I was invited to be a juror on September 1 for an exhibition at the Art Center Manatee in Bradenton. One hundred and fifty-one artists responded to the open invitation… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Zion Uncovered
In early 2000 I taught an art class while working with the Sulfur Springs non-profit art organization Community Stepping Stones. I taught art classes in a vacant apartment in Robles… Read More
Nova Musica
New Works by David Manson with O Som Do Jazz . . . September 15 at 7:30 pm Free Music Center at St. Petersburg College 6605 5th Ave N Details… Read More
Florida Crafts – Up Close and Personal
Metal artist Eric Folsom photo Florida CraftArt . . . Story and Photos by Emily Lee Stehle . . . Artists’ Workbench Demonstrations Show Art from Start to Finish …. Read More
Preparing For DARKMATTER
Planning for DARKMATTER started last year. It is hard to describe how much goes into planning for creating a sculpture or installation. Its even more mind-boggling when you throw in… Read More
Making The Sculptures
It’s a spiritual practice The process for making these large sculptures is arduous, back-breaking, and finger wrecking, but it is so so satisfying. Firstly I must say there is no… Read More
Amadeus Live!
By Kurt Loft. What if we were to experience the classic movie “Amadeus” through a flesh-and-blood orchestra as the film unfolds? That’s the point of Amadeus Live, when The Florida Orchestra and Master Chorale of Tampa Bay perform the soundtrack as the entire three-hour movie appears on screen at the Mahaffey Theater…. Read More
Two Sculptures One Life
How can art remind us of what matters more? Like so many people, I felt compelled to make work that would resonate the strong fracture in our society over the… Read More
The afroQuantum Experiences: Artmaker Talks, Episodes 1 – 3
One of the commitments for my artist laureate year has been hosting afroQuantum Experiences: ArtMaker Talks. afroQuantum is a term I think I made up – I say I “think” because I’ve… Read More
Afrofuturism: Art, Technology, Economics, Culture, past-future-now
I’m generally not interested in how people classify, label, or box-in my consciousness or unconscious…so it’s hard for me to initially get behind terms or labels for movements…even those formed… Read More
