By Sara Ries Dziekonski. These are wonderful poems from Keep St Pete Lit writing class participants from the Gulfport Senior Center. Their poems explore aging, loss, family history, and so much more. These women inspire me and I hope you enjoy these poems as much as I do!… Read More
Genre: Gulfport
St. Pete City of Writers is a Poetry Takeover
By Amanda Hagood. St. Pete Poet Laureate Gloria Muñoz hopes the partnerships she’s building through the City of Writers Festival will last long after National Poetry Month has come and gone. She would like to see St. Pete become a city that celebrates not just the visual arts, but its rich literary culture as well…. Read More
How Has Your Artistic Practice Changed During the Pandemic?
January 12, 2020 How Has Your Artistic Practice Changed and what have you discovered? . . . It’s a challenging time for artists, but creative work continues. The Arts Coast… Read More
Paradise Found – Take a Book. Leave a Book.
. . . “I have always imagined Paradise as a kind of library.” I thought of that quote by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges when all the public libraries were… Read More
Arts In – Cora Marshall
February 23, 2020 Cora Marshall can express herself in almost any medium. That’s thanks to teaching high school art for many years, where she had to show students how to… Read More
Pinellas County Center for the Arts is Training Professional Artists
February 19, 2020. . . This month’s Guest Editor, Bob Devin Jones, wants to celebrate Arts Education. He suggested that the Arts Coast Journal ask what kinds of arts careers… Read More
Victoria Jorgensen on Filmmaking both Analog and Digital, and the Wild Early Days of USF
Victoria Jorgensen on Filmmaking both Analog and Digital, and the Wild Early Days of USF You can hear this whole conversation on Arts In, the Creative Pinellas podcast here On… Read More
Pinellas Artists You Want More People to Know About
I would like to suggest Neverne Covington. For an artist with a long-standing presence in St. Petersburg, Neverne has not gotten the attention that I think her work deserves. Deeply… Read More
Welcome to the Arts Coast Journal
Letter from the Editor August 7, 2019 | By Sheila Cowley Welcome to the Arts Coast Journal, a new name and new focus for the Creative Pinellas online… Read More
Arts In – Akiko Kotani
Arts In: Akiko Kotani Akiko Kotani’s art embodies the surprising power and attraction of simplicity. Imagination and a sense of play infuse her work, ranging from miniatures to the striking… Read More