By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. My kids and I squeezed in a visit to ARTours Clearwater, a journey through downtown Clearwater’s murals with augmented reality. On our technology-dependent tour, the tech gods were not with me – but you can enjoy the art regardless…. Read More
By Fatemah Tuwainah. Rico Gatson’s “Visible Time” exhibit at the USF Contemporary Art Museum gave me an experience I will never forget, because he made me see, feel, listen, and even touch history – and to search it…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. Organized by the Orlando Museum of Art, the ninth annual Florida Prize in Contemporary Art highlights artists living and practicing in all corners of Florida, including this year Akiko Kotani, the first Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate… Read More
By Jennifer Ring. How do we create a piece of art that connects with viewers? The answer lies in critique. Thanks to St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District Association, painter Carol Dameron now provides such critique sessions – aiming to raise the bar for visual art made in Pinellas County…. Read More
By Jennifer Ring. As development encroaches upon the Tampa Bay area’s natural beauty, plein air painter and instructor Shawn Dell Joyce hopes her work encourages local municipalities to continue preserving pocket parks – small patches of Florida wilderness…. Read More
Graduate of DuCret school of fine art in New Jersey 1976. For 30 years I worked in Manhattan as a freelance computer graphic artist for most television networks. We retired… Read More
Because of my upbringing, I was told from a very young age that I had to do something with my life that made money and art wasn’t it. I tried… Read More
I am a visual artist, based in Tampa Bay. My fascination with patterns, since childhood-such as observing the rows of pastries in a bakery case, the tracks left by sea… Read More
Heidi Stavinga is an Alcohol Ink artist, living and working in Dunedin, Mastering such simple mediums as alcohol and ink she creates dynamic pieces that transform seemingly ordinary subjects into… Read More
Amy is a St. Petersburg, Florida native. She was the 2022 Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Emerging Artist Award Recipient. She also had the honor of being a 2022 SHINE… Read More
