Creative Pinellas Awards $20K in Hurricane Relief Grants to Bolster Local Arts Community
By Creative Pinellas
Creative Pinellas has awarded $20,000 in Hurricane Relief Grants for the 2024-25 season, supporting 20 individual artists and 10 nonprofit arts organizations. Funded through the December 7th Arts Annual Hurricane Relief Fundraiser, these grants help artists recover and create while enabling organizations to sustain operations and community programs…. Read More
Poetry at Jack’s House
By Skyla Luckey
By Skyla Luckey. Poets who want to read their works at Jack Kerouac’s St. Pete house now have the opportunity…. Read More
How to Get Through Hurricane Season? Read!
By Margo Hammond
By Margo Hammond. My antidote for hurricane angst? Read a book about them, the scarier the better. Think of it as an inoculation, helping to prepare you for what’s to come…. Read More
NEA Beyond Placemaking Update – Jeremiah Woody
By Medina Karagic
By Medina Karagic. EQV is a groundbreaking initiative designed to empower men and boys through the transformative power of hip-hop and spoken word, building resilience and unity… Read More
Jewelry That Tells a Life Story
By Margo Hammond
By Margo Hammond. Barbara Dunnavant hasn’t written her memoirs yet, but you can “read” the story of her life in the delightful pins she wears…. Read More
At the 2024 Emerging Artists Exhibit
By Kaitlin Crockett
By Kaitlin Crockett. A week later and I’m still gushing about the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibition. Seeing family, friends and our community enjoying the print installation and my work was very special to me. … Read More
Cuba via Baseball, Culture and Art
By Kerry Kriseman
By Kerry Kriseman. Every one of us has a story to tell. The connectedness that results when we can empathize and see ourselves in someone else’s story is needed now more than ever in this increasingly difficult world…. Read More
An Arts Collaboration for Jazz and Poetry Appreciation Month
By Alyssa Sotelo
By Alyssa Sotelo. For Poetry Appreciation Month, I could not wait to attend the jazz and poetry celebration presented by the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association… Read More
Feel-Good Arts Recommendations
By Sheila Cowley
We live in a stressful world! And the arts can help. We asked Arts Coast readers what arts they turn to when they need some comfort, or just need a laugh – for this wonderful collection of feel-good arts… Read More
The Women Behind the Words
By Carlene Cobb
By Carlene Cobb. The Women Behind the Words: Celebrating the Women of The St. Petersburg Press showcased the literary achievements of 10 female authors with connections to St. Pete, at The Studio@620. … Read More
Honoring Bette Wimbish’s 100th Birthday
By Ralph Wimbish
By Ralph Wimbish. A lawyer, a politician, a trailblazer. Bette Wimbish was all that and more. She was my mother…. Read More
Florida Man
By Tyler Gillespie
By Tyler Gillespie. To me, alligators represent our state’s history – its beauty, its complications. They demand we avoid them while asking us to take a closer look. This can be fertile ground for writers who choose to approach the page at their own risk…. Read More
Transitioning to “I Don’t Have a Day Job!”
By Sheila Cowley
It’s not easy to earn a living as a full-time artist. We asked a range of visual, literary and performing artists how they made the transition to a full-time career… Read More
Writing in Paradise
By Ashlyn Fransen
By Ashlyn Fransen. Writers in Paradise at Eckerd College is widely renowned in the literary community. Visiting author Luis Alberto Urrea said, “There’s a palpable love in this space that you don’t find at other conferences.”… Read More
Letterpress: A Multi-Sensory Experience
By Kaitlin Crockett
. . . One of the things that keeps me coming back to Letterpress in my art practice is the way it engages my senses. When much of my day… Read More
