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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
UNUSUAL CHARACTERIZATION
Characterization in writing should go beyond height and hair color. If you’re doing your job as an author, it should go beyond personality traits and predilections as well. Consider this… Read More
Accomplished Artists in Dialogue About Important Subjects.
By Robin O’Dell. This exhibition is a must-see for anyone interested in photography, and everyone who wants to see accomplished artists in dialogue about important subjects. This work matters. And in my opinion, Dawoud Bey’s giant dark photographs of places in Ohio thought to be locations on the Underground Railroad make it worth coming to this exhibition – because no image in a book or screen could ever compare to the subtle visceral beauty of these prints…. Read More
RECAP: PAG Conversation #1
I enjoyed participating in the PAG Conversation on July 13th, 2022. It was inspiring to check-in with and conduct a dialogue with the other amazing and immensely talented grantees. I… Read More
Art Supplies and Things Part 1
Get art supplies by just giving a donation of any amount! Really? Yes, at Creative Clay on First Ave. South St. Petersburg. They have a thrift store of art materials…. Read More
Robyn Crosa’s Artist Talk is Online
By Robyn Crosa. Visual artist Robyn Crosa gave an Artist Talk earlier this month at the Largo Public Library, to talk about her Gourdgeous Goddess Gals exhibit, on display at the library through July 29. You can see a video of her talk here, along with a Spanish interpreter. During the presentation she also sings the traditional song, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” and reads a children’s book based on the song…. Read More
The Studio@620 at 18
By Margo Hammond. While the world outside The Studio@620’s doors has changed in the past 18 years, not much has changed inside The Studio. Events still carry a spirit that makes everyone feel welcome — and invariably there is something good to eat. The staff has stayed small – Bob Devin Jones, managing director Marcus Wehby and marketing and administrative director Coralette Damme – aided by an impressive posse of volunteers and Jones’ trademark “the answer is always yes.” … Read More
Celebrating Visual Literacy
By Robin O’Dell. Each year the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts empowers students and teaches critical thinking through photography. They celebrates the work done by these students with an exhibition of almost 500 photographs in the Community Gallery at the Museum, with highlights available online. This allows us a thrilling insight into the mind and experiences of a child…. Read More
No Place Like Home
There Really Is… No place like home. It is the place we crave (whether we crave the reality or the memory or the fantasy of “home”) when things are not… Read More
Young Performers Take the Stage
By Gabrielle Reeder. St. Pete City Theatre hosts junior summer productions to promote the passion for live theatre and introduce children to the importance of the arts. On July 15, the organization graced the stage with a group of talented kids between the ages of seven and 14 for Seussical Jr. – illuminating Dr. Seuss’s work and entertaining an audience of over 200…. Read More
