By Laura Kepner . . . Wearable Art (Sweet) 16 Celebrating Fashion this Weekend . . . August 27 from 7-11 pm Dunedin Fine Art Center Details here … Read More
Art You Can Wear
Genre: ACM
CARMADA ‘22 Street Carnival
By Mitzi Gordon. This year, the CARMADA ‘22 Street Carnival officially kicks off the SHINE Mural Festival on October 15 with a daylong celebration of art on the road in Childs Park, St. Petersburg. The event plan calls for car-painting demos, street mural painting, NOMAD Art Bus activities and more…. Read More
Florida Faces
By Don Gialanella. I have long been intrigued with Andy Warhol’s film experiments and wanted to produce a film inspired by his unique style. So, I applied for a St. Pete Art Alliance grant with the idea of creating a video that would document the people of St. Pete based on the series of short, silent, black-and-white film portraits by Andy Warhol called Screen Tests… Read More
Florida’s First Center for the Arts
By Laura Kepner The Morean Arts Center Florida’s First Center for the Arts . . . NEA/Pinellas Recovers Grant Update . . . The origins of integral parts of our… Read More
Duncan McClellan and The DMG School Project
By Tom Winchester. Duncan McClellan established The DMG School Project to provide the art of glass to schoolchildren who otherwise wouldn’t have access to it. He says, “When we’re talking with the school kids, what we want to do is get that ‘Aha’ moment.”… Read More
Strings & Arts Fest
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
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
