The mission of the North Tampa Arts League is to develop, nurture, and support the arts and the artists of North Tampa by working in concert with community leaders to make North Tampa a vibrant art community. All are welcome!
TO JOIN US: go to Membership and download our Membership form. Individual membership is $35. Family membership is $45. Benefits include partner benefits at the Life Enrichment Center for the Arts, discount at AOE Art Supply and public art shows scheduled through out the year.
  _______________________________________________  April 24th General Meeting at 7:00 pm Show & Tell and Urban Sketchers at Compton Park (see address above.) Come be inspired!!! We will host our quarterly Show & Tell. Open to
all attendees, bring a piece of your work, either complete or
in-progress, old or more recent, that showcases a style or technique
that you would like to share with your fellow artists. NTAL Members are
eligible to enter one of their pieces of artwork in our Quarterly
Featured Artist Selection. The 2nd Quarter Featured Artist of 2019 will
be selected by a vote of those in attendance. Plein Air....Somewhere - John B. Sargeant Park Our last plein air of the season will be May 3rd. Join us at John B. Sargeant Memorial Park, 12702 US Highway 301, Thonotosassa. A lovely place with canoe launch, small beach area, picnic area, trails and restrooms. There is a $2.00 charge to enter the park.
2019-20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
You must be an active member to serve on the board. Contact NTALboard@gmail.com if interested. Know Your 2019 Committee Chairs:
NTAL and LEC (Life Enrichment Center) are partners; members are eligible for all classes at the LEC Member rate. You can view the upcoming classes at Meetup.   Lynn Rattray has a painting in the Lightning Celebration of the Arts at Amalie Arena. Learn to paint from a different professional artist each month. Call NTAL member Marie Schadt at 813-971 -9145 for more info. When: 4th Monday of the Month starting back in January, 2017 from 10:00am -2:00pm at Roy Haynes Park, 1902 South Village Avenue, Tampa. Cost: Free ($8 donation requested). Bring your own supplies. | Hot News
 
Arnold Swepson's sculpture "Serena De Milo" is made of repurposed metals. Arnold has always been interested in tennis and was inspired by Serena Williams. He says "Serena is unusual and a gifted athlete and I felt compelled to create this work of art". Arnold was born in New York and moved to Fall River Massachusetts when he was 5 years old. but his mother's family came to the U.S. at the turn of the last century from the Cape Verde Islands,a former Portuguese colony off the coast of Africa. Arnold has been inspired throughout his life with pictures and stories of the Islands. He interprets these dreams and stories through his paintings and sculptures. When he was a young boy he would whittle pieces of soap into figures. Later he started carving with wood. Then he says he "had a piece of metal in my hand and I started to shape it and the next thing I knew it was a little palm tree, and as they say, the rest is history" Contact Information: (813)317-1399, aswepson@tampbabay.rr.com Check out our Fine Art America Friends of NTAL group featuring member art hosted there. You can purchase prints and often find an original for sale as well.  The second month of each quarter, NTAL hosts a scheduled demo/workshop at the Life Enrichment Center on the 4th Thursday of that month. The demo/workshops are free and open to the public. Recent workshops: 4/24 - The Urban Sketching Movement - Rose Singleton 2/19 - Costumed Life Drawing - LEC 11/18 - Acrylic Painting - Alan Metzger 8/18 - Framing for the Artist - Joose Hadley 5/18 - Imprimatura - Sally Yoder 02/18 - Colored Pencils, Diane Harm 11/17 - Acrylic Pouring, Pat Beebe 08/17 - Egg Tempera, Gainor Roberts 05/17 - Watercolor on Yupo, Taylor Ikin (guest presenter) NTAL members donated 11 original works of art in 2014 to the Radiology department of the Shriners Hospital For Children - Tampa.  Find out what is happening in our local arts community at Tampa Arts, the Arts Council of Hillsborough County. Stay informed by subscribing to their weekly email update.   |
