Art Exhibit Wrap-Up

Tampa's first Digital Billboard Art Exhibition ended Sunday after two weeks of dazzling commuters with the works of 12 bay area artists. The number of visitors to The Mainframe nearly tripled during the exhibit, as people flocked to our artist profile page to find out more about the paintings and photos displayed on the digital billboards. I received letters and photos (see above) from many of the artists, who were thrilled to have their names up in lights.

Due to this wildly successful first campaign, we are planning to hold future exhibitions based on availability of the billboards. Fall 2009 is our next projected date, and we've already received dozens of submissions that didn't make it into the first run.

Our hope for these campaigns is that the billboards are not a final destination for bay area commuters, but a launching point from which they can dive into the vast and expansive world of talent that resides in Tampa. My thanks goes out to all the artists who participated- I couldn't have asked for a better collection of art to broadcast to the masses.