Creating ‘Rise’

Last year, master sculptor Mark Aeling and St. Petersburg Poet Laureate Helen Pruitt Wallace collaborated on a powerful project in the Warehouse Arts District that remembers 9/11, and how to begin again. On this Memorial Day weekend, Mark and Helen share their thoughts, and all the work behind Rise…. Read More

Picasso Tunes

By Peter Tush. April 19 from 5-6 pm, Free Zoom Event. Pablo Picasso often drew inspiration for his visual art from music and composers and transformed their sounds into visual events. In return, musicians and composers from Neil Diamond to the Modern Lovers, Coleman Hawkins to Adrian Belew, have repeatedly paid tribute to Picasso. … Read More

Daniel Mrgan’s “Community Garden” is Blooming

By Daniel Mrgan. A few springs ago, I started going to a neighborhood coffeeshop across the street from a lively community garden. I would take the window seat with a full view of the garden, usually with a book or a sketchbook in front of me. I became enchanted by this tiny plot of land and especially the community of gardeners around it. As the pages of my sketchbook filled up with doodles of fantastical fruits and flowers,… Read More

Painting the Park

The City of Safety Harbor and Safety Harbor Art and Music Center collaborated on “Paint the Park” on Saturday, March 26 – with professional artists and community volunteers working together to create murals at the Ian Tilmann Skatepark. The creative team included muralist Beth Warmath and mosaic artist Heather Richardson. Photos by Holly Apperson…. Read More

Creating Amidst Controversy

By Kayte and Adam Bush Creating Amidst Controversy . . . For ages, artists from Manet to Warhol have been creating works of art that were considered controversial – during… Read More

New SHINE Murals

You can explore these new public artworks, thanks to the SHINE Mural Festival and the St. Pete Arts Alliance. Most are located relatively near each other – and near many… Read More

Behind the Scene

By Teresa Mandala Behind the Scene . . . I get asked a lot about what I use to make my sgraffito work. Here, I’ll go over the materials and… Read More

Become a Creative Pinellas Supporter