materials. The resulting objects are both practical and artistic, blurring the line between purpose and art, and inviting connection. Curator Katherine Gibbons: Kathleen and David’s…… Read More

Artist Edgar Sanchez Cumbas uses the techniques of color and contemporary abstraction to explore the concepts of identity, multiculturalism, and social-political issues. His work is complex, many incorporating layers upon layers of thick impasto. Collected internationally, Cumbas’ work has been recognized in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the Tampa Museum of Art and the Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Fine Art. Cumbas currently lives and works in…… Read More

Join us for a magical evening as we unveil the Strength of Character exhibition, an environment curated by Katherine Gibson where visual and physical weight converge in a symphony of artistic expression. This exhibition will feature large-scale paintings by Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, elegant sculptural wood pieces by Kathleen & David Bly (Jib Projects), and site-specific installation and assembled objects by Kendra Frorup. Be among the first to see where the strength and character of the exhibit – both visually and…… Read More