I’ve been using the writing portion of the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist 2024 Grant Cycle to tell my journey as an artist as well as publish updates about the grant… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Embracing Empowerment
The Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant experience is now in its final phase. My artwork for the long-awaited exhibition, which is only about a month away, is completed, including the… Read More
Old Box #8: Snap, Snap, Snap, Synaptic Slapstick Sneak Thief
You want to discuss the photograph, to hear about it. Ear Art. I want to discuss the creative process, visual timing, the galaxy behind my ball clock eyes. Equipment, don’t… Read More
Upcoming Jazz Concerts and Workshops
The 15th annual St. Petersburg Jazz Festival 2024 takes place April 1-6 with concert events and free jazz workshops. … Read More
BEACON ’24
By Helen French. This year’s BEACON dance performance features four world premieres, 20 dance artists, two local dance companies, two live musicians, one spoken word artist and one dance film…. Read More
Meat Your Maker at Eckerd College
By Tom Winchester. Jahcinda Law’s exhibition titled “Meat Your Maker,” recently on view at Eckerd College, brought together family heirlooms, ceramic trompe-l’oeils and cyanotypes that represent what it’s like to be a woman…. Read More
Terza Rima Anyone?
No, it’s not a fancy new cocktail or even a rich, continental dessert. Terza rima is a verse form. We associate its development with Dante writing the Divine Comedy in… Read More
Florida Man: Poems in the Courtyard
On Tuesday, March 12th, I launched Florida Man: Poems, Revisited (Burrow Press) with Chad Mize and Gloria Muñoz at Tombolo Books. The bookstore set up its glorious courtyard for the… Read More
From Poetry Prints to Greeting Cards
At the book launch Q&A for Florida Man: Poems, Revisited, Gloria Muñoz asked Chad Mize and me about our multiple artistic pursuits. Chad creates work from murals to merch, and,… Read More
Old Box #7: Fleeced by Repetition, The Love Song of Photo Op Prude Frock
You are my candy kitchen not my sweet and low religion, not my cold cut keeper. I kid you not. I’m here for the sundae, homemade in dairy heaven, not… Read More