By Margo Hammond. A new, free exhibit at the Dalí Museum is entitled “Leonora Carrington: Writer, Painter, Visionary.” Note the label “Writer” comes before “Painter.”… Read More
The Feminist Surrealist
Genre: St Pete
Celebrating Spanish Language and Culture at the Dalí
The Dalí Museum celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with programs for all ages – including talks, tours, dance lessons, music and bilingual children’s books, and many events for Spanish speakers…. Read More
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
