It’s not easy to earn a living as a full-time artist. We asked a range of visual, literary and performing artists how they made the transition to a full-time career… Read More
Transitioning to “I Don’t Have a Day Job!”
Genre: ACM
Carole Lyles Shaw – Modern Quilter
Through March 2 Art Center Sarasota Details here As a contemporary African American artist, I joyously live and work at the intersection of multiple worldviews and cultural legacies. In my… Read More
Outstanding Robert Rauschenberg Exhibit at USF
By Tony Wong Palms. THIS is the way to start the year! The USF Contemporary Art Museum’s “OFFSET” – celebrating Robert Rauschenberg’s long and influential creative life. … Read More
Writing in Paradise
By Ashlyn Fransen. Writers in Paradise at Eckerd College is widely renowned in the literary community. Visiting author Luis Alberto Urrea said, “There’s a palpable love in this space that you don’t find at other conferences.”… Read More
Carole Rosefelt’s Bold Abstracts
By Carole Shelton. Carole Rosefelt has been a visual artist for over 70 years. The current exhibition at St Pete ArtWorks is a slice from her artistic life – large contemporary canvases that explore geometric composition with a touch of nature… Read More
A Museum Opening in the Florida Everglades
By Tony Wong Palms. The exhibition “We Are Still Here, The Continuing Story of the Miccosukee Tribe” at Museum of the Everglades covers the Miccosukee people’s long struggles, survivals, and thriving against all odds…. Read More
Resiliency, History and When They Collide
By Dacia K. Jackson. Dr. Dallas Jackson shares how the Florida Highwaymen’s art bridged impressionism and surrealism – and created the backbone to resilience…. Read More
The Science of Music
By Kurt Loft. “We’re translating trends of scientific data for the human ear,’’ says Heather O’Leary, a USF anthropologist who spearheads a project that’s creating music from marine science data. … Read More
Don Giovanni – Amorous Escapades and the Gates of Hell
By Kurt Loft. “Don Giovanni” is Mozart’s jocular drama about the amoral but often amusing adventures of an adulterous cad, but the opera is essentially about women and their reactions to male behavior…. Read More
Letterpress: A Multi-Sensory Experience
. . . One of the things that keeps me coming back to Letterpress in my art practice is the way it engages my senses. When much of my day… Read More
