By Wendy Finklea and Merry Lynn Morris. From gifted musicians who are blind, to dancers with mobility differences, to emerging young artists with autism and Deaf dancers, “From Backstage to Center Stage 2022” celebrated diverse people and experiences. This dedicated Arts4All Florida program serves to recognize the outstanding accomplishments in the performing arts by renowned artists that have a disability. … Read More
By Kurt Loft. The war in Ukraine, a lingering pandemic, and spikes in the cost of living can strain anyone, so we seek relief amid the chaos. The right music provides it – sublime sounds that serve as a balm to soothe and nurture us. A pair of concerts aims to do precisely that, momentarily washing away our anxieties through the intimacy of the human voice. Or more correctly, voices. … Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. The works selected for this exhibition were produced from 1907-1972, spanning almost the whole of Picasso’s life. As Dalí Museum Director Dr. Hank Hine commented in his press preview remarks, “This show constitutes a retrospective of Picasso. You can get a feeling of this artist in his entirety from this exhibition.” And there’s a lot, to see, to absorb, to ponder – and in general, to marvel at someone whose name became synonymous with art making…. Read More
Pinellas County Students in Grades K-8 Celebrate Visual Movement . . . Through April 3 Free Creative Pinellas Gallery Details here . . . The Clearwater Arts Alliance in partnership… Read More
By Kurt Loft. Benny Goodman just might bend an ear this week. So will Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Miller and the Dorsey brothers. They all love the heavenly sounds of their big bands, and the players who keep their spirits alive today. One would be Chuck Owen, who celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Jazz Surge, a group he founded at the USF School of Music, where he established its first faculty post of Jazz Studies in the early 1980s…. Read More
The Dunedin Fine Art Center invites Bay area artists to create work that will be sold to benefit the people of Ukraine. “This beautiful, anonymous sunflower painting was amongst the many paintings donated for Trashy Treasures this year. It has inspired us to reach out to You, our favorite artists, to create a single sunflower painting on paper left over from Trashy Treasures.”… Read More
By Tom Winchester. Lately it seems like everything’s gone digital. Digital media rule. I’ve asked two Bay area artists about their current digital projects. Perry Neri is the Director of an online exhibition and archive platform called Refrigerator Poetry, and Maria Paula Garcés creates NFTs and offers courses on how to make them…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. There are gems from Picasso, Braque, Chagall, Miró, Léger, Renoir, Cézanne, Daumier and other masters of art history – and masterworks from more recent times by Sam Gilliam, Jim Dine, Kenneth Noland, Louisa Chase. Closer to home are Theo Wujcik, Christopher Still, Tom Kettner. Who knew this little outpost in Tarpon has been harboring such treasures in its vault?… Read More
In celebration of Women’s History Month, a stellar jazz band featuring Valerie Gillespie on saxophone and vocals, Judi Glover on piano, Patricia Dean on drums and vocals, and guest vocalists Rose Bilal, Lorri Hafer and Belinda Womack will perform at the Palladium’s Hough Hall…. Read More
By Margo Hammond. Jack Kerouac would have turned 100 this month, but he’s never really grown old, has he? He died more than a half a century ago at age 47 in St. Petersburg – but, thanks to photographs and the work he left behind, he is fixed in our minds as that young man with a full shock of hair, seated on a poetry stool, reciting poems to jazz in San Francisco…. Read More
