Features • Calls To Artists • Online Galleries & Virtual Art Events • Guide to St. Petersburg Museums, Studios, Galleries & Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS GROUPS
AMERICAN STAGE THEATRE
63 3rd St N, St. Petersburg 33701
727-823-7529 www.americanstage.org
TICKETS: boxoffice@americanstage.org
Stay connected to the American Stage family through their website, flickr and YouTube pages.
American Stage in the Park's production of FOOTLOOSE and Gala Under the Stars is currently scheduled for October 2020. In the midst of their 2019-2020 American Dreamscape Season, A season exploring the American spirit and thits citizens' pursuit of happiness, resiliency and unrelenting hope. American Stage CEO Stephanie Gulante has been forced by the current quarantine to announce the WE WILL RETURN Campaign, as the current season and American Stage classes, programs and mission has been forced to stop.
ST. PETERSBURG OPERA COMPANY
Major Production Performances At: Palladium Theater;
253 Fifth Ave N., St. Petersburg 33701 727-823-2040
STAFF OFFICES & LIMITED PERFORMANCES
+ Mirella Cimato Gallery
OPERA CENTRAL
2145 1 Ave N., St. Petersburg 33712
stpeteopera.org
Read our preview of the 2019-2020 SeasonThe St. Pete Opera's 14th Season Purchase tickets Online Now.
Fri May 15 -
MORNINGS WITH THE MAESTRO 11 am.
A Special Virtual Event. A ticket link sent to your email will go live at 11 am @ Tickets here
Thu May 14 -
COCKTAILS WITH THE MAESTRO 6 - 8 pm
A Special Virtual Event. A ticket link in your email will go LIVE at 6 pm @ Tickets here
Sat May 23 -
ST. PETERSBURG OPERA COMPANY:
BELLA VOCE 2020 VIRTUAL GALA
VINCERO A celebration of Spirit with St. Petrsburg Opera. 7-8 pm
@ ONLINE EVERYWHERE St. Petersburg Opera Company Facebook Page Website & YouTube. More information here
ST. PETERSBURG CITY THEATRE
4025 31ST S S, St. Petersburg 33712 727-866-1973
www.spcitytheatre.org
St. Pete City theatre is offering a special ticket exchange policy, waiving fees for anyone wishing to exchange their ticket for a later performance in response to the COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandate.
Aug 27 - 30 - Sunshine city The Musical (rescheduled)
2020 - 2021 SEASON
Oct 9 - 16 - The Hound of The Baskervilles
Dec 4 - 13 - A Christmas Carol
Feb 12 - 21 - All Shook Up - A new story set to the music of Elvis
Apr 23 - May 2 - Neil Simon's Barefoot In The Park
MUSEUMS AND PERFORMING
ARTS CENTERS
Morean Arts Center and Glass Studio
719 & 714 Central Ave
St Petersburg Florida 33701
727-822-7872
www.moreanartscenter.org
HOURS: 10 am to 5 pm Mon-Sat; 12 to 5 pm Sun.
One of four St. Pete Art Centers: Glass Studio & Hot Shop, Gallery, Chihuly Collection and Center for Clay.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Chihuly Collection at The Morean Arts Center
720 Central Ave, St Petersburg
727-822-7872 www.moreanartscenter.org
Admission:$19.95. 65+/Military:$17.95. Student $12.95
(6-18/Coll. ID) 5 & Under: Free
A permanent collection of unique work by world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, including large scale installations created specifically for the collection.
Artwalk Trolley Stop 16
NOW SHOWING:
Fresh Squeezed 4. The Morean Center's annual Florida Emerging Artist Exhibition, featuring 6 artists chosen from 140 applicants this year: Krystel Lemonias (Tampa), Cindy Leung, Nicholas Kalemba (Orlando), Lusa Molnar, Jared Ragland (Tarpon Springs), Chelsea Rowe (St. Petersburg).
Morean Center for Clay (Train Station)
420 22nd St S
St Petersburg FL 33712
727-821-7162
www.moreanartscenter.org
HOURS: 10 am to 5 pm Tues -Sat; Closed Sun & Mon.
The Historic Train Station, located on 22nd Street S. in the Warehouse Arts District of St. Petersburg, has become one of the largest working pottery centers in the Southeast US with an over-arching goal of promoting and enhancing the education of contemporary and historic ceramics. Workshops, Gallery and Classes.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
The Application deadline for the Morean Center for Clay's Artist-In-Residence positions has been extended to May 15. Residencies begin Aug 1, 2020 and continue through July 31. 2021.
CREATE VIRTUALLY
Saturdays at The Morean Children Create (see Morean Facebook)
Prompt Projects
Virtual Classes
Includes Free Workshops from WORLD CREATIVITY & INNOVATION WEEK 4.15 - 4.21
A collection of workshops for creative entrepreneurs and community activists. Explore this series of FREE presentations with experts on creativity, marketing and business strategies and the pursuit of happiness!
VIRTUAL TOURS
Four Videos: Morean Center for Clay, Morean Momen - Fresh Squeezed, Fresh Squeezed Krystic Lemonias, Fresh Squeezed Artist Cendy Lesing.
VIRTUAL ARTIST DEMOS
Five Videos: Artist Matt Schiermann demonstrates Tips & Techniques for enhancing your functional work, Big Ink Demo at The Morean, A collection of Wheel Thorwing vignettes from master potter Don Williams, Morean artist Kodi Thompson demos his extruded clay process, Artists Studio: Underglazing with Kodi Thompson.
Colliseum Ballroom
535 4th Ave N, St. Petersburg 33701, 727- 892-5202 www.stpete.org
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Dali Museum
One Dali Boulevard, Saint Petersburg, 800-442-DALI (3254) www.TheDali.org
DUE TO THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK THE DALI MUSEUM IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH MAR 31, 2020
Visit The Dali Museum Online
Exhibits, Virtual Tour, Dali Works online, classes, more
With the physical museum closed, The Dali has added its Midnight In Paris exhibition and Permanent Collection to its online exhibits for the current time, giving online guests an unprecedented chance to experience a true virtual visit to the museum in a time when an actual visit is just not possible. The museum's permanent collection Includes some of Dali's most famous works released circa 1938 to 1980. Enjoy all of the museum's online exhibits here. The objects section of their permanent collection includes The Clot sculptures created in 1969 to 1976 when Dali was suffering with Parkinson's, at the rquest of his publisher Isidro Clot from waxes he modelled while sitting by his pool, then cast in bronze via lost wax in 1984 and 85.
NOW SHOWING ONLINE:
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: Surrealism at The Crossroads
Tour Midnight In Paris from home
Explores the rich and vital creative environment in place when Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuels' film, Un Chien Andalous premiered in Paris, when the city was an avant-garde hothouse rife with artistic conflict abnd friendly rivalry, exploring the friendships and clashes of Jean Arp, André Breton, Luis Buñuel, Alexander Calder, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy and others. Through April 8, 2020.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum
(Artwalk Parking)
2240 9th Ave S St Petersburg FL
727-323-1104 www.woodsonmuseum.org
HOURS: Tues - Fri 12 - 5 pm; Closed Sat, Sun & Mon.
The Museum presents the historic voice of the St Petersburg community in the perspective of local, regional and national history..
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
As a public health precaution due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum will temporarily close until April 7th. Additionally, all scheduled programming has been postponed.
Artwalk Trolley Stop 7
NOW SHOWING:
Permanent collection featuring African American artists Eluster Richardson, Ray McLendon, Adrian Percett, William Kwamena-Pol and Dallas Jackson
Florida CraftArt
501 Central Ave, St Petersburg FL 33701
727-821-7391 www.floridacraftart.org
HOURS: 10 am to 5:30 pm Mon-Sat; 12 -5 pm Sun.
Artwalk Trolley Stop 12
A non-profit gallery and gift shop featuring 250 of Florida's fine craft artists.
Florida Craft Art Staff is working virtually. The gallery is closed to the public. DUE TO THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK FLORIDA CRAFT ART IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH MAR 31, 2020
Walk through CONTEMPORARY FIBER IN FLORIDA with exhibition Curator Cindy Bartosek and shop the exhibition here. Extended through Aug. 22, 2020.
Now Showing Mar 13 to Aug 22 -
Contemporary Fiber in Florida 2020
Juried exhibition in with cash prizes showcasing original artwork representing contemporary approaches to fiber art pushing the boundaires of tradition in media and execution curated by Cindy Barbasek.
The Florida Holocaust Museum
55 5th St S., St. Petersburg 33701
727-820-0100
flholocaustmuseum.org
THE FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED
View current collections on their website
Imagine Museum
1901 Central Ave, St. Petersburg 33701 727-300-1700
www.imaginemuseum.com
THE IMAGINE MUSEUM IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED
NOW SHOWING
2020 Featured Artist: Bertil Vallien
Learn more on the Imagine Museum Website
View information on and elements of Karen Lamonte's beautiful Floating World exhibition and Bertil Vallien's Passage.
View information on and elements of the museum's Permanent Contemporary Studio Glass Collection online.
The Museum's permanent collection features artists and artwork representing the history of studio glass in the U.S. The museum's initial gallery displays represented only a portion of its full collection, curated to communicate the story and lineage of the evolution of studio glass in America and its development into an international collaboration. More exhibitions have been curated from the collection, continuing the story of the medium as it moves into the future, honoring where it began and demonstrating its current direction.
James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
150 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
visit.thejamesmuseum.org 727-892-4200
Adult $20; Student $15;Senior (65+) $15; Youth (7-18) $10.00
More than 400 works evoking the spirit and heritage of the American West.
NOW SHOWING:
Permanent collection. Collection of wildlife art reflecting an interest in history, storytelling and human spirit, much of it created in the modern era. The collection is arranged in themed galleries: early West; Native Life; Native Artists; Frontier; Wildlife, New West. Hundreds of paintings and sculptures displayed for enjoyment, education and inspiration.
DUE TO THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK THE JAMES MUSEUM IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH MAR 31, 2020
The James Museum is offering weekly curated content based on their collection. Explore art, movies, books, music, children’s activities and more. Each week's content is freshly considered and developed by their curatorial and education teams. Discover a new way to experience the museum and learn more about its collection.
EXPLORE THIS WEEK'S THEME: SPRING
Mahaffey Theater
400 1st Street South, St. Petersburg 33701 727-892-5798 www.themahaffey.com
THE MAHAFFEY THEATER IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular originally scheduled for March 20, has been postponed until Friday, September 18, 2020.
1964 The Tribute originally scheduled for April 3, has been postponed until Thursday, November 5, 2020.
The Four Tops with Special Guest Mary Wilson of the Supremes originally scheduled for April 11, has been postponed until Saturday, September 12, 2020.
One Night of Queen originally scheduled for May 8, has been postponed until Sunday, May 9, 2021.
Set It Off originally scheduled for May 1, has been cancelled. All tickets will be refunded to the original point of purchase.
Schitt’s Creek: The Farewell Tour originally scheduled for May 24 at 7pm and 10pm, has been postponed to a later date, to be determined.
The Florida Orchestra has cancelled their performances at our venue through the end of May. For more information about affected Florida Orchestra performances, please visit their website
The Palladium
253 Fifth Ave N, St. Petersburg 33701
727-822-3590 www.mypalladium.org
See schedule changes on The Palladium website.
Keep in touch with The Palladium with Palladium Paul's blog.
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art,
250 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg
mfastpete.org 727-896-2667
$20 Adults; $15 Seniors, 65 & older/Military with ID/FL Educators/College Students w/ID/ $10 Child (age 7 to 17), 6 and younger Free
The Museum of Fine Art invites you to connect with them from home through their facebook, instagram and social media pages, and through the MFA Newsletter.
DUE TO THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK THE MUSEUM OF FINE ART IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
Enjoy the MFA from home here sfeaturing the following highlights:
MFA Curator of Collections & Exhibitions Dr. Stanton Thomas on In Full Bloom (set to open to the public on Mar. 14, 2020)
Sphinx Virtuosi Orchestra’s Residency at the MFA (Feb. 2020)
ART BREAK WITH THE MFA!
Art Break activities for students in K-6, with adult help recommended for those in K-3. Art projects you can do at home connected to the MFA Collection and special exhibitions.
Online Games inspired by The MFA Collection!
Music and Movie recommendations wuith a huge selection of Art Movies
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
Opens May 30-
SKYWAY 2020: A Contemporary Collaboration Through 8/16/20
Opens Dec 19-
TRUE NATURE: Rodin and the Nature of Impressionism Through 4/25/21
St. Petersburg Museum of History,
335 2nd Ave NE, St. Petersburg 727-894-1052
spmoh.com
TAMPA BAY FREE PRESS
St. Petersburg Studios, Galleries & Artists Directory
NOTE: Not all studios and galleries are open to the public at all times. Most are typically open by appointment and for Second Saturday Art Walk. We will note their hours as possible.
We strive to provide you with complete list of all working artists, studios and galleries in downtown and greater St. Petersburg. If you work with, own, or represent an artist or studio not shown here, please send an email with info to tampabayfreepress@gmail.com.
Anna Broshears Fine Art
Five Deuces Galleria
2135 3rd Ave S, Studio 2 St Petersburg
813-601-8304 www.facebook.com/
Anna-Broshears-Fine-Art-LLC
HOURS: By Appointment.
Large scale oil and acrylic abstracts, seascapes,
and pop art by artist Anna Broshears.Artwalk Trolley Stop 8
Articles -
Leslie Curran Gallery
1431 Central Ave., St Pete, FL 33705
Artwalk Trolley Stop 17 727-898-6061
articlesstpete.com
HOURS: 10 am to 6 pm Mon.-Sat.; Closed Sun.
Showcasing emerging and mid-career artists with monthly solo and small group exhibitions. Fine art consulting and framing.
ART BRUT Opening reception.
Work by West African born artist Michael Delgado. 6-9 pm
Art for Art
Brick and mortar Studio closed
View a gallery of work by artist Walter Frederic online
Art Fusion Galleries
106 Central Ave., St. Petersburg 33701
(305) 573-5730 www.artfusiongalleries.com
Original location in Miami's Wynwood Art District
ArtLofts
10 5 St N (upstairs)
St Pete, FL 33701
727-449-5146 theartlofts.com
www.facebook.com/artlofts/
HOURS: Open Every Second Saturday 5-9 pm
Artwalk Trolley Stop 15
View bios and representative works by ArtLofts Artists here.
20 working artist studios creating photography, painting, sculpture, jewelry, copper and mixed media. Open to the public for 2nd Saturday Art Walks.
Atelier
2380 6th Ave S
St Petersburg FL 33713
727-768-2333
HOURS: By Appointment
Industrial Furniture made from Metal, Wood and Concrete. Modern Sculpture and Wall Reliefs. Main Artist Terry Krogmann.
Clay Center of St. Petersburg
2010 1 Ave S
St Pete, FL 33712
727-439-8522
claycenterofstpetersburg.com
HOURS: 10 am to 10 pm Tues & Weds; 10 am to 5 pm Fri
32 private or semi-private clay studios. A supportive working space and equipment for clay artists and pottery artists at all levels. Membership Studio. Raku, Sagger and Horse hair firing.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO CDC GUIDELINES
Artwalk Trolley Stop 11
Craftsman House Gallery (Parking)
2955 Central Avenue
St Pete, FL 33712
727-323-2787
craftsmanhousegallery.com
www.facebook.com/craftsman-house-gallery
HOURS: 10 am to 6 pm Mon - Sat; Closed Sun.
Artwalk Trolley Stop 1 A Historic 1918 bungalow housing a Cafe and an expansive Arts & Crafts Gallery representing more than 300 local and national artisans. Houses the working studio of professional potter Stephanie Schorr.
Creative Clay – Good Folk Gallery
1846 1st Ave S., St Petersburg FL 33712
727-825-0515 creativeclay.org
Artwalk Trolley Stop 12Creative Clay’s mission is to provide educational, expressive and vocational opportunities in the arts for people with obstacles to arts access. Serving people with developmental, physical and emotional disabilities, as well as people in healthcare settings, children and veterans. Creative Clay also provides outreach art experiences in the community.
Vast folk art collection and repurposed art supply store, Creative Thrift.
NOW SHOWING:
Work by Missionary Mary Proctor.
Sat Mar 14 -
Mary Proctor mixed media workshop 3-5 pm..
GOOD FOLK GALLERY
ARTLINK Work created by ten project teams pairing a local fine artist with a Creative Clay apprentice artist. D gallerie
Sundial St. Pete
153 2nd Ave N, St. Petersburg, 33701
New temporary location right beneath Sea Salt St. Pete
downtown Looper Trolley stop #18
www.d-gallerie.com
HOURS: 11 am to 6 pm Mon - Thurs; DOWNTOWN LOOPER STOPS
(Connect to ArtWalk Trolley on 5th St between Central & 1st Ave)
Original Fine Art.
Browse Artwork and shop online at D-Gallerie
Davidson Fine Art & Zebra Color Lab
2036 Central Ave, St Petersburg FL 33712
727-827-1888 zebracolor.com
www.facebook.com/davidsonfineart
HOURS: 10 am to 5 pm Mon - Sat
Art Gallery, Custom Framing, Giclee Printing, Art Supplies and Film Processing. Each of their framers has 30 years or more of experience. One of the last film processors in the Bay area.
Artwalk Trolley Stop Number 18
Duncan McClellan Gallery
2342 Emerson Ave S
St Petersburg Florida 33712
855-436-4527dmglass.com
HOURS: 10 am to 5 pm Mon - Sat; Closed Sun.
Gallery includes a working hot glass facility and sculpture garden and showcases more than fifty internationally recognized glass artists through rotating monthly shows, lectures, and glassblowing demonstrations. Private, corporate and charity events venue.
Artwalk Trolley Stop 4
View work and bios of represented artists and chat w staff online
View 11 full ONLINE Exhibition Catalogs including:
A LIFE OF LIGHT IN GLASS: Stephen Rolphe Powell
March 9 - April 9 2019
BIOME: Rik Allen, Lanny Berger, Shelly Muzylowski Allen
January 11 - February 5 2019
NORTHERN NEIGHBORS: Stephen Pon, Nauoko Takenouchi, Susan Edgerley, Susan Rankin, Paull Rodrigue, Laura Donefer
DMG SCHOOL PROJECT: Aya Oki, Steven Hagan
WITH THE FLOW with Alex Bernstein
DREAM / SPACE: Rik Allen, Shelley Muzlowski Allen
NOW SHOWING:
COLOR FIELDS: Dorothy Hafner, Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott, Tomothy Stover, Kevin Gordon
Fourward Glass
611 Central Ave, St Petersburg FL 33701
727-433-9991 fourwardglass.com
HOURS: 12 - 7 pm Mon - Sat; Closed Sun.
A family owned and operated art glass gallery with a large selection of heady glass pipes, scientific glass, heady glass pendants and decorative bowls and plates.
Take a virtual tour of the store and shop online
Artwalk Trolley Stop 015
Five Deuces Galleria
2101 3 Ave S (Same lot as 3 Daughters), St Pete 33712
206-465-2777 www.facebook.com/pg/five22222
15 Artists Studios & Gallery. Open 1st and 2nd Saturdays each month.
NOW SHOWING:
9 VIEWS Work by 9 photographers .
From Mayan Hands
2006 2nd Ave S St Petersburg FL
727-488-6800 www.facebook.com/newworldimports/
HOURS: Sat 10 am -6 pm.
Authentic, hand-crafted cultural merchandise from Guatemala by those who have made the art their life.
Artwalk Trolley Stop Number 10
Geoffrey Baris Photography
2101 3rd Ave S., Unit #4
206.465-2777 wonderwallstudio.com/geoffrey-baris/
View work by Geoffrey Baris' and represented photographers
and shop online
NOW SHOWING:
9 VIEWS Work by 9 photographers Graphi-ko Gallery
669 Central Ave
St Petersburg FL 33701
727-667-8126
www.graphi-ko.com/Default.asp
Artwalk Trolley Stop 15
HOURS: 11 am to 6 pm Mon -Sat: 11 am to 5 pm Sun.
Fine arts and jewelry, local and internationally designed and produced.
NOW SHOWING
"Fish Tales" by Painter Loki. Stories of high seas adventure involving two favorite Florida activities: fishing and drinking.
View work and shop online
Grand Central Fine Art
3920 Central Ave
St Petersburg FL 33713
www.grandcentralfineart.com/View work by represented artists with full bios and chat with staff online
Shop online
Hampson Galleries
1935 Central Ave., St. Pete 33713
248-797-8330 hampson.habatat.com
facebook.com/hampsongalleries
HOURS: 10 am to 5 pm
St. Petersburg Gallery owned and operated by Corey Hampson and Aaron Schey of Habatat Galleries Detroit, the oldest and largest art gallery devoted exclusively to glass artists.
View work online and artist bios for
Bertil Vallien & Patricia Duggan and Richard Whitely
NOW SHOWING:
Retrospective exhibition of the work of Petr Hora continues.
Kokol Art Studio & Gallery
515 22nd St S
St Petersburg FL 33712
bethkokol.com
The working studio and gallery of
visual artist Beth Kokol.
Artwalk Trolley Stop 14
View the work of Beth Kokol onlineLuis Sottil Studios
400 Beach Dr NE Ste.150, St. Petersburg 33701
727-220-1567 luissottil.com
Sottil's purpose is to give voice to the emotions of nature through
his art. Fine Art Gallery. National and International artists.
Original and limited editions.
View Luis Sottil's work online:
Act Like An Animal A new series
A Celebration of Life Public Art Installation
Naturalismo in High Relief
View Luis Sottil's work online
Lynn Merhige Gallery
216 4th St N (Located in the Historic Orange Blossom Building)St Petersburg FL 33701
727-409-4871 lynnmergallery.com
HOURS: 10 am to 6 pm Tues;
10 am to 5 pm Weds-Sat; Closed Sun & Mon.DL Stop 4
Original paintings and works, photography and sculpture. A premier exhibition space, walking distance to museums. Since June 2002 this gallery has featured clay works and paintings by owner, artist Lynn Merhige, and paintings, graphics, and mixed media by her St. Pete and Florida artist friends.
View work by featured artists with bios
The Mad Monk
615 27 St S., Suite A, St. Petersburg 33712
www.facebook.com/madmonkstpete
View a selection of studio-gallery works here
Mirella Cimato Gallery at Opera Central
2145 1st Avenue S., St. Petersburg, Florida 33712.
(727) 823-2040 stpeteopera.org
HOURS: Mon - Fri 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., or by appointment..The Mirella Cimato Gallery is closed through Mar 31.
Mize Gallery
689 Dr. MLK St N, St. Pete 33701
727-251-8529 chadmize.com
REGULAR HOURS: 11 am to 7 pm Sat; 11 am to 3 pm Sun.
Gallery Hours currently by appointment only.
Fri April 3 -
Opening. FLOWER POWER . 6-10 pm
View CONSPIRACY
View work from A Good Old Tampa Bay Art Show online
Weds Mar 11, Green Bench Brewing, One Night Only
View work from Glitch online
Feb 2020
View work from Please Stand By
Jan 2020
Moe's Furniture and Art
Five Deuces Galleria
2135 3rd Ave S, Studio 7
St Petersburg FL 33712
Moes Furniture and Art on Facebook
HOURS: By Appointment
Original paintings and wall hangings, one-of-a-kind bar carts, mini bars, serving trays and home accessories, all handcrafted for home use.
MPAK Art + Design
2215 22nd St. S (in the ArtsXchange strip mall)
St Petersburg FL 33712
HOURS: By Appointment Metal and Aluminum Pieces for interior design and architecture. Paintings on corrugated aluminum framed in metal.
View work online
Nancy Smrekar Fine Art
Five Deuces Galleria Garden Building
2135 3rd Ave S, Studio 5
St Petersburg FL 33712
813-601-8304
www.nancysmrekar.com
HOURS: By Appointment Abstract and modernist paintings by Nancy Smrekar.Artwalk Trolley Stop 8
View work online Ocean Blue Galleries
284 Beach Dr NE
St Petersburg FL 33701
727-502-BLUE (2583)
oceanblue.gallery
HOURS: 10 am to 10 pm Mon-Thurs;
10 am to 11 pm Fri & Sat; 10 am to 10 pm Sun.
Top selling and collectible artists from around the world.
Read artist bios and view work onlineDL Stop 19
DOWNTOWN LOOPER STOPS
(Connect to ArtWalk Trolley on 5th St between Central & 1st Ave)
Ruppel Studio
Five Deuces Galleria
2135 3rd Ave S, Studio 7
St Petersburg FL 33712
www.facebook.com/janet.ruppel
HOURS: By Appointment Artwalk Trolley Stop 8
Original figurative expressionist work by artist Janet Ruppel,
many large scale.
Meet artist Janet Ruppel
Shapiro’s Gallery
300 Beach Dr NE; St Petersburg FL 33701
727-894-2111 www.shapirosgallery.com
HOURS: 10 am to 9 pm Mon -Thurs;
DL Stop 20
Blown glass, jewelry, pottery, wooden boxes and sculpture.
Shop Shapiro's Gallery onlineStark Design
Five Deuces Galleria
2135 3rd Ave S, Studio 7
St Petersburg FL 33712
HOURS: By Appointment
Landscapes and still lifes from St. Pete, Canada, France and New York by artist Pegie Stark in photograph, pastel, charcoal and oil, all created en plein air (outdoors).
St Pete Art Works
2412 Central Avenue
St Petersburg FL 33712
727-710-7716
www.stpeteartworks.com
HOURS: Closed Mon.;
11 am to 5 pm Tues-Sat; 12-4 pm Sun
Artwalk Trolley Stop 15Co-operative art gallery with 17 independent local artists. Featured Artist monthly. Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Glass, Jewelry and Mixed Media.
View artist work and membership information online
St Pete First Art Collective
212 3rd St N
St Petersburg FL 33701
727-894-4661
facebook.com/pg/StPeteFirstArtCollective
Gallery Hours: Sun 8a-1p; Tues & Weds: 4-8 pm Unique space based out of the St. Pete First United Methodist Church. The St. Pete First Art Collective is a unique group dedicate to creating opportunities and space for rtists and community to come together. The SPFAC features local artists in the beautiful Gilbert Chapel Gallery across from Williams Park in downtown St. Pete.
NOW SHOWING:
March - Blossom: Emerging Artist Show
Studio 521 @ 4 Gats
521 27th Street South
St Petersburg FL 33712
207-794-4690 1 block from Zen Glass
Hours by Appt.
Fine Art Wood Sculpture by artist Randy Colbath including hollow figure forms, vases, bowls, boats and abstracts.
NOW SHOWING:
"The Human Form"
work by sculptor Randy Colbath and photographer Tom Hanafee.
View images from "The Human Form" online (contains artistic nudity)
Studio@620
620 1st Ave S
St Petersburg FL 33701
(727) 895-6620
www.thestudioat620.org
HOURS: 4 to 10 pm 7 Days A WeekArtwalk Trolley Stop 13The Studio@620 is a home for visual, literary and performing arts in downtown St Petersburg.
A venue for community artists, audience and volunteers to experience visual art, theater, dance, film, poetry, artist talks, live music and more. Many studio events are free or inexpensive.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
NOW SHOWING: Gallery hours by appointment.
Hosting the Florida Artists Group with work from artist members Sonia A. Smith, Lynn Foskett, Jim Swallow, Cheryl Swallow, Janna Loke, Pam Miles, Melissa Nece, Leslie Jeffrey, John Hints, Margaret Juel, Margorie Graff and Denis Gaston
Suntan Art Center
3300 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach 33706
suntanart.org
Art Mart every Saturday & Sunday on the patio
VENUS The St. Pete Women's Collective
244 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. N.
www.stpetewomenscollective.com/venus
An incubator for conscious creative community in downtown St. Petersburg!
NOW SHOWING:
Abstract Emotion: Celebrating Art Therapy. A group exhibit about the healing power of art,. Artists of all media exploring narratives of growth, art therapy and creativity as a wellness practice. Meet the artists. 5-9 pm.
Vladimir's Collections
201 1st St NE
St Petersburg FL 33701
www.vladimirscollection.com
HOURS: 10 am-6 pm Every DayDL Stop 18
DOWNTOWN LOOPER STOPS
(Connect to ArtWalk Trolley on 5th St between Central & 1st Ave)
Russian Art, Antiques, Souvenirs, Jewelry, and more.
View Vladimir's collections and shop online
Wyland Galleries
400 Beach Dr NE #146, St. Petersburg 33701
www.wyland.com
HOURS: 11 am to 8 pm Sun-Thurs; 11 am to 10 pm Fri & Sat
Wyland’s fine art, sculptures, and jewelry along with work by over 40 international artists
CALLS TO ARTISTS & GRANTS
PUBLIC ART CALLS, NATIONAL
Prospectus #254 US Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative
VIEW MORE INFO & APPLY TO THIS CALL
Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: New Mexico
Entry Deadline: 5/29/20
New Mexico Arts’ Art in Public Places program announces the 2019 US Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to diversify the state's public art collection by purchasing artwork from artists in all stages of their careers who identify as members of a Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native tribe or community. The project is open to Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native artists who reside in the United States as well as galleries in the U.S. who sell the work of Native Artists. Galleries may submit qualifications on behalf of any artist represented by the gallery, regardless of the artist’s residency, so long as the artist identifies as a member of a Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native tribe or community.
City of Loveland: 37th Street Bridge
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Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: Colorado
Entry Deadline: 5/6/20
The City of Loveland Art in Public Places is accepting Requests for Qualifications for artwork installations along 37th Street between North Lincoln Street and Monroe. This project, called the 37th Street Connector, is a large-scale infrastructure project that will significantly improve connectivity and offer new options for east-west mobility in north Loveland. Construction involves a new road, bridge and roundabout as well as Dry Creek channel/stormwater outfall improvements.
Two locations have been identified for pubic artworks installations. Artists may apply to one or both of these projects through CAFE; however, these RFQs will be released and reviewed separately under the names of City of Loveland: 37th Street Bridge and the City of Loveland: 37th Street Roundabout. Both projects are open to any professional artist (or artist team) with demonstrated experience in creating signature artwork of a large scale.
City of Loveland: 37 Street Roundabout
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Unspecified
Eligibility: National
State: Colorado
Entry Deadline: 5/6/20
The City of Loveland Art in Public Places is accepting Requests for Qualifications for artwork installations along 37th Street between North Lincoln Street and Monroe. This project, called the 37th Street Connector, is a large-scale infrastructure project that will significantly improve connectivity and offer new options for east-west mobility in north Loveland. Construction involves a new road, bridge and roundabout as well as Dry Creek channel/stormwater outfall improvements.
Two locations have been identified for pubic artworks installations. Artists may apply to one or both of these projects through CAFE; however, these RFQs will be released and reviewed separately under the names of City of Loveland: 37th Street Bridge and the City of Loveland: 37th Street Roundabout. Both projects are open to any professional artist (or artist team) with demonstrated experience in creating signature artwork of a large scale.
Creative Community Lynnstallation
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Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: Massachusetts
Entry Deadline: 5/6/20
The City of Loveland Art in Public Places is accepting Requests for Qualifications for artwork installations along 37th Street between North Lincoln Street and Monroe. This project, called the 37th Street Connector, is a large-scale infrastructure project that will significantly improve connectivity and offer new options for east-west mobility in north Loveland. Construction involves a new road, bridge and roundabout as well as Dry Creek channel/stormwater outfall improvements.
Two locations have been identified for pubic artworks installations. Artists may apply to one or both of these projects through CAFE; however, these RFQs will be released and reviewed separately under the names of City of Loveland: 37th Street Bridge and the City of Loveland: 37th Street Roundabout. Both projects are open to any professional artist (or artist team) with demonstrated experience in creating signature artwork of a large scale.
Utah Valley University School of Business
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Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: Utah
Budget: $511,000
Entry Deadline: 5/15/20
Eligibility: Resident American or legal resident artists / artist teams. Utah artists are strongly encouraged to apply.
Request for qualifications from artists and/or artist teams interested in creating site specific artwork(s) for the Business College Scott C. Keller Building on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. This building, home of the Woodbury School of Business, will be the public face of Utah Valley University as the gateway to the south side of campus. The Committee hopes that the modern, elegant and beautiful building can be further enhanced with innovative, engaging, immersive and interactive artist contribution(s) relating to the School of Business’ goals, students and community. Prospectus #254 US Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase InitiativeProspectus #254 US Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative
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Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: New Mexico
Entry Deadline: 5/29/20
New Mexico Arts’ Art in Public Places program announces the 2019 US Native and Indigenous Artists Purchase Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to diversify the state's public art collection by purchasing artwork from artists in all stages of their careers who identify as members of a Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native tribe or community. The project is open to Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native artists who reside in the United States as well as galleries in the U.S. who sell the work of Native Artists. Galleries may submit qualifications on behalf of any artist represented by the gallery, regardless of the artist’s residency, so long as the artist identifies as a member of a Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Alaska Native tribe or community.
Detroit Civic Sculpture - TCF Center
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Public Art
Eligibility: National
State: Michigan
Entry Deadline: 6/2/20
TCF Center is seeking proposals for a large-scale sculpture. This will reside outside the main entrance of the beautifully renovated convention center in downtown Detroit.This new sculpture will enhance the cultural offerings in downtown Detroit through its affirmative message, aesthetic impact and prominent location. It will celebrate Detroit with residents and the 1.4 million annual visitors to TCF Center.Artists must consider physical placement, material and size in their proposals. Three artists will be invited to create a maquette of their design. From this, one proposal will be awarded a budget of $250,000 for conceptualization, fabrication and installment, with an additional $50,000 for the artist.
All interested artists must attend a mandatory 1pm, March 1, 2020 meeting at TCF Center. RSVP by February 28. Email mdevine@drcfa.org to RSVP. The final entry deadline via CaFE is June 2, 2020 at 5pm. If new to CaFE, register at https://artist.callforentry.org/register_info.php
The Doctor Carter G Woodson African American History Museum in conjunction with The City of St. Petersburg have created the new mural above in honor of Juneteenth. It is a collaboration of 16 St. Pete Artists who each created one letter with producing artists The Vitale Brothers working almost around the clock to get it ready for the holiday. The mural was created through an intiative begun by Terri Lipsey Scott of the Woodson Museum, Council member CM Lisa Wheeler-Bowman, Mayor Rich Kriseman and Wayne David Atherholt, Office of Cultural Affairs. Photo by Johnny Vitale courtesy of the St. Pete Arts Alliance
DANCE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS: Episode 1 Reverberation. 25 dancers perform over four blocks of St Pete's First Ave S. while socially distanced. People walking, biking or driving past saw a moving snapshot of each dancer picking up from the dancer before them to complete the dance. An incredible idea from Andee Scott, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Artist Awardee. Video courtesy of the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance.
ABOVE: Morean Arts Center Gallery courtesy of St. Pete Arts Alliance.
The St. Pete Arts Alliance presented its first Virtual Second Saturday Artwalk in April on Saturday April 11 all day , from 9 am to 9 pm. ArtWalk venues participated via links to art available in virtual galleries and exhibits online . Artists, Art Studios and Galleries have been forced to close to the public during the current COVID 19 Quarantine. According to Arts Alliance calculations, artists and galleries could lose approximately $48,000 each month by giving up the second saturday event. ArtWalk venues all over St. Pete participated, some presenting special exhibits and one day sales. May 's upcoming 'sartwalk will also be virtual.
St. Pete Opera's OPERA AND CHILL SERIES Part 3 includes tonight's encore stream of Suor Angelica, Tues. April 28 at 6 pm on their YouTube Channel here. Maestro Mark Sforzini will be streaming live from his home studio on the St Petersburg Opera Facebook page at 7:30 pm for Q & A and Discussion. ABOVE: Susan Hellman Spatafora (left) stars as Suor Angelica. Taylor-Alexis Dupont (right) sings the role of the Abbess. Photo courtesy of St. Pete Opera.
Photo of Zoya Gramagin by Jim Swallow Packing House Gallery.
St. Pete Opera releases Part 2 of its new OPERA AND CHILL SERIES tonight, Mon. April 20 with a special two-part video release of its June 2019 production of Madam Butterly. Watch Act 1 Mon April 20, beginning at 6 pm
and Acts 2 & 3, Tues April 21 at 6 pm . See our events board, right for links. Both videos will remain posted through the week. Maestro Mark Sforzini will be streaming live from his home studio on the St Petersburg Opera Facebook page
at 7:30 pm both nights for Q & A and Discussion.
St Pete Opera Artistic Director, Maestro Mark Sforzini recently announced SPO's new "Opera and Chill" series, presenting online encores of some of recent productions. The series starts tonight with an encore of SPO's Production of Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Mozart, Part 1. Tune into Part 2 on Tuesday. Both will be posted at 6 pm with a follow up from the Maestro at 7:30 on the opera's Facebook page.
Most artists, especially full time artists, are experiencing dramatically reduced income right now. Most make their living from a combination of public event, gallery, location and online sales. Of these, only online sales remain in the current pandemic environment. Derek Donelly, a local artist with a striking visual presence in downtown St Pete, has put together a collaboration between his non-profit, The Public Art Project, and the city of St. Petersburg cultural affairs department, private citizens, local businesses, marketing agencies and artists called The Paint It Forward Project. Paint it Forward makes it possible for the Public Art Project to offer full time artists at $150-300 stipend to produce photos and video of them creating. The posts can be instructional, project how-tos, or just entertainment, especially projects families can do together while stuck at home durimg quarantine. The intent is to promote a team spirit among artists while demonstrating the importance of the arts to St. Pete culture. Paint It Forward held an online auction via live stream on Sun Mar 29 to benefit local artists. Buyers bid live on stream via Facebook here . You can see the results in the comments. For more information on Paint It Forward, visit facebook.com/publicartproject. ABOVE: Artist Derek Donelly announces the Paint It Forward live auction. St Pete Opera regular Rachel Policar created this parody and posted it on YouTube after several days of quarantine. She and her husband left NYC for South Jersey to escape the worst of the virus there, then self-quarantined in their home to avoid being carriers. Rachel has appeared in a number of SPO productions, most recently Holiday Sparkle in December. She told SPO that she made the video because she needed some levity in her life while brainstorming ways to stay creative at her computer. It has become popular. Like so many musicians and performing artists, she is out of work during the current pandemic. Here's Rachel the way you might normally see her, performing The Silver Aria - Ballad of Baby Doe
St Pete Opera Artistic Director Mark Sforzini shared this video to lift everyone's spirits in an email on Friday. It's a video featuring Samuel Hall's performance of "Nessum Dorma (no one sleeps)" from Puccini's Turandot, part of St. Pete Opera's 2016 Seasonal Sparkle production.
More than 200 of the best nude artworks for sale from artists around the country were on display and available for purchase at Nude Nite Tampa last weekend. Read our full story on Nude Nite 2020, view and purchase art in the event's online gallery and meet a local artist who participated. Read more about local fine art here in CULTURE BEAUTY ONLINE, our guide to art in St. Pete and beyond.
Mezzo Soprano Emily Heumann sings "Five Songs For Kathleen," a work by contemporary American composer Deborah Anderson during the St. Pete Opera's Feb 28 performance of Harmony at Opera Central. In the composition for oboe, piano and mezzo soprano, Anderson sets her music to poems by Emily Dickinson, Sara Teasdale and Sheila Nickerson. For Harmony, Heumann will also perform the classic Mozart area "Voi che sapete" (from Lo nozze di Figaro). Read more about local fine art here in CULTURE BEAUTY ONLINE.
The St. Pete Arts Alliance Muse Awards, an annual benefit for the arts, honors visual artists D. Yael Kelly, Arts Ambassador Duncan McClellan, Performing Artist Suzanne Pomerantzeff and Literary artists Lillian Dunlop and Jaye Sheldon of Your Real Stories. Individual tickets for the party on Fri Feb 28 at The Museum of Fine Arts are $150, available from The St. Pete Arts Alliance.. ABOVE: Artist D. Yael Kelly with the Muse Awards 2020 Poster featuring her work Seven - A Thousand Portraits. Read more about local fine art here in CULTURE BEAUTY ONLINE.
Artists Betsy Laguna and Mirella Cimato, for whom the gallery is named, spoke on the Mirella Cimato Gallery's current exhibition, Prints by Laguna, for MARCH ARTWALK Sat 3.14.20. Get all the details on local fine art here in CULTURE BEAUTY ONLINE. ABOVE: Work from Prints by Laguna now showing at The Mirella Cimato gallery at The St. Pete Opera.
St. Petersburg is a city focused on the arts, presenting a year full of international quality fine art in 2020. Take a look at what's coming up this year in our new feature 2020 Fine Art Higlights, online now. For more on Fine Art in St. Pete, check out, or check out Culture Beauty online here! ABOVE: Paul Cezanne, "Still Life with Cherries and Peaches" (detail), 1885-1887, LA County Museum, part of the upcoming exhibition True Nature: Rodin and The Art of Impressionism coming to the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Art in December 2020. 
ABOVE: Rachel Policar, soprano, one of 9 singers who will perform in SPO's annual holiday concert, Dec 12-22. The seasonal variety show, subtitled Five Holiday Settings, was conceived by SPO Creative Director Michael Szorfini and Robert Rigsby and features the 9 person ensemble of classically trained vocal artists and a 15-piece orchestra. Premier cabaret table seating, VIP Table seating and general admission row seating are available. Get tickets here.
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