There are a gazillion platitudes out there about how to stay positive, rise above the noise and push on to ultimate victory. It’s at your fingertips, they say. It’s all… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
The Naked Truth About Art
By Margo Hammond. This past year two remarkable shows in St. Pete added to the long, illustrious history of arts and nudity. Both creatively confronted the naked truth about art – it’s supposed to be provocative…. Read More
Chamber Players pay tribute to often-ignored instrument
By Kurt Loft. If Rodney Dangerfield played the viola, he’d still use the same comic line – “I don’t get no respect.’’ Well, we say to hell with all that. And so did two famous composers, Mozart and Dvořák… Read More
Dalí & The Impressionists
By Tony Wong Palms. “Dali & The Impressionists” fills another gap in the ever-expanding library of exhibitions the Dalí Museum has developed, telling Dalí stories – from those who influenced him, to his own practice… Read More
Motherhood and the Pursuit of Self
So far I’ve briefly mentioned three chapters in my past; beginnings in Barbados, education in different states, and cultural studies in Newcastle upon Tyne. After these sojourns I… Read More
Old Box #6: Operating in the Impossible Comparative to Purposely Fail
Give or take a few of the sentences that include nothing but dialogue, the “he say she say” that frequently displaces imagery preventing a writer from inserting a picture into… Read More
Completing the Third and Last Painting
First, I have to say that I’ve learned a valuable lesson regarding the subject of stress. For the past several weeks, I’ve been thoroughly stressed out about completing the third… Read More
Florida Man: Poems on TV
In my family, Fox 13’s Linda Hurtado is iconic, so I was beyond honored to be a guest on her segment “Tampa Bay Reads.” The week before the release of… Read More
The Third Triptych Painting in Progress
As mentioned in my previous story, I am continuing to guide you, the reader, through the process of creating this third and final painting in the triptych series of “The… Read More
Visual Art for All Ages in Safety Harbor
By Harriet Monzon-Aguirre. Every year in the middle of springtime, Safety Harbor holds its Bloom n Chalk Fest bringing artists from around the country and state to decorate the sidewalks with beautifully rendered chalk art. … Read More