By Jennifer Ring. As development encroaches upon the Tampa Bay area’s natural beauty, plein air painter and instructor Shawn Dell Joyce hopes her work encourages local municipalities to continue preserving pocket parks – small patches of Florida wilderness…. Read More
Graduate of DuCret school of fine art in New Jersey 1976. For 30 years I worked in Manhattan as a freelance computer graphic artist for most television networks. We retired… Read More
Because of my upbringing, I was told from a very young age that I had to do something with my life that made money and art wasn’t it. I tried… Read More
I am a visual artist, based in Tampa Bay. My fascination with patterns, since childhood-such as observing the rows of pastries in a bakery case, the tracks left by sea… Read More
Heidi Stavinga is an Alcohol Ink artist, living and working in Dunedin, Mastering such simple mediums as alcohol and ink she creates dynamic pieces that transform seemingly ordinary subjects into… Read More
Amy is a St. Petersburg, Florida native. She was the 2022 Gasparilla Festival of the Arts Emerging Artist Award Recipient. She also had the honor of being a 2022 SHINE… Read More
Tarpon Springs artist Kim Michelle is the freedom-flower/creative queen behind Kim Michelle Art. She was encouraged from a young age to pursue her love of art and earned a BFA… Read More
By Tony Wong Palms. I went south and visited The Baker Museum in Naples recently. I’ve driven past this place on my way to Miami so many times over the years and yet knew nothing of its existence. This will now be a regular stopping point…. Read More
By Jake-ann Jones. On Saturday, May 13 the sidewalks of 22nd St. S. in St. Pete between 7th Ave. S. and 9th Ave. S. will be transformed into a kaleidoscope of colorful squares as Pinellas Diaspora Arts Project hosts the inaugural Tampa Bay Chalk Festival in the historic Deuces District…. Read More
By Robin O’Dell. This is an unabashed tribute to the late photographer and social historian Herb Snitzer (1932-2022). I was fortunate enough to be able to call him friend – but even if you did not have the privilege to know him personally you’ll want to read on to learn about a life well lived…. Read More