Each summer while The Florida Orchestra is on hiatus my husband and I travel to North Carolina to play and teach at Eastern Music Festival, a summer music festival for… Read More
Performing chamber music at a summer music festival
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Healing Through Community Connection and Creativity
By Fatemah Tuwainah. I experienced Healing While Black 2023 last month after Dr. Ladonna Butler invited me to this 4-day event in St. Petersburg. Little did she know that her invitation was putting me on a path of regaining a piece of my soul, and hope. … Read More
Artists For Impact Gives Back to St. Pete
By Cameron Healy. What started as a small event for New York artists to connect turned into a nonprofit organization expanding across the country — including a chapter in St. Pete. The mission statement of Artists For Impact is “providing a platform for artists and giving back to the communities around us.”… Read More
The Building Blocks
I was fortunate to have a few really great English teachers during high school. I still recall many of the lessons on building well-constructed sentences and how that led to… Read More
An Art Business with a Software Model
By Jennifer Ring. Despite the enormous role that artists have played in the beautification of St. Pete, many are still struggling to leave their day jobs and pursue art full-time. Curators & Co. rents local art to local businesses for a monthly fee – helping artists make a living through… Read More
Preparing for a Solo Show!
Getting a solo show is a big honor, and something you want to build for rather than have too quickly in your career. If you are not prepared for a… Read More
Working from other people’s photos and copyright law
Almost every artist I know works from photos at some time or other. Most artists shoot photos that wind up being paintings, and some use photos culled from social media… Read More
The Artist and Her Symbols (Part 2)
Since I created the “Freebird” window sculpture in 2005, the bird has been a recurring symbol in my three-dimensional work. In 2012 while I was working full time as a… Read More
Dunedin Scottish Arts Foundation
A few weeks ago the Dunedin Scottish Arts Foundation held their Annual General Meeting to report on the past year’s activity to the local membership. I have been the president… Read More
Water, Women and Wu Wei
That’s a lot of W’s” but what these words also have in common is that they are what’s inspiring my latest work. Inspiration is what propels a work into existence,… Read More
