As an Emerging Artist Grantee, I was paired with a mentor to guide and share professional insight as I create work and form relationships with the community of artists in… Read More
Meet My Mentor, Brenda McMahon
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Difficulty Creates Inspiration.
After receiving numerous inquiries about my inspiration, I want to share that there are countless avenues that fuel my creative process. I will delve into this topic in various blog… Read More
Migrations & Other Exiles
By Letisia Cruz. Many of the poems in “Migrations & Other Exiles” began as a way of revisiting and acknowledging the violence of my youth without fear or judgment. They explore minority women’s issues, immigration and exile, my father’s murder, my mother’s experience with domestic violence, and the relationships of my youth…. Read More
Focusing on Foundation
By Laura Kepner. Tommy Bell is a musician, teacher, stand-up-comedian – and he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t a visual artist. “It’s been all kinds of art on and off since I was born, really.” Bell teaches at the Morean Arts Center and believes foundation must be the initial focus in any creative endeavor…. Read More
Finding the voice that’s my own
I have talked a lot about symbols, language and lexicon in my statements and blogs. My totems and repeated iconography were once my very own. no one else was doing… Read More
An Ace up one’s sleeve
Blog Post 5 – Agueda Zabisky My journey with the Creative Pinellas project has been both challenging and valuable. I’m more organized than I ever thought possible (nothing close to… Read More
The figure, the heart of my work.
The human figure is the heart of my work. Using heavily saturated oil paint, I combine color blocking and loose, dynamic lines to create a wonky figure that looks neither… Read More
Fame and Legacy in Modern Art
By Margo Hammond. Edward Hopper’s name is instantly recognizable while Guy Pène du Bois is virtually unknown. Why do some artists stand the test of time while others fall into obscurity? The Polk Museum of Art tries to answer that question in its current exhibit of works by these two lifelong friends who came to fame together in the 1920s – and have never been exhibited together before. … Read More
Celebrating St. Pete’s Arts Community
By Tracy Kennard. For the past nine years, the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance has been celebrating the diversity of arts and culture in St. Petersburg and paying tribute to the remarkable talent and variety you can discover around every corner of our amazing city. And each year, The MUSE Awards celebrate six outstanding artists and arts supporters…. Read More
It’s Always We
By Jennifer Ring. What do we become when we work together? That’s the question at the heart of Saudade Toxosi’s SOONOQO: We become body in waves of light and sound at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center. It’s also at the heart of Toxosi’s curatorial practice in general…. Read More
