Arts Coast Magazine – Visual

Transforming the Streets: Local Artists Continue to Bring Vibrant Public Art to Pinellas County

By Creative Pinellas

Creative Pinellas, in partnership with Pinellas County and the Lealman CRA, is transforming traffic signal boxes into vibrant public art through the Graffiti Abatement Art Program and efforts to increase public art in Lealman. Eleven talented artists will see their designs wrapped around these everyday structures, adding color, creativity, and community pride to Pinellas County streetscapes…. Read More

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

Frankie G Brings Vibrant Public Art to Pinellas County Tax Collector’s Reimagined Space

By Creative Pinellas

In December 2024, muralist Frankie G installed two vibrant murals at the reimagined Pinellas County Tax Collector location…. Read More

Stage Set for Brilliance: Sixstar Grant Winner Redefines Contemporary Performance

By Creative Pinellas

The Sixstar Performance Art Fund Artist will receive $1,000 to create original, contemporary performance art in Pinellas County. The resulting live performance will be showcased mid-2025, with full details and locations announced at a later date…. Read More

Celebrating Florida’s Spirit: FloridaRAMA Grant Winner Shines

By Creative Pinellas

The FloridaRAMA Fund Artist will receive $5,000 to create art celebrating Florida’s unique cultural, natural, and artistic environment, culminating in a premier exhibition at FloridaRAMA in St. Petersburg, FL  … Read More

Exploring All Five Skyway Museums

By Tony Wong Palms

By Tony Wong Palms. The five Skyway museums conveniently form a loop of about 200 miles – and currently on display, 314 works from the 66 artists based in Tampa Bay…. Read More

A Research Project for the Skyway Triennial

By Kirk Ke Wang

By Kirk Ke Wang. My work in Skyway Tampa Bay explores the life of Lue Gim Gong, known as “The Citrus Wizard” for his contribution to Florida’s citrus industry 110 years ago…. Read More

Skyway at The Tampa Museum of Art

By Tom Winchester

By Tom Winchester. Joe Fig and Samo Davis create new worlds with their art – a return to figuration founded upon the principles of modernism…. Read More

New Florida Highwaymen Exhibit

By Tony Wong Palms

By Tony Wong Palms. The automobile is the essence of the Florida Highwaymen’s story, with paintings now on view in Selby Gardens’ Museum of Botany & the Arts…. Read More

Beyond Couch Art

By Margo Hammond

By Margo Hammond. This obviously was not your parents’ real estate open house. But do real estate and art really have anything in common?… Read More

Wearable Art – No Rules Just WOW!

By Carlene Cobb

By Carlene Cobb. “Wearable Art is fashion on steroids because there are no rules,” says Designer and Clearwater City Councilwoman Lina Teixeira…. Read More

The Dalí Staff Art Show

By Sheila Cowley

Talent Within: The Dalí Staff Art Show celebrates the creative work of the creative staff at the Salvador Dalí Museum…. Read More

A Flourishing Vision

By Antonio Permuy

By Antonio Permuy. Flora & Fauna at the Gallery at Creative Pinellas is a clear high point of the 2024 art calendar. … Read More

Conversation with Elizabeth Barenis

By Tom Winchester

By Tom Winchester. Tropical Splendor is a collection of paintings by Elizabeth Barenis that are both abstract and representational…. Read More

Everything’s Coming Up Floral

By Margo Hammond

By Margo Hammond. Two new exhibits take an unusual — and highly imaginative — approach to botanical art… Read More

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