{"id":100045,"date":"2025-12-30T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100045\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:16:07","slug":"the-gallery-open-house-by-area-c-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100045\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gallery: \u201cOpen House\u201d by Area C Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent additions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/art-programs\/collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">City of Tampa\u2019s Public Art Collection<\/a> include the monumental sculpture \u201cOpen House\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampa.gov\/community-partnerships\/city-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">City Center at Hanna Avenue<\/a>. Created by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.areacprojects.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> Area C Projects<\/a>, the Rhode Island-based husband-and-wife team of Erik Carlson and Ericka Carpenter, \u201cOpen House\u201d serves as a metaphor for community and civic growth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37859 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Open-House_0713-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1751\" height=\"2560\"  \/>\u201cOpen House\u201d by Area C Projects<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture is comprised of house silhouettes rendered in vibrant panels evocative of Tampa\u2019s sunsets \u2014 fiery oranges, brilliant yellows and breathtaking pinks. Sea-glass green panels, like the color of the Gulf, complement the warm colors presented in \u201cOpen House.\u201d At night, the illuminated sculpture highlights inscriptions of familiar street names such as Bay to Bay, Floribraska, Hillsborough and Howard. A spirited sculpture, \u201cOpen House\u201d celebrates the neighborhoods that comprise our city. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joanna Robotham is the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tampa Museum of Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out last month\u2019s piece <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/the-gallery-kali-rabaut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">by Kali Rabaut<\/a>. Looking to advertise with us? Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/tampamagazines.com\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">how<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recent additions to the City of Tampa\u2019s Public Art Collection include the monumental sculpture \u201cOpen House\u201d at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-100045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}