The time has finally come. I attended so many events downtown, and I admired the artists who were bringing their own tent and selling their work. A couple months back… Read More
My First Event As A Vendor!
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Celebrating 20 Years of Masterworks
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
Traveling and Art Festivals
There’s a whole vibrant culture around craft and art festivals. Vendors and attendees alike share a passion for both beautiful art and community. My very first art festival as… Read More
Women of Jazz XVI
In celebration of Women’s History Month, a stellar jazz band featuring Valerie Gillespie on saxophone and vocals, Judi Glover on piano, Patricia Dean on drums and vocals, and guest vocalists Rose Bilal, Lorri Hafer and Belinda Womack will perform at the Palladium’s Hough Hall…. Read More
2021, My Insane Year of Art
Read How I Got Into The Arts Here: Read Part 1 Here: How I Got Into the Arts Part I: College and Jewelry Read Part 2 Here: How I Got Into the… Read More
Experience Live Model Casting
MUSE Awards 2022 One of my main reasons for starting these body castings was to help women (whether they are the models posing for the work, or a woman admiring… Read More
Jack Kerouac at 100
By Margo Hammond. Jack Kerouac would have turned 100 this month, but he’s never really grown old, has he? He died more than a half a century ago at age 47 in St. Petersburg – but, thanks to photographs and the work he left behind, he is fixed in our minds as that young man with a full shock of hair, seated on a poetry stool, reciting poems to jazz in San Francisco…. Read More
Brewer’s “Hot Walk” Encircles An Unspoken Center
By Amanda Sieradzki. Enter the elevator. Go up to the third floor. Walk down the long hallway. To the right, take another hallway that passes through a kitchenette into a large meeting area with a wall showcasing local artists’ work. Keep going…. Read More
My Career In Advertising
Right out of college I started working at an ad agency as an Art Director. It was at the beginning of when computers took over typesetting by hand. Which made… Read More
A Love Letter To My Mentors
Read How I Got Into The Arts Here: Read Part 1 Here: How I Got Into the Arts Part I: College and Jewelry Read Part 2 Here: How I Got Into the… Read More
