Arts Coast – Gulfport

The Movements of Life in Vivid Words

By Sara Ries Dziekonski

Poet Sara Ries Dziekonski is based in Gulfport and served as a Creative Pinellas 2021 Professional Artist Fellow. She was recently honored as the first ever Runner-Up for the 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry, and shares 3 recent poems… Read More

The Economic Impact of the Arts

By Cindy Stovall

By Cindy Stovall. Those of us who call Pinellas County home have witnessed firsthand the rapidly increasing influence of the arts in our communities. Now a nationwide study by Americans for the Arts proves it…. Read More

Expanding Our Own Artistic Horizons

By Sheila Cowley

As the long hot summer grows longer and hotter, we asked a range of artists to share an artist, an art form, artwork or arts space in another country – that they love and want more people to know about…. Read More