Artist Biography
Melody Swindle creates folk art using recycled items and found objects. Her early creative endeavors focused mainly on the performing arts, and she actively studied music from childhood through college. In recent years she began to take a few courses in art history and earned a degree in digital art. She was a member of Artists Unlimited, Inc. (AUI) a local artist cooperative and the Ybor Art Association (YAA). Her work has been featured at galleries such as the City of Brooksville Municipal Art Gallery, Artists Unlimited Inc., Artistic Soul Galleria, Hoffman Porges Gallery, Divine Excess Folk Art Gallery, Grasshopper Productions, Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe and the Tampa Museum of Art. She was selected as an emerging artist in 2002 by Avant Garde of Tampa Museum of Art and has exhibited in shows such as: Art and Cocktails; Cuban Sandwich Show; Easter Art Exhibit; quarterly AUI Resident Artist Exhibits; Ruah, Pneuma, Sanctus and Agape Spiritual Art Shows; the Art after Dark Altar Exhibit at the Tampa Museum of Art, and Festival at the Creative Arts Guild.
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Festivals/Shows
2002 Starke Florida – Art Festival Melbourne Florida - Art Festival Mission Bell Art & Craft Show Will McClean Folk Festival 2010 Flower and Garden Show – St. Pete Clay Company Whistle Stop Craft Show - Holy Innocents Episcopal Church 2011 Whistle Stop Craft Show - Holy Innocents Episcopal Church 2012 Springfest - Gulfport, Florida Greenfest - Largo, Florida Geckofest - Gulfport, Florida 60th Annual Florida Folk Festival Mt. Dora Craft Fair - October 2013 Bloomin' Arts Festival - Bartow, Florida Mt. Dora Spring Show - Mt. Dora, Florida Fiesta in the Park - Lake Eola, Orlando, Florida 61st Annual Florida Folk Festival Madeira Beach Craft Fair Villages 4th Annual Craft Fair McIntosh 1890's Festival Mt. Dora Craft Fair - Mt. Dora, FL The Villages 17th Annual Craft Fair 21st Annual Downtown Dunedin Craft Fair 19th Annual St. Pete Beach Corey Area Craft Festival 2014 Kumquat Festival - Dade City, Florida Mt. Dora Spring Show - Mt. Dora, Florida Fancy Flea - Plant City, Florida Venice Craft Show - Venice, FL Florida Aquarium World Ocean's Day - Tampa FL Mt. Dora Craft Fair - Mt Dora, FL |
2015
Kumquat Festival - Dade City, Florida Red Star Rock Bar - Art & Fashion Show 63rd Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, FL Florida Aquarium World Ocean's Day - Tampa FL 2017 Praters Mill - Varnell, GA Ketners Mill - Wiltwell, TN Festival - Dalton, GA 2018 Festival - Dalton, GA 2019 Festival - Dalton, GA 2020 Festival - Dalton, GA Galleries/Shops/Markets - Past
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