Letter from the Editor Arts Excellence: The Cause of and Solution to Contemporary Art’s Problems by DANNY OLDA, May 11, 2018 A future history will tell us whether this is… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
The Art of Courageous Conversation
In today’s challenging times and in light of news of severe budget cuts to the arts and other quality-of-life-enhancing programs, is a courageous conversation about inequalities and injustices needed more than ever now in Tampa Bay arts venues?
A Woman Champion in the Business of Supporting the Arts
Doug Wright’s “Flight” featured at the 2018 TBBCA Chalk Walk. A Woman Champion in the Business of Supporting the Arts by STEPHANIE POWERS In times like these, when art doesn’t… Read More
Meeting Curatorial Challenges
Meeting Curatorial Challenges Curator as Mediator by DANNY OLDA Though making no art, a curator has a special, even creative hand in art developing exhibitions. Works of art bear their… Read More
Rage against ‘The Machine’ at freeFall
The Machine Stops brings us a historic Tomorrowland with superb performances and a few surprise appearances.
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Three Ideas Surface to Create Swimming
Three Ideas Surface to Create Swimming Three ideas surfaced and came together to create ‘Swimming on the Surface of the Sun’. I had an already primed piece of board and… Read More
Famous Florida Storyteller’s 1st Story Is Published
Zora Neale Hurston’s BARRACOON. A good stew needs a lot of stirring to keep the bottom from sticking. That about sums up my efforts – started in 1989 until 2008 –… Read More
Interview with Courtney Alexander, Creator of Dust II Onyx
The artist muses on the freedoms of being a Florida-based artist, what she loves about USF’s fine arts program and her tarot paintings.
Levitant
Hackenwerth Blog post 4 In addition to the sculpture installations I did this spring, I was also very busy doing some long needed improvements to my yard. Thanks to hurricane… Read More
Amanda Thompson | The Artist Behind the Developer
A civic leader inspires her colleague — and the downtown district that she’s working to rejuvenate.
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