By Cameron Healy. What started as a small event for New York artists to connect turned into a nonprofit organization expanding across the country — including a chapter in St. Pete. The mission statement of Artists For Impact is “providing a platform for artists and giving back to the communities around us.”… Read More
Genre: Visual Arts
An Art Business with a Software Model
By Jennifer Ring. Despite the enormous role that artists have played in the beautification of St. Pete, many are still struggling to leave their day jobs and pursue art full-time. Curators & Co. rents local art to local businesses for a monthly fee – helping artists make a living through… Read More
A Good Old-Fashioned Metal Shop with Affordable Studio Space in Dunedin
By Jennifer Ring. Visiting Bill Coleman’s Institute for Creative Arts is like taking a trip to a bygone area — a time when people fixed things instead of discarding them, studio space was still available and affordable in Dunedin, people didn’t have websites and… Read More
The Expanding World of Digital Artists
By Mikhail Mansion. Algorithm art, an artmaking technique with roots stretching back to the Islamic golden age, took on fresh meaning with the advent of computers in the mid-20th century. Computers provided artists with a novel framework to give shape to abstract visual systems … Read More
Replanting Family Trees
By Citlali Morales. Alyssa Osceola is from the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation in South Florida. She is currently pursuing a BFA in Illustration at Ringling College of Art & Design, with work in the “Reclaiming Home: Contemporary Seminole Art” exhibition at the Ringling … 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
Asking the Right Questions
Creative Pinellas CEO Barbara St. Clair announced that she’ll be retiring from her role at the end of this year. Today we celebrate her role as an arts advocate – and the pleasantly surprising conversations she’s recorded with a wide range of artists on the Arts In podcast. … Read More
Exploring USF’s Public Art Collection
This Saturday, University of South Florida students lead a free guided walking tour of the rich landscape of public art installations on the Tampa campus. The Public Art program at USF focuses on site responsive works that create places, not just objects…. Read More
Celebrating Women in Art History
Creative Clay’s Women in Art History exhibit celebrating Women’s History Month, features the women artists of Creative Clay. “The intention of this exhibit is to honor and elevate the women artists of our time – as well as the women artists of the past – who have often been under-recognized and marginalized”… Read More
The Art of Gardens
In the upside-down world of Florida’s climate, winter is the time to be outside – and celebrate the art of gardening. We asked a range of artists to share a favorite place or plant or natural moment – and as ever, received a beautiful bloom of responses…. Read More