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ARTS COUNCIL OF PLANT CITY PRESENTS SNAP A SELFIE CONTEST
‘CUBAN PATHWAYS’ AT HISTORY CENTER
Bay History Center, said, “This is a very ambitious exhibit as it tells 500 years of history in 2,000 square feet. It chronicles diverse groups of people who came to Cuba.” Massey added, “Cuba was the Caribbean hub of the modern Atlantic World and home to a diverse population.” In the exhibit, you will see a receipt for an enslaved person and transfer papers for Matilda, a Creole being transferred as property. Another interesting item is a painting. The subject is not what is of interest; rather, it is the painter, Vincente Escobar, a free black painter that makes the painting interesting. According to Massey, 20 percent of the population was free black people. There are artifacts related to the long ties Tampa has had with the island of Cuba, there are military artifacts and there is even a giant View-Master that shows Cuba when it was the number one foreign destination for 50 years until Fidel Castro took over in 1959. You will see an interesting group of items telling the story of China’s connection to Cuba. The collection occupies more than 2,000 square space of gallery space and will be available for viewing through February 2023. Cuban Pathways will then travel the Southeastern United States. For more information on this exhibit and all of the other exhibits at the Tampa Bay History Center, please visit www.tampabayhistorycenter.org or call 228-0097.
The newest traveling exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center is Cuban Pathways, which explores 500 years of history. The exhibit is available for viewing through February 2023.
The newest traveling exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center, located at 801 Water St. in downtown Tampa, is titled ‘Cuban Pathways.’ The exhibit chronicles over 500 years of history from three paths: African, Chinese and Spanish. It is truly an amazing exhibit. The oldest artifact is a Peter Martyr map from 1511 which identifies the island of Cuba. The exhibit also contains a chug boat, which is a little, handmade open vessel powered by a small diesel engine. The boat in the exhibit was used in 2021 by 12 Cubans to cross the Florida Straits. This is the first traveling exhibit produced exclusively by the Tampa Bay History Center. Dr. Brad Massey, Saunders Foundation Curator of Public History for the Tampa
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The Arts Council of winners. First place Plant City is hosting a will receive $50 in Snap a Selfie Contest. cash and $50 in The Snap a Selfie Congift cards. Second test is in conjunction place will receive with the return of the J. $25 in cash and Seward Johnson statues $50 in gift cards. that have been placed Third place will restrategically throughout ceive $25 in cash downtown Plant City. and $25 in gift Now through Monday, cards. May 30, you can snap a Dodie White with Take a stroll through downtown Plant photo with yourself and City and take a selfie with one of J. Seward the Arts Council of Johnson’s seven lifelike statues, such as any of the seven trompe Plant City said, “We Keep Life in Balance, located in McCall l’oeil painted bronze are so excited to statues, which are cast- Park on Collins Street. Submit your selfie have the J. Seward on the Arts Council of Plant City’s Faceings of live people enJohnson Sculptures book page now through Monday, May 30 gaged in everyday tasks. back again in beauand you just might win a prize. Take a selfie with Relish, tiful downtown Too?, located at Roots Cellar on Collins Plant City. They add so much to our downStreet; Latte?, located in Unity Park on town area.” Collins Street; or even Bake Sale, located The other four sculptures include Body near the Robert W. Willaford Railroad Mu- Music, located at the intersection of seum on N. Palmer Street, and post it with Palmer Street and East Reynolds Street; a title on the Arts Council of Plant City’s Ambassador of the Streets, located on Facebook page. the east end on McCall Park; Keep Life in Take the selfie of yourself, your family, Balance, located in McCall Park on Collins your civic club, your business and even Street; and Captured, located on the Vilyour pet. The winners of the Snap a Self- lage Green on Evers Street. ie Contest will be determined by the Arts The mission of the Arts Council of Plant Council Board. Winners will be contacted City is to bring arts to the Plant City comvia Facebook Messenger and invited to at- munity, to promote education in the arts tend the Sculpture Walking Tour on Thurs- and to develop artists and arts programs. day, June 2 at 6 p.m. For more information, please visit www. There will be prizes awarded to three plantcityarts.com.
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