Arts Writing
Highly anticipated art compound Fairgrounds St. Pete is in ‘final sprint’ towards opening
Creative Loafing Tampa, June 2021
When I first visited Fairgrounds St. Pete in April 2021, scenic painter Chloe Castillo was painting an ocean on the floor. Nearby, Joshua Hall, aka Baghead, mapped out a post-apocalyptic Everglades in painter’s tape next to a gator’s gaping jaws…
Creative Pinellas’ Arts Coast Magazine, Nov. 2022
Welcoming Domestic Violence Survivors With Art
Art Leads the Path to Healing at the CASA Pinellas New Family Justice Center in St. Pete…
Creative Loafing Tampa, Dec. 2022
USF starts St. Pete arts renaissance archival project inside Studio@620
Looking back on 17 years of art and culture at The Studio@620, cofounder Bob Devin Jones is most proud of the seeds he’s planted…
'SPACEcraft’ art containers encourage Tampa Bay to get outside and unwind
Creative Loafing Tampa, Aug. 2021
As COVID-19 numbers creep up, we’re looking for more stuff to do outside. Bonus points if it’s relaxing because life is stressful these days.
Enter Spacecraft…
Creative Loafing Tampa, Nov. 2021
Some folks spend their entire lives trying to be seen as a serious artist, but Nancy Cohen is over it. At 72 years of age, the still life painter prefers not to take herself too seriously. Hence the tongue-and-cheek title of her latest body of work, “How I Got So Fat,” showing at the Morean Arts Center this holiday season…
St. Pete artist Nancy Cohen wants you to stop feeling bad about eating dessert
A traveling exhibit brings origami's best to St. Petersburg's Museum of Fine Arts
Creative Loafing Tampa, June 2019
Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw when I strolled into the MFA to view Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami…
Creative Loafing Tampa, June 2018
Ya La'ford works with Fairmount Park Elementary students on new mural in St. Petersburg
When I arrive at Fairmount Park Elementary Tuesday morning, Ya La’Ford’s hands are already covered in paint…
Creative Loafing Tampa, June 2019
The Studio@620 celebrates 15 years of saying 'yes' to art in St. Pete
“Someone once said — someone at Bank of America actually — that we were a yes in the community,” says Bob Devin Jones, the Studio@620’s artistic director. Jones liked how that sounded. Now it's the Studio’s official motto…
Haitian Vodou flags tell tales of revolution and independence at Tampa Museum of Art
Creative Loafing Tampa, Sept. 2019
To appreciate the art of Haitian Vodou flags, all you have to do is look at them. But to truly understand this art form, one must realize that the real Vodou lives outside of the “evil hoodoo” Hollywood trope…
Creative Pinellas’ Arts Coast Magazine, June 2023
Christian Sampson’s “Tempus Volat, Hora Fugit” is a Modern Monument to Time
The connection between light and time is both ancient and fascinating. It is also the subject of Christian Sampson’s latest work, Tempus Volat, Hora Fugit, at the MFA in St. Pete…