By Fatemah Tuwainah. I had the honor to meet with Mental Health Counselor Dr. Ladonna Butler, the Founder and Executive Director of The Well for Life – who organized this weekend’s Healing While Black 2023 creative summit … Read More
By Jennifer Ring. The connection between light and time is ancient and fascinating. It’s the subject of Christian Sampson’s latest work, Tempus Volat, Hora Fugit, at the MFA in St. Pete – an installation that scatters colored beams of light in accordance with the season and time of day…. Read More
By Suzanne Norman. The City of Clearwater has mounted mural-size images depicting artworks from two concurrent Cuba-related exhibitions. These enticing murals offer a glimpse of the fabulous display within the Public Library’s art galleries – works by Clyde Butcher and 19 Cuban American visual artists… Read More
By Troy Bernardo. It feels good to get things out creatively. From the beginning of time we’ve been telling stories around fires and before that we were making cave paintings so our walls didn’t look so bleak. And I think the new exhibit of Art in Recovery at the Creative Pinellas Gallery gives us a glimpse into this primal feeling we get from creativity…. Read More
By Alice Ferrulo. Inspired by all that is “blue” and a play on the wedding theme “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue,” this collaborative visual and performing arts installation at the ArtsXchange took two years in the making…. Read More
By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. My kids and I squeezed in a visit to ARTours Clearwater, a journey through downtown Clearwater’s murals with augmented reality. On our technology-dependent tour, the tech gods were not with me – but you can enjoy the art regardless…. Read More
By Laura Kepner. “The theme of The Island Sisters is shining a light on different ways a woman can be abused,” says author Micki Berthelot Morency. “They are not just random people, they are our daughters, our cousins, our neighbors, our acquaintances… The story is about the strength of women’s friendship.”… Read More
By Fatemah Tuwainah. Rico Gatson’s “Visible Time” exhibit at the USF Contemporary Art Museum gave me an experience I will never forget, because he made me see, feel, listen, and even touch history – and to search it…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. Organized by the Orlando Museum of Art, the ninth annual Florida Prize in Contemporary Art highlights artists living and practicing in all corners of Florida, including this year Akiko Kotani, the first Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate… Read More
By Jennifer Ring. How do we create a piece of art that connects with viewers? The answer lies in critique. Thanks to St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District Association, painter Carol Dameron now provides such critique sessions – aiming to raise the bar for visual art made in Pinellas County…. Read More
