Feminist icon and native New Yorker Suzanne Benton’s pioneering career has spanned nearly seven decades and over 30 countries. Her creative versatility is remarkable, as she works as a printmaker, painter, sculptor, mask maker, and performance artist. Benton has showcased her work in more than 150 solo exhibitions, and her pieces are part of museum…
Brenda McMahon Gallery’s celebrated summer showcase, We the People, received praise from both artists and visitors across the state for its thoughtfully curated display and timely theme. The exhibition invited artists to express their creativity in response to the increasingly personal nature of contemporary political issues. In celebration of Women’s History Month in March, the gallery…
Save the DatesFebruary 28–March 1, 2026Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, Tampa, Florida Admission: FREE (VIP Tickets Available for Purchase) When the Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts (GFA) returns to Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park on February 28–March 1, 2026, it will once again transform downtown Tampa into an open-air museum filled with color, creativity, and…
Tucked just off Safety Harbor’s quiet Main Street sits the Safety Harbor Art & Music Center, known locally as SHAMc, a place that looks less like a building and more like a living piece of art. Its walls shimmer with mosaics, glass, and sculptural details, the result of years of vision and community labor. Founded…
The Work of Holding On By Janet Blair We are camping in January. Scurrying away from the post-holiday silence of empty bedrooms. Borrowing, for a few nights, a state park lot where we can shrink to essentials and fill our lungs with now. Winged Elms decorate our campsite, their naked limbs stretching and yawning overhead,…
FASHION UNDERGROUND As we start this journey into the fashion underground, I want to take us back. Back to a St. Petersburg that was smaller, grungier, and a little bit hipster. Smoky bars and PBR. Beer pong and nightclubs. An edgy nightlife that felt hopeful and electric. The city was coming out of a recession…
Full-time Saint Petersburg, Fl artist Erik Hesson has, over many years, developed and refined a personal artistic style he calls “Linear Perspectivism.” His abstract, geometric approach merges shape and color into a cohesive visual balance—an ordered structure. When did you first realize that art was more than a passion—that it was going to be your…
Gulfport’s DRV Gallery’s dynamic creative calendar for the first two months of 2026 includes solo exhibitions by award-winning artists, weekly artist-led classes, live music, and the gallery’s 4th Annual Art for a Cause Exhibition. On Friday, January 2, 2026, from 5:30–8:30 p.m., the gallery will kick off 2026 with its first artist opening of the…
By John C. Carter Farmhouse on a Dirt Road Her ears, hearing him yell her name again as she stands there, half-way between the house and the car. His voice, hurling obscenities, making even the dogs hide. Her hand— not as convinced as his had been— falters in its reach for the gate. The chair…
Stained glass is a slow art. In a modest brick building just off downtown St. Petersburg’s main arteries, light falls differently. It spills across long wooden tables, scattering in fragments of cobalt and amber, slipping between neatly stacked sheets of glass that lean against the walls. This is Glass of Life, a studio where stained…