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- Artist Talk – Florida Craft Art
  
  September 13, 2024
  
  Join us for an Artist Talk with Layered Narratives exhibiting artists Catherine Bergmann and Christine Renc-Carter next Thursday, September 19 at 6:30 pm! This special event is...
  
  Something wicked this way comes…
  
  September 10, 2024
  
  TYRANNYMURDERBETRAYALFAMILIAL DISFUNCTION Before The Bachelor, before The Real Housewives, before Law and Order: Criminal Intent even before All My Children, There was The Man from Stratford A devilishly, delightful mashup adapted by director...
  
  The Art of Advocacy: Florida’s Cultural Crossroads
  
  August 31, 2024
  
  By Markus Gottschlich At its essence, advocacy is the art of speaking for those who cannot. It requires not just a voice but a commitment,...
  
  Bridging the Gap – Funding Florida Arts
  
  August 30, 2024
  
  Replacing lost funding for the arts in Florida can be challenging! funding options for arts organizations Private Donations and Sponsorships: Launch fundraising campaigns targeting individuals, foundations,...
  
  ST. PETERSBURG’S SHINE MURAL FESTIVAL
  
  August 25, 2024
  
  10 Year ANNIVERSARY The SHINE Mural Festival will celebrate its 10th Anniversary from October 11-20, 2024. Located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, the annual event...
Visual Arts
- Enn Ye Collection/Gallery
  
  September 1, 2024
  
  St Petersburg, Florida EnnYe Collection was founded in 2016 by Zimbabwean sisters Matipa Mutsemi and Mercy Nyamangwanda, as a clothing brand. Named after their mother,...
  
  Duncan McClellan’s Bold New Chapter:
  
  August 31, 2024
  
  A story of vision, legacy, and renewal prepares for a new phase Duncan McClellan has established one of the most beloved arts hubs in Tampa...
  
  iBOMS
  
  August 31, 2024
  
  While titles, names, monikers, etc. are used by humans to attain an understanding; a comfort, a grasping of a person, place, or thing, they...
  
  The Art of – Kirk Ke Wang
  
  August 29, 2024
  
  More and more often these days the Tampa Bay region can claim artists who are internationally esteemed. Kirk Ke Wang has established himself not...
  
  The Art of Vlasta Smola
  
  August 26, 2024
  
  Vlasta Smola has made art the fabric of her life. After moving to the United States to receive her MA in Communication Arts, she...
Literature
- Gianna Russo – Poetry
  
  August 30, 2024
  
  I've set my heart on a glimpse of you: Florida Golden Aster (Chrysopsis floridana) --- listed as endangered in 1986 You are so rare I can't find...
  
  The Painting
  
  August 27, 2024
  
  Like an icon for some minor but ardently worshiped deity, the painting stands behind a giant molcajete of guacamole, its colors splashier even than patrons usually expect from a Mexican restaurant, the painting, that is; the guacamole is just green. "That's got to have a dozen avocados," she says aloud, and although no one can hear her,...
  
  THE APPRENTICE
  
  August 26, 2024
  
  BOOK EXCERPT FOR THE ARTISAN MAGAZINE - From: Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto Fiction Gold Medal, Florida Book Awards Looking down at the...
  
  An Impressionistic Ode to Tombolo Books
  
  August 25, 2024
  
  Geographically, a tombolo is the sand bar and gravel that connects an island to the mainland or connects two islands. If it were punctuation,...
  
  “Florida Hustle” By Paul Wilborn
  
  August 24, 2024
  
  Paul Wilborn's new novel, Florida Hustle, is set in the world of cheap 1980s slasher films. In the opening chapter, aspiring horror filmmaker Michael Donnelly,...
Music
- The Jazz Legends Who Play On
  
  September 1, 2024
  
  "Jazz is freedom. You think about that." - Thelonious Monk You can hear them nearly every Monday evening at the Hanger in St. Pete with...
  
  Nate Najar & Daniela Soledade
  
  September 1, 2024
  
  MAGNETIC DUO WITH MELLOW BOSSA NOVA VIBE by Donna Sorbello Katharine Hepburn once said of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, "He gives her class, and she...
  
  St. Petersburg’s Musical RENAISSANCE MAN
  
  August 27, 2024
  
  Trumpeter James Suggs - a Community Treasure By Edward Craig You could be almost anywhere in St. Petersburg these days and spot local musician and music...
  
  The Opera
  
  August 27, 2024
  
  A grand musical and performance arts genre. What better medium to express the human story than the human voice? It's THE original instrument to communicate thoughts and emotions. As...
  
  Where’s Tony – TonyCastellano, Jr
  
  August 26, 2024
  
  The Waldo of St Pete and Tampa Bay The first time I caught pianist, Tony Castellano, Jr., I was, perched on a stool, sitting around...
Performing Arts
- ONE-ON-ONE WITH STAN ZIMMERMAN
  
  September 1, 2024
  
  AN INTERVIEW WITH A QUINTUPLE THREAT: PLAYWRIGHT, AUTHOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, ACTOR Celebration of the power of the arts at Powerstories Theater September 20-21, 2024Powerstories presents a...
  
  ONE-ON-ONE WITH FRANK-N-FURTER
  
  August 31, 2024
  
  AN INTERVIEW WITH CLAY CHRISTOPHER - THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW AT JOBSITE THEATER Despite groans from family members, Clay Christopher carries himself with an air...
  
  Profiles In Performance
  
  August 27, 2024
  
  Daniel Johnson - Ballet In last October's issue of The Artisan, I told you about the history of St. Petersburg's The Academy of Ballet Arts...
  
  Doug DeVita’s Fable at freeFall Theater
  
  August 24, 2024
  
  Liz Power and Heather Baird lead the cast of Doug DeVita's Fable. This play about the making of the classic Broadway musical, Gypsy makes its way to...
  
  Saint Petersburg City Theater
  
  January 18, 2023
  
  100 YEARS By Lisa Marone Zestful passion, sure vision, and the earnest desire to create. Few things impress my imagination more. By happy chance, there’s a...
Culinary Arts
- Sonata Restaurant & Lounge
  
  September 17, 2024
  
  Explore Florida's Art, music and Culture At The Mahaffey Theater I love going out for dinner. Even better is dinner and a show! Sonata makes that...
  
  Crafty Spirits
  
  September 16, 2024
  
  “Liquid Art” St. Petersburg historians and tour guides love to regale visitors with tales of Prohibition-era bootlegging and smuggling, often weaving in intriguing rumors of...
  
  Urban Stillhouse – Horse Soldier
  
  September 16, 2024
  
  As we enter the month of September, we may first be thinking about Labor Day – a long weekend many spend at the beach...
Design
- Rob Bowen – Interior Design
  
  September 3, 2024
  
  Rob Bowen never set out to become an interior designer. That wouldn't seem unusual until you consider that, only a year or two out...
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FEATURE ARTICLES

The Jazz Legends Who Play On

Music John Curtis and Mary Knosh - September 1, 2024

"Jazz is freedom. You think about that." - Thelonious Monk You can hear them nearly every Monday evening at the Hanger in St. Pete with...

Nate Najar & Daniela Soledade

Music Donna Sorbello - September 1, 2024

MAGNETIC DUO WITH MELLOW BOSSA NOVA VIBE by Donna Sorbello Katharine Hepburn once said of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, "He gives her class, and she...

St. Petersburg’s Musical RENAISSANCE MAN

Music Edward Craig - August 27, 2024

Trumpeter James Suggs - a Community Treasure By Edward Craig You could be almost anywhere in St. Petersburg these days and spot local musician and music...

The Opera

Music Stacie Steinke - August 27, 2024

A grand musical and performance arts genre. What better medium to express the human story than the human voice? It's THE original instrument to communicate thoughts and emotions. As...