Presented by the Woodson African American Museum of Florida and Creative Pinellas, iMAGiNE NATiON invites you to step into the boundless world of artist iBOMS, where imagination is redefined as an infinite, unexplored land—a motherland of knowledge and the birthplace of spirituality, science, art, and philosophy. … Read More
iBOMS: iMAGiNE NATiON Opening Reception
Join us for the opening of iMAGiNE NATiON, presented by the Woodson African American Museum of Florida and Creative Pinellas. Explore iBOMS’ limitless landscape of imagination, where ideas become vibrant creations through graphite, spray paint, resin, and more. Meet the artist behind this extraordinary exhibition!… Read More
Source of All Hair, Wearer of All Socks Opening Reception
Join us for the opening reception of Source of All Hair, Wearer of All Socks, an extraordinary exhibition by Nigerian Sri Lankan artist Sam Modder. Through mural-sized ballpoint pen drawings,… Read More
Source of All Hair, Wearer of All Socks
Source of All Hair, Wearer of All Socks, an exhibition by Nigerian Sri Lankan artist Sam Modder, presents larger-than-life Black female figures in fantastical realms that blend childhood wonder with themes of power and resilience. Through digitally manipulated, mural-sized drawings, Modder’s work reimagines oppressive structures, inviting viewers to reflect on resistance and strength…. Read More
Cigar City: Tales from a 1980s Creative Ghetto – Paul Wilborn
Excerpt from: Cigar City: Tales from a 1980s Creative GhettoBy Paul Wilborn/St. Petersburg PressWinner of the 2019 Gold Medal in Fiction/Florida Book Awards Florida is normally dry in October but… Read More
The Art Lesson – Antonia Lewandowski
The Art Lesson Years before I decided to become a nun, I drew a rabbit. At St. Simeon’s Catholic School, mornings filled up with daily Mass, catechism, arithmetic drills. But… Read More
Red Tide Warning – Lenore Myka
Red Tide Warningby Lenore Myka(excerpt; first appeared in The American Scholar) The first sign is posted in the window of the empty ranger station and written in the style of… Read More
Kaitlin Murphy-Knudsen – Arts Annual
Alligators at John Chesnut Park, Florida, March 2020 We sway the path, and our feet press flat fans of stocky date palms to the earth like sweaty, overworked clothes. Our… Read More
High King of the Alps – Ree Shapiro
High King of the Alps Glaciered tiers, peaks like serrated teeth, dipping and rising, ebbing and flowing, in a predictable pattern. Except for one outlier, the mighty Matterhorn. Its snowy… Read More
Gregory Byrd – Arts Annual
Dunedin Causeway, 2002 We drove out to Dunedin Causeway, you, strapped into your car seat in the pickup you later told me I couldn’t sell. We walked the rocky shoreline… Read More
