Although it is 2022, rich memories still linger for the Black population who grew up in segregated south St. Petersburg. Today gentrification has removed or “silenced” much of the historic… Read More
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Entries for the Arts Coast Magazine
Without Words
A surprising and beautiful thing happened when I attended our 2021-2022 Emerging Artists Opening Exhibition. Despite having had the pleasure of meeting our fellow grantees (as much as possible due… Read More
As One with the Music
Well, I’m off my stint with Mountain Movers and I’m already prepping for my time in Hawaii this June. As I’ve stated in previous posts, I’m headed to the… Read More
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: BANDS OF A SMALL HURRICANE
It’s frequently said that in order to have a successful career as an author, you must release at least one book a year. I just barely made the deadline! “Thieves,… Read More
Creating ‘Rise’
Last year, master sculptor Mark Aeling and St. Petersburg Poet Laureate Helen Pruitt Wallace collaborated on a powerful project in the Warehouse Arts District that remembers 9/11, and how to begin again. On this Memorial Day weekend, Mark and Helen share their thoughts, and all the work behind Rise…. Read More
Atlas
It fascinates me how so many of our creation myths, passed down from generation to generation in all corners of the world, resemble each other in so many ways. What… Read More
Ukraine
I have watched my family’s home, birth country and lives lost over the last 92 days with the gruesome and horrific scenes live streamed 24/7. It is heartbreaking and I… Read More
Designing the New
By Margo Hammond. When I say Charles Rennie Mackintosh, what comes to mind? High-backed chairs? Yes, there are plenty of them included in Designing the New: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style, the special exhibit at the Museum of American Arts and Craft Movement in St. Pete. But those stark, giraffesque chairs are only a fraction of the unique creations by the Scottish designer… Read More
UNDER PRESSURE
The series I worked on for the 2022 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibition was called UNDER PRESSURE. The UNDER PRESSURE series is meant to represent not only the societal pressures… Read More
A Muse Of Fire
I am beginning a new work. The story is based in autobiography. My father was violently killed when I was nine. I was with him at the time. I experienced… Read More
