Music Can Do Anything. It might seem strange for a writer to say, but I believe music was my first voice; my dad was a jazz pianist, and sitting on… Read More
Music Can Do Anything
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
MATH CLASS IS TOUGH
Do you remember that Teen Talk Barbie Doll from the early 90s that was promptly removed from shelves after accusations of sexism? She had an embedded speaker that said, “Math… Read More
Rodin at The Polk Museum
By Kurt Loft. The famed French sculptor Rodin, who created the iconic “The Thinker,” takes center stage through the end of October at the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College in Lakeland. The free exhibition, Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams, includes 40 works from the acclaimed B. Gerald Cantor Collections. It marks the largest installation of sculptures in the museum’s history…. Read More
Celeste Davis Shares Her Vision
By Jake-ann Jones. Celeste Davis became executive director of Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts (TBBCA) in February of 2021, bringing decades of professional design experience along with an insightful curatorial eye. She points to the growing appreciation of both established and contemporary Black artists and their work coming to area museums as “a natural experience for curators, for visitors, for everyone to think more broadly, more diversely, more inclusively…. Read More
At the planning stage…
WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK?
Let’s chat about erotica. You may already be aware of Bands of a Small Hurricane, my next literary fiction release due out in just a few months, Oct 4. But… Read More
Storytelling
The Greatest Joys As an actor, I live my craft as a storyteller. The characters I play help to tell a part of a larger story peopled by other characters… Read More
On set at the St. Pete Pier
This week I went into filming for my short dance film, the project for which my Creative Pinellas Grant is funding. It is a solo work that I am dancing… Read More
Lifting Nonprofits and Showcasing Local Artists
By Laura Kepner. “We bring people together,” says Jennifer Malin of Community Foundation Tampa Bay. “We work with philanthropists who invest their money with us and we match them with a community need.” CFTB’s newest space at 110 Central Avenue in downtown St. Pete is dedicated to showcasing local art. Right now their space hosts paintings by Nathan Beard, works by Nick Davis and a permanent mural by Ya La’Ford…. Read More
Art Judge
In Winter Haven there is a small but lucrative gallery called Ridge Art Association. To the wider art establishments in the state of Florida it is an insignificant place, yet… Read More
