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
Genre: Tarpon Springs
Material Mastery
By Emily Lee Stehle. On exhibit at the Leepa-Rattner is an unusual sharing of work that showcases the Permanent Collection of Florida CraftArt alongside the museum’s permanent collection and works from the late Gulf Coast Museum of Art. There’s much to see and enjoy…. 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
Compassion for Caregivers
By Skyla Luckey. SAGES – Plays with Purpose, is sharing free performances of “Memory Lane” this month – to let caregivers of loved ones with memory loss know they’re not alone, and there are resources to help. … Read More
The Gifts of the Grant
By Pamela J. Trow. Thank you for the gifts the NEA/Pinellas Recovers Grant bestowed on me. It was a gift to be a footbridge for an issue of great importance to so many of us. The children who attended the workshops provided a special gift – the gift of hope for our future…. Read More
Libraries – What Heaven May Look Like
By Margo Hammond Public Libraries What Heaven May Look Like . . . “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of a Library.” — Jorge Luis Borges… Read More
Tarpon Springs Replay Amusement Museum Serves up Family Fun
By Susan Giles Wantuck Tarpon Springs Replay Amusement Museum Serves up Family Fun . . . You can hear an audio version of this story with all the wild gaming… Read More
Studying Self-Portraits to Improve Our Selfies
By Margo Hammond Seeing “I” . . . Is that selfie you just took a work of art? “Art historians and curators are going to hate me for this but,… Read More
Pinellas Trail Mural Project
Pinellas Trail Mural Project . . . Creative Pinellas and Pinellas County recently hired muralists to create four new murals along the Pinellas Trail. The project is funded by the Pinellas… Read More