Public artist Douglas Kornfeld tells the fascinating tale of how he created vibrant public artworks in New Orleans that became symbols of the city, part of parades – and… Read More
Arts In Podcast – Douglas Kornfeld
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Books that Sparked You as a Kid
The Books that Sparked You as a Kid . . . Some books stay with us, and which ones do is very personal. You may not know why you love… Read More
Connecting Through Art
I started teaching the year my daughter left for college. I needed something to focus all of my nurturing tendencies on and teaching others my passion for art seemed the… Read More
A brutal but honest origin story — to understand the art, you must understand the artist.
As a kid in the early 60s, there was a blue carbon-copy page that would travel with my mom and I as we bounced from apartment to apartment and school… Read More
Judging Other People’s Writing
By Yuly Restrepo . . . On a few occasions, I’ve had the opportunity to act as a judge for other people’s writing. One of them is for the Tampa… Read More
Some of my work. . .
By David Manson . . . This is an energetic orchestral fanfare that I composed on a flight to San Francisco. The thematic material came to me during a nap… Read More
On Writing and Failure
By Chelsea Catherine . . . I found out that a book I had been working on for two years was not going to be published. After a slew of… Read More
Torched & Stapled
Sometimes you start a piece and just don’t know how to end it. But it all Comes together in the end! I created a partial body piece that showed a… Read More
Arts In Podcast – Kirk Ke Wang
. . . Abstract artist Kirk Ke Wang teaches at Eckerd College and his work is known internationally. His boldly abstract creations are colorful and striking – moving through painting,… Read More
Creative Pinellas to Receive $500,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan
Creative Pinellas is pleased to announce they are one of 66 local arts agencies nationwide to have been selected to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment… Read More
