The Slow Speed of Seeing

By Tony Wong Palms. If you like to experience culture shocks, eye-dilating vibrations and the relevance of your own thinkings, walk back and forth between the current displays at the Tampa Museum of Art – including Frontiers of Impressionism, a blast from a very revolutionary period in western art history’s past.

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A Look at DFAC’s Wearable Art 17

By Emily Lee Stehle. Say the words “Runway, Fashion Show and Dunedin Fine Art Center annual Wearable Art Show” and what do you have? A night of unusual, out-of-this-world strange designer outfits that probably would never see the light of day… only the bright lights of a runway!… Read More

Exploring a Cinematic Dreamscape

By Susana Darwin. Dreamlike and layered with references, Corazón Azul (Blue Heart, 2021) shows its audience a Cuba alien yet familiar.
Filmmakers Miguel Coyula and Lynn Cruz presented the film at Eckerd College’s free International Cinema Series… Read More

The Economic Impact of the Arts

By Cindy Stovall. Those of us who call Pinellas County home have witnessed firsthand the rapidly increasing influence of the arts in our communities. Now a nationwide study by Americans for the Arts proves it…. Read More

Exploring Pinellas Arts with Children

By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. My three children, my father and I decided to take on the Creative Pinellas arts scavenger hunt that takes you through cultural hotspots, renowned art galleries and hidden artistic gems throughout Pinellas County…. Read More

Creating a Shared Artistic Life

By Margo Hammond. Walking through the front door of Marie and Rusty Hammer’s house is like falling out of the wardrobe in The Chronicles of Narnia into a magical world of artistic imagination…. Read More

Exploring Afrofuturism This Month

By Fatemah Tuwainah. I shared a conversation with creative members of the Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project, who serve neighborhoods with art, love and healing in mind. This weekend begins their 2023 Tampa Bay Afrofuturism Festival… Read More

Celebrating the Power of Hispanic Art

By Yuly Restrepo. “The Hurricane Within” at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art illustrates the power and strength of Hispanic art through nature’s force and the vitality of these artists…. Read More

How an Oil Painting Comes to Life

By Steven Kenny. Have you ever visited an art museum, stood in front of an Old Master painting, and wished you could have looked over the artist’s shoulder and watched the evolution of that work of art from start to finish? What follows is my own process of creating an oil painting from beginning to end…. Read More

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