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Follow on Google News | Artist London Amara and Chief Curator Frank Verpoorten by Tom HallBy: Tom Hall To accomplish these goals, Verpoorten and the Baker must compete with art destinations in both Tampa and Miami. "The art scene in Tampa revolves around theTampa Museum of Art (http://tampamuseum.org/) But Amara is quick to point out that the Tampa art scene cannot be viewed in isolation. St. Petersburg is also included in the mix. "St. Petersburg is [also] known for its art scene," London points out, "especially with glass artist Dale Chihuly's museum and the infamous Dali Museum ... plus the rise of the community called Winthrop in Riverview that is beginning to house some underground artist's activity." The Museum of Fine Arts (http://fine- But Amara has little doubt that Verpoorten can pull off the feat of making the Baker Museum synonymous with fine art in the State of Florida. Originally from Brussels, Verpoorten moved to New York City in 2002, where he served in curatorial roles at the Museum of Modern Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, the Dahesh Museum of Art and, most recently, as Cultural Attaché for the Representation of the Government of Flanders (Belgium) to the U.S. He attended the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium and received dual masters degrees in art history and cultural studies. There, he held research and curatorial positions at the Museum for Musical Instruments and the Royal Museum for Fine Arts in Brussels before moving to New York in 2002. "We have a good collection of American and Mexican modernism," Verpoorten noted during his Gallery Talk at the Alliance for the Arts on June 8. "But we're too young to narrow our focus to those sub-collections." Other influential Naples and Southwest Florida collectors could one day follow suit as the museum expands its partnering opportunities, sphere of influence and reach. For now, Verpoorten is acquainting himself with the pool of talented emerging and mid-career artists at work throughout Florida, a number of whom he's met in the course of judging the Alliance for the Arts' 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition. And next year, the Baker Museum will host its own contemporary show, which he plans to make an annual event. To gain insight into the type of work that Verpoorten finds compelling and the direction he is likely to lead the Baker Museum of Art, you can visit the Alliance for the Arts (http://www.artinlee.org/ For more information about the Baker Museum and its current exhibitions (Multiplicity, Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitsky, Searching for Meaning and Inner Worlds of Domestic Violence Survivors III, which are on view through July 7), please visit www.thephil.org/ Author, Tom Hall End
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