By Alyssa Sotelo. For Poetry Appreciation Month, I could not wait to attend the jazz and poetry celebration presented by the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association… Read More
An Arts Collaboration for Jazz and Poetry Appreciation Month
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SHAMc Launches First CommUNITY Art Day
By Laura Kepner. Safety Harbor Art and Music Center welcomed artists of all ages to the center’s first monthly CommUNITY Art Day…. Read More
Feel-Good Arts Recommendations
We live in a stressful world! And the arts can help. We asked Arts Coast readers what arts they turn to when they need some comfort, or just need a laugh – for this wonderful collection of feel-good arts… Read More
Old Box #11: Bothering the World and Being Bothered by It Because Reality is Alive!
Both in the red and both in the ring, both an Other versus another, the new bot that is always there, there in the black and white where the broth… Read More
The Business of Art: Some “Take-Aways”
I decided several years ago to move from the realm of just painting art into the business of selling my art. It’s two completely different activities and each one has… Read More
Experimental Erasure
We are wrapping up our Emerging Artist Grant, we’ve delivered all the work to the gallery, shared event information with interested parties, and are awaiting opening night. I am excited… Read More
Obtained, Exchanged, Stolen, Valued, and Collected
Material possessions often act as both symbols of wealth and markers of individual achievement. Pictures adorned with opulent goods serve as commemorative monuments to prosperity, while taste and consumption are… Read More
Analog Print in a Post-Digital World
Choosing to work in analog print mediums in 2024 doesn’t mean I’m a Luddite who opposes technology. In fact, much of my work is facilitated by the internet. Through online… Read More
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Print in Practice
Working as a print and book artist and operator of a community print shop, I’m conscious of the resulting waste and carbon and water footprint. According to Temporary Services in… Read More
Beauty in the Community – The Tampa Bay Chalk Festival
By Jake-ann Jones. Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project (PDAP) is hosting the second annual free Tampa Bay Chalk Festival on Saturday, May 4… Read More
