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
Rachel Stewart is a sculptor and printmaker concentrating on experimental prints using her relief sculptures as a matrix for her prints. She received a BFA in sculpture from Boston University… Read More
By Danny Olda. There are no maybes in etching.
There are literally no gray areas. Each stroke is either made or not made – there is only ink or bare paper. The exhibition “Defining Lines” features prints and drawings from Maxime Lalanne’s career, which stretched from 1850 until his death in 1886. The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg now holds one of the world’s largest collections of the artist’s work…. Read More
By Jake-ann Jones. Through photos, spoken word and sound, four artists will weave together an evening that examines the Salt Creek area of south St. Petersburg, during TAKE ME TO THE WATER(S), an exhibit at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg that considers the environment and ecology, urban development, community, gentrification, and race and class issues that surround the Salt Creek area…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. The works selected for this exhibition were produced from 1907-1972, spanning almost the whole of Picasso’s life. As Dalí Museum Director Dr. Hank Hine commented in his press preview remarks, “This show constitutes a retrospective of Picasso. You can get a feeling of this artist in his entirety from this exhibition.” And there’s a lot, to see, to absorb, to ponder – and in general, to marvel at someone whose name became synonymous with art making…. Read More
The Dunedin Fine Art Center invites Bay area artists to create work that will be sold to benefit the people of Ukraine. “This beautiful, anonymous sunflower painting was amongst the many paintings donated for Trashy Treasures this year. It has inspired us to reach out to You, our favorite artists, to create a single sunflower painting on paper left over from Trashy Treasures.”… Read More
By Tom Winchester. Lately it seems like everything’s gone digital. Digital media rule. I’ve asked two Bay area artists about their current digital projects. Perry Neri is the Director of an online exhibition and archive platform called Refrigerator Poetry, and Maria Paula Garcés creates NFTs and offers courses on how to make them…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. There are gems from Picasso, Braque, Chagall, Miró, Léger, Renoir, Cézanne, Daumier and other masters of art history – and masterworks from more recent times by Sam Gilliam, Jim Dine, Kenneth Noland, Louisa Chase. Closer to home are Theo Wujcik, Christopher Still, Tom Kettner. Who knew this little outpost in Tarpon has been harboring such treasures in its vault?… Read More
Renee Piechocki is passionate about developing projects and initiatives to engage artists and communities in the public realm. She is an artist, public art consultant, and arts advocate. She founded… Read More
By Alexander Rivera. A moment that grounded me in a reality that comprises multiple realities, was when I walked through the Bosco Sodi exhibit currently on display at the University of South Florida’s Contemporary Art Museum. … Read More