By Carlene Cobb. Metal sculptures, ingeniously crafted by St. Petersburg’s late and beloved sculptor Paul Eppling, add art to your hike at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve…. Read More
Exploring Arts and Nature at Boyd Hill
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Please Rise, Miss Crit
By Margo Hammond. The international Creative Mornings organization asked St Pete visual artist Laura Spencer, aka Miss Crit, to create its January graphic. In addition to being a paid gig, her artwork is being seen across the globe…. Read More
Painting to Grow and Growing to Paint
At the end of December 2023, I completed the first painting in the series I’m creating for the upcoming Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibition. I documented that journey from initial… Read More
Reflecting on the Anthropocene
When I first learned about the proposed idea of the Earth entering a new geological epoch, transitioning from the Holocene to the Anthropocene, I was fascinated to be alive during… Read More
Old Box #5: My Sun Daze Obsession, A Fable
It’s easy to make a Sunday. All you need is faith, the desire to explore the invisible geometry and the forced matrimony between stages of light. In an old box,… Read More
Telling A Story
A Good Story Seven-year-old Vilemina and I sat down to write a story. “I don’t know,” she began. “Well, I suggested, “Let’s think about what happened this week. What do… Read More
Exploring the Arts Annual
Exploring the current Arts Annual exhibit as sculptor Don Gialanella shares how he developed his new large-scale work, “Climate Change Evolution.”… Read More
Old Box #4: Loco Foto Motion
One of my favorite, normal Florida things to do is to drive from St. Pete to Amtrak’s Tampa Union Station, park my car in the weakly fenced lot, take the… Read More
Old Box #3: Temporal Slices of Literacy
I hate bookshelves but that has not always been the case. I once had an apartment with a full bookcase of shelves built into the wall––one end of the main… Read More
Meeting My Mentor Maureen McDole
As part of the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant, grantees are paired with mentors. I think it’s only fitting to use alliteration in the title of this article because my… Read More
