Vosler Young Artists' Studio Time Line

February, 2010       VYAS opens first studio, 300 SQ feet, at Santaella, Suite 208.
March, 2010              Judith Carducci, Executive Board, Portrait Society of America Critiques VYAS Students, at studio in Tampa.

Oct 15, 2012 Yeats Ihrig - New Assistant Instructor.

Nov 9, 2012 Student Showcase, Santaella Studios for the Arts Resident Show.

Dec 9, 2012 Bart Lindstrom, Co-Founder, Portrait Society of America, donates new casts to Vosler Young Artists’ Studio

Jan 1, 2012 Nicole Collie Designs - Creates New Atelier Logo with Yeats’s drawing of horse cast.

Jan 1, 2012 Jack Richeson Company, Inc. Donates New Easels (6) to VYAS.

Feb 1, 2012 Artist, Robert Liberace, joins VYAS, Advisory Board
Jan 20, 2013 Artist Demo, Kerry Dunn Visits Atelier students from Incamminati.

Feb 16, 2013 Vosler young Artists’ Studio OPEN House & Ribbon Cutting

Feb 27, 2013 VYAS Featured on ABC, “THE LIST” in Around Town and goes  National.  

Jun 21, 2013 Raymond James Private Art Collection field trip.

May 16, 2013 New VYAS Wix Web Site.

May 30, 2013   James Gurney, Artist/Author ,“Dinotopia,” Posts VYAS on his Blog

May 26, 2013 Tampa Museum of Art field trip - Sculpture Society Show.

Jun14, 2013 1st Summer TEEN Workshop, One Week. 

Sep 28, 2013 First VYAS Intern, Nathan Seay, USF

Nov/Dec 2013 Article, Classical Artists with a Passion for Teaching, Families on the Go Magazine, by Alexa 
                               Newsome.

Dec 30, 2014 SMITHSONIAN - Yeats Ihrig, finalist in National Portrait Gallery, Teen Portrait Competition, 2013.         

Jan 1, 2014 Second VYAS Intern, Mary Emma Sims, USF.

Summer 2014 Yeats Ihrig applies to Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy, Fall 2014.  

Feb 22, 2014           VYAS Grand Opening of new 900 SQ Foot North Light Studio, suite 207.

Feb 13, 2014 Yeats Ihrig, Age 17, Awarded Honorable Mention for his Self Portrait, Smithsonian, National Portrait   

                                Gallery Teen Competition.  His self portrait featured on the Smithsonian web site for one year.

Apr 10, 2014 FOX 13, Tampa, FL, airs, “Drawing Up a Promising Future,” Featuring Yeats Ihrig with Kelly Ring. 

April 25, 2014 Artist, Lois Griffel, joins VYAS Advisory Board

Apr 29, 2014 FOX 13, Tampa, FL, airs on Whats Right with Tampa Bay, VYAS Story with Kelly Ring.June, 2014  

June, 2014              VYAS Summer Teen Workshops, June 9-13 and June 16-20.  

June 2014 Actor, Seva Anthony performs, “Degas Little Dancer” At Summer Workshop.  Her original one-woman play.

Oct 18, 2014 Artist, Michael Mentler, joins VYAS Advisory Board.

Feb 13, 2015 Santaella Winter Resident Art Show - VYAS Showcase & Jenna Conti as Edene Sirene, Mermaid.

Feb 12, 2015          Stephanie F. received honorable mention, Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards, 2015, Blake H.S.,   

                               Tampa, Florida.  For her Cast drawing of a lady. 

Mar 3, 2015 Owen D. juried into, Hillsborough Student Surrealist Art Exhibition. “Psyched Out:  Reinvented
                                Myths”Opening Reception/Awards, DALI Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida. “Fiji Mermaid” Pencil.

June, 2015             Summer Workshops:  Tampa, Florida - June 8-12 & June 15-19,.  Puyallup, WA, August 17- 21.