Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
By Cindy Stovall. Arts patrons know Beth Gelman as the former Executive Director of the Florida Holocaust Museum – and now Senior Director of Arts and Cultural Programming at the Gallery at Creative Pinellas. She’s also a veteran Equity actor with an incredible singing voice – and she’s onstage right now playing Emma Goldman in Ragtime… Read More
Hi Everyone! As we’re getting things prepped and ready for the show opening, I wanted to show you all my teeny-tiny studio space! Because I’ve been working at the University… Read More
By Steven Kenny. Having a museum retrospective of my paintings spanning almost 20 years brings up a wide array of introspective feelings – not to mention logistical hurdles – culminating in what is perhaps the highlight of my career to date…. Read More
Above is a photo of my music stand with a sampling of three challenging works I have performed or will be performing with The Florida Orchestra on concerts in April… Read More
By Tony Armer. Here are some highlights I’m looking forward to at this weekend’s Sunscreen Film Festival, and the array of top-quality workshops… Read More
I mentioned in my first post that the Dunedin Highland Games and Festival was held on Saturday, April 1, 2023. One of the fantastic components of the Games is the… Read More
By Cindy Stovall. Each Spring since 2015, a cast of Tampa Bay’s premier dancers takes the stage at the Palladium, led by Beacon co-founders Helen French and Lauren Slone. The name is apt because this event literally shines a ‘beacon’ of light – of excellence – on dance in the Tampa Bay area…. Read More
When we think of art, we often think of the end product; the painting hanging on the wall, the performance, the piece of music. Art is also the production-the process-the… Read More
By Margo Hammond. In the past six months, four one-actor plays have been mounted at The Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, all starring Pinellas actors. All four were mesmerizing theatrical experiences – a single actor holding us enthralled in a darkened space…. Read More
Creative Pinellas CEO Barbara St. Clair announced that she’ll be retiring from her role at the end of this year. Today we celebrate her role as an arts advocate – and the pleasantly surprising conversations she’s recorded with a wide range of artists on the Arts In podcast. … Read More
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