St. Pete’s arts scene is a cornerstone of its unique profile, with great visual art, world-class museums and performing arts of every kind, at every level. The section is not only a source for current arts news and updates, it profiles those artists and influencers who CREATE and make the St Petersburg arts community so vibrant. Keep abreast of local arts & culture events and news in the Create section.
When filmmaker Robert Altman and a cast of A-list stars set up camp at the Don CeSar Hotel in 1979, everyone went – briefly – berserk....
The Morean Arts Center began in 1917 as the Art Club of St. Petersburg. Then, as now, the focus was on the creative process – the...
Welcome to the Catalyst’s Community Voices platform. We’ve curated community leaders and thinkers from all parts of our great city to speak on issues that affect...
In Ya La’Ford’s mind, everyone and everything are inter-connected. As an artist, she creates bold paintings and murals from geometric designs, patterns and lines, image tapestries...
To celebrate the 75th edition of The Catalyst Sessions, we ventured away from Tampa Bay Wednesday to talk with legendary Americana artist Rodney Crowell, who lives...
St. Pete scribe Craig Pittman caught us up Tuesday on The Catalyst Sessions; the award-winning author, environmental reporter and hilariously funny observer of all things Florida...
A cross-section of St. Petersburg artists, craftspeople and costume designers have created one-of-a-kind masks to keep your face and that nasty COVID virus far apart –...
Dr. Hank Hine, executive director of St. Petersburg’s Dali Museum, said Monday on The Catalyst Sessions that attendance, since the museum re-opened with limited hours July...
The Duke Energy Center for the Arts Mahaffey Theater has been part of the downtown St. Petersburg landscape since 1965, although it’s changed considerably in appearance...
Elisabeth Moss has been getting rave reviews for her performance in Shirley, director Josephine Decker’s claustrophic drama about 20th century horror writer Shirley Jackson (The Lottery,...
