Now in its 17th season, the St. Petersburg Jazz Festival, happening April 8-11, has found new digs at the Warehouse Arts District Rosie Cohen Stage. The festival was founded by David Manson, a multi-talented composer and arranger, trombonist, producer and recording arts educator at St. Petersburg College who, through his non-profit organization EMIT, has been…
The namesake association of St Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts District contributes much more to the fabric of the city than many might guess. St Petersburg is known far and wide as the City of the Arts, and for more than a decade, the nonprofit Warehouse Arts District Association (WADA), has been intent on keeping it that way. What began in 2012 as a small group of people…
An Exhibition by Ali Syverson at ArtsXchange, Warehouse Arts District In an era where global development is increasingly uncertain, Ali Syverson’s exhibition The Unraveling: A Future Without USAID arrives at ArtsXchange as both a wake-up call and a moment of reckoning. A self-taught visual artist and former USAID writer, Syverson has witnessed firsthand the agency’s impact around…
Markus Gottschlich Dear WADA Friends, Whether under the sharp lights of the stage or the relentless Florida sun, one truth remains: to be seen—to be heard—you must do more than whisper. At the Warehouse Arts District Association, we don’t trade in silence. This summer, as workshops deepen and our campus hums with ‘making’, we’re reminded:…
This has been a difficult year for our area. I’m certain everyone has been impacted by our recent storms in some way. For many of our citizens, the recovery will be a long one. These terrible events on top of our already escalating cost of living, unfortunately, makes the warehouse arts districts mission to support…
If you ever have the privilege of listening to Suzanne Pomerantzeff talk about her ballet school and students, you’ll feel her excitement and love of dance as her eyes light up and her smile grows. It’s contagious. Pomerantzeff, also known as Ms. P, is the co-founder of the Academy of Ballet Arts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dance…
Jim Kammerud has always been an artist and storyteller. He wrote and directed several Disney movies, and animated and storyboarded on many others, like The Peanuts Movie and Space Jam (the original and the sequel). He’s raised five kids and married the best girl in the world. Now he’s living in Saint Pete and returning…