By Carol Mickett. I knew as soon as I walked into The Visit, the first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. by Uruguayan-Spanish artist Yamandú Canosa, that I was not in the typical Museum show. It’s rare to find a show such as The Visit which quietly and simply creates a place. The entire show itself is generated from Canosa’s visit to the home of Salvador Dalí in Port Lligat, Spain. Canosa uses the home of Dalí and its landscape to construct a place of his own that pays homage to his visit and to his roots in Spanish art history and surrealism…. Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. It is all an adventurous, a celebratory, and a life preserving act when seeking out art – whether going couple of miles to galleries or museums in town, or a few thousand miles cross country, or over the ocean blue. A recent road trip had me driving from Tampa to Death Valley, where huge land art sites are dwarfed in an even more enormously vast untamed western landscape…. Read More
By Bob Devin Jones. I heard it, the chat that is life. I felt the sound come back to me, very slow and faint at first, then distinct, not really urgent – just rather incessant and oh so necessary…… Read More
As part of our June Arts and Healing focus with guest editor Gary Lemons, we asked a range of artists the questions that Gary proposed. What is your concept of an art “community” for building creative alliances with individuals across different identities? What are your thoughts about art as a creating form of inner healing and well-being? As ever, we got a beautiful and moving array of responses for you to explore…. Read More
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
Vital Arts Education Programs During the Pandemic . . . Arts education is always important – life-giving and life-changing. But the need for students of all ages to experience and… Read More
Todd Ramquist, Kiaralinda, & Heather Richardson founded the Safety Harbor Arts and Music Center (SHAMc). Notably, the dynamic and colorful mecca offers concerts, classes, poetry readings, umbrella parades, and more,… Read More
In March 2020, at the beginning of quarantine, I started a very meaningful series, my Home Series. Unable to attend in person class any longer, I had to get creative… Read More
The Books that Sparked You as a Kid . . . Some books stay with us, and which ones do is very personal. You may not know why you love… Read More
By Margo Hammond A Sense of Beauty . . . The first piece of furniture I ever bought — I was 12 — was a Mission bench. I paid $5… Read More
