Back to School with Takeya Trayer

By Jennifer Ring. At work, Takeya Trayer encourages kids to tell their own stories, teaching animation camps for kids. Outside of work, she tells her own. The children’s book, “My Mommy is My Daddy” is Trayer’s way of introducing her nontraditional family to the world…. Read More

Musicians Tune Into Hidden Women of Baroque Music

By Kurt Loft. Baroque music “is relevant because in a way it’s new, with people hearing it for the first time,’’ says artistic director of St Pete Baroque, Dan Urbanowicz. “These instruments are outside anything most people know and most are very rare.’’… Read More

Visual Art and Yoga – A Potent Mix

By Margo Hammond. Four arty spaces in St. Petersburg mix yoga with art, a potent combination. The Studio@620, The Woodson African American Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts and The Dalí Museum all offer classes juxtaposing this ancient art with amazing visual artwork…. Read More

Banned Books Club for Kids

The African American Heritage Association announced the “I Love Banned Books” book club, which aims to combat educational censorship, will take place at St. Pete’s Tombolo Books starting in October. The book club is designed for children in the 1st through 12th grades and … 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

Emergence

If you didn’t get a chance to view the vibrant ArtOUT exhibit organized by the LGBTQ Resource Center at the Gulfport Library, we’re honored to publish the winning entries from this juried show, with statements from the artists. The theme of the show is “Emergence.”… Read More

Here We Stand at the MFA

By Tom Winchester. “Here We Stand” is a mid-career retrospective of photographs and collages by Ho-Chunk artist Tom Jones – offering a perspective of the Ho-Chunk, and the Native American identity as a whole, that’s altogether new…. Read More

Strings, Arts and Healing

The String & Art Fest brings culture to The Deuces on Saturday, August 19 – with a free performance by Fred Johnson on the Kora, with sound healers, West African Drums and storytelling. The event will share the healing power of music… Read More

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