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ART OF THE CELTS
ST. PATRICK’S DAY FREE LECTURE - ART OF THE CELTS
AT THE GALLERY OF CARROLLWOOD CULTURAL CENTER
Mary Carran Bitner, curator of the Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center, will be presenting an illustrated journey of archeological discoveries, written history, and cultural studies relating to Celtic Art. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day and her own Irish heritage, Ms. Bitner will examine the Celtic culture and its position in world history through its distinctive artistic styling.
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The Gallery at Carrollwood Cultural Center offers a free art lecture each month throughout the year for the purpose of educating and deepening people’s appreciation and understanding of fine art and the artistic process. Each month’s lecture is given by a different artist and has a different theme. The Gallery is open for public viewing Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Shows change frequently and there is no cost to visit the Gallery.
WHERE: The Gallery of Carrollwood Cultural Center, 4537 Lowell Rd., Tampa, FL 33618
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WHEN: St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2011, 7pm
LECTURER BIOGRAPHY: Born in Quincy, Mass., Mary Curran Bitner, was raised and educated in Westchester County, New York. After graduating from The Ursuline School and The College of New Rochelle, she began her career as an Air Force pilot's wife and elementary school teacher. Although she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, she always had a very strong attraction to creative pursuits. Her work has been shown and sold in galleries here in the Tampa Bay Area, as well as Key West. Her 3D Coral Reefs are hanging in homes nationally, and internationally, as far away as the Red Sea and Kuwait. Upon retiring from the classroom she went back to college and studied Drawing, Painting, and Design at Hillsborough Community College -Ybor where she studied painting and drawing under Steve Holm and University of South Florida. She is a founding member, Past President and Board Member of the North Tampa Arts League. In 2007, Mary Curran Bitner became the Art Curator of the Carrollwood Cultural Center. The Cultural Center is a Hillsborough County offering for learning and participating in all the arts for all county residents.
For more information about the Center’s art gallery and other activities, visit CarrollwoodCenter.org or call (813) 269-1310.