Ghost Stories Told in Fine Craft

By Emily Lee Stehle. Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? And right before Halloween, Florida CraftArt in downtown St. Pete brings the spooky stories and terrors of 38 visual artists to light…. Read More

A Harvest of Art Openings

By Tony Wong Palms. As the planet goes spiraling round and round, we watch the end of summer, another school year commencing, football season. . . and new exhibition openings in museums and galleries. … Read More

Make a Play Date at the Dunedin Fine Art Center

By Jennifer Ring. What does it mean to be playful with your art? The answer lies in a collection of visual art exhibits at the Dunedin Fine Art Center. “The creative process is based on play,” says exhibiting artist Nancee Clark. “That’s how the ideas fruit.”… Read More

Expanding Our Own Artistic Horizons

As the long hot summer grows longer and hotter, we asked a range of artists to share an artist, an art form, artwork or arts space in another country – that they love and want more people to know about…. Read More

Welcome to YOUR Arts Coast Cultural Plan

We will begin in early September to examine the current state of the arts in Pinellas County, while working over the next year to develop strategic initiatives designed specifically to positively impact our cultural institutions, residents, tourists, artists, and business community…. Read More

Weaving the World Into Being

By Tony Wong Palms. The ancient Egyptian goddess, Neith, associated with the spider, wove the world into existence. Weaving, knitting, macrame, crochet, sewing, stitching, embroidery, dyeing, quilting, smocking, draping, pleating, appliqué… are some of the techniques and methods fabric artists use – and some of the results are on exhibit in … Read More

Book Banning

By Margo Hammond. Lately I’ve been experiencing Yogi Berra’s déjà vu all over again, that dreaded sense of being caught up in an endless loop like in the movie “Groundhog Day.” Except in this loop, the events that are being repeated are getting scarier and scarier…. Read More

Dalí on the Fly

By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. Dropping off my children at school one day I noticed a shipping container in the parking lot and painted on the side read, “Dalí on the Fly” with a small rendering of a young Salvador Dalí clad in a blue sailor suit holding a hoop. “Wow look at that guys, you have a mobile Dalí art exhibition right here at your school!”… Read More

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