July 31, 2020 | By Kurt Loft Sunday, August 9 Downtown St. Pete Opera companies and orchestras across the country have fallen silent in the year of coronavirus, unable to… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
The Portrait Project- part 2- Women’s Caucus for Art
Portrait Project, Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Petersburg, Fl, chapter, watercolor and interview of Dr. Nancy Bryant, ophthalmologist, with comments on women’s suffrage, racism, community, education, wisdom, fine art, feminist,art, racism, black women… Read More
July 26, 2020 Saw Palmetto
Saw Palmetto By Joseph Weinzettle Saw Palmetto is a species of shrub that has existed in Florida since the Oligocene Epoch (33.9 to 23 mya). It is a foundation plant… Read More
Listen Up Film Series presents We Are Little Zombies
By Lea Umberger You may have heard/ read in my previous blog that Listen Up Film Series hit it 2nd Anniversary and we are celebrating by teaming with Oscilloscope Laboratories… Read More
From Failure to Success. (Blog post #12)
From Failure to Success. By Steven Kenny You may remember my blog post #6 titled Failure. In it I talked about a commissioned portrait that was ultimately rejected by… Read More
It’s Always About Time
SPARKS INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT BLOG #5 July 24, 2020 It’s Always About Time Paula Kramer . . . “Time is something I’m not a part of, anymore. It’s a rushing river… Read More
“No Friend but the Mountains” Befriends Award Committees
Behrooz wrote No Friend but the Mountains on his smartphone, sending lengthy .pdf’s to his translator and editors in secret; twice his phones were stolen, but nobody realized what was on them. Then he used WhatsApp, again, under concealment, to discuss edits, publications, and receive awards…. Read More
Pinewoods Overstory and Understory July 19, 2020
Pinewoods – overstory and understory By Joseph Weinzettle Florida pinewoods present two very different compositions to the plein-air artist: the overstory and the understory. My plein-air studies took place in… Read More
A Musicians Life Part XII
This has been a particularly difficult week as the nation begins to plan for the possible re-opening of schools and universities. I find myself consumed with navigating through the many… Read More
Mentorship through Music
Mentorship through Music By Erol Ozsever I moved to Florida in 2013 knowing only a handful of people. One of the first people I connected with was Del Couch. He… Read More
