It’s 5:30pm, I get to the gallery early. Nobody is there yet. I finally enter, and I run to see my work hung. I am in shook. I feel proud,… Read More
Opening Night Was A Dream!
Archives: Articles
Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
White Paint
There is an old joke about sending your spouse to the art supply store for white paint… One of the fun curses of being in the arts is that learning… Read More
STANDING – A DanceWork honoring Ukraine
STANDING | May 7-8 | Mainstage Theater, Hillsborough Community College As I continue to develop my upcoming dance work titled STANDING in Moving Current Dance Collective’s performance of NewGrounds, I… Read More
Summer Reading
We buy them because we believe we are buying the time to read them. Ok campers, here is your summer reading list. The following is a short annotated bibliography of… Read More
Mainsail!
Artist talk with Javier T. Dones
How I got “hooked” on art
Hello, and welcome to my first blog as a 2022 Creative Pinellas Professional Artist Grant recipient. My name is Eileen Marquez, and I’m originally from Brooklyn, New York. My husband… Read More
eMotions of Water
Why do we as a species have this innate drive to flock to bodies of water? Oceans, lakes, waterfalls, even raindrops draw us to their surfaces. There’s the obvious,… Read More
Nature Journaling Event
By Carlene Cobb. One of 11 events offered by the 6th Annual SunLit Literary Festival held April 1–3 and produced by Keep St. Pete Lit was Nature Journaling at Sawgrass Lake Park. The activity was co-hosted by the St. Petersburg Audubon Society and led by Nature Writer Anda Peterson. Peterson’s 18 years’ experience as a writing instructor seemed to imbue her with a magic formula to successfully motivate students to try something new — walking in the woods, then writing, and then sharing their words…. Read More
STEPPING STONES: PATHS TO WRITING & THE BEST ADVICE I EVER RECEIVED (A MICRO MEMOIR IN 2 PARTS)
It’s interesting to stand right where you are in your career and look backward, noting all the stepping stones that paved your way. It’s a series of butterfly effects, tiny… Read More
