By Elaine Chambliss Strings & Arts On the Deuces August 20 from 4-6 pm Free 535 22nd St South, St. Pete Details here In celebration of Stringed Music on… Read More
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SHINE Unity Project Reaches New Neighborhoods
By Gabrielle Reeder. Tracey Rtist Jones, Brain Storm, Reda3sb and iBOMS were selected for the St. Pete Arts Alliance’s SHINE Unity project, and got the opportunity to explain what unity means to them through murals – in neighborhoods outside the downtown art districts. … Read More
Exploring Faith in the Caribbean Through Art
By Letisia Cruz. My project titled Rituales: An Exploration of Faith in the Caribbean explores the practice of rituals inherited through cultural mythology and spiritual beliefs, drawing inspiration from religious practices rooted in indigenous and Afro-Caribbean origins. The series
celebrates the diversity of religious and spiritual practices across the region…. Read More
Artists Share the Experience of Figure Drawing
By Laura Castro. Art making is generally thought of as a solitary experience. Picture the lone artist holed up in their studio for hours, only emerging once the work is complete. A local remedy to that isolation can be found at the Figure Drawing Workshops happening every Saturday at the Morean Arts Center, where live models pose for a group…. Read More
Filmmaker, Musician, Author Jennifer Msumba Shares Art Through the Lens of Autism
By Jake-ann Jones. Jennifer Msumba is a singer/songwriter, filmmaker and YouTube vlogger with over 30,000 followers, plus another 20,000 more between Instagram and TikTok. Msumba also happens to be a woman of color on the autism spectrum… Read More
Liberating the Arts
By Kurt Loft. “I benefited greatly from the music-arts programs at Tampa’s Blake High, and education is very important to me,” jazz saxophonist Eric Darius explains. “I’m an advocate for music in the schools and I want to help keep it alive. It’s important to me to expose kids to jazz, encourage them to follow their dreams and inspire them to play musical instruments.”… Read More
freeFall Creates Community
By Cindy Stovall. “We’re just trying to get back to basics, get folks to come together around our fire once again – to give them positive stories with uplifting messages,” says freeFall Theatre’s Eric Davis. “Folks will see a wide range of things in this season, but what they all share is that they communicate hope. We want to remind people of their joy. That’s really our focus right now.”… Read More
Raise Your Voice at Summer Sing
By Kurt Loft. I’ve always wanted to join other closet Pavarottis in some form of public harmony. So I’ll be attending the upcoming Master Chorale of Tampa Bay’s free Summer Sing – a chance to sing something good, and do it alongside one of the best choirs in the country…. Read More
Exploring Jason Hackenwerth’s Work
By Tony Wong Palms. While Jason Hackenwerth’s sculptures and paintings in the Creative Pinellas Gallery seem like two separate entities, the paintings are compositions that create a landscape for the balloon sculptures – an enveloping experience…. Read More
Accomplished Artists in Dialogue About Important Subjects.
By Robin O’Dell. This exhibition is a must-see for anyone interested in photography, and everyone who wants to see accomplished artists in dialogue about important subjects. This work matters. And in my opinion, Dawoud Bey’s giant dark photographs of places in Ohio thought to be locations on the Underground Railroad make it worth coming to this exhibition – because no image in a book or screen could ever compare to the subtle visceral beauty of these prints…. Read More