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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Creativity: It’s Work, Not A Gift

http://drawn.ca/2007/12/15/creativity-are-you-born-with-it/

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It takes courage to do art. To have the courage of your conviction and do art when perhaps no one else believes in you. When it comes to art, that’s the only talent there is. The courage to overcome. By conflating populism with artistic merit (or Talent or whatever word you [...]

The Rock Crushing Plant at 13th Avenue N and I-275

…in St Petersburg, Florida.

Florida International Museum Asks St Petersburg To Even It Up

At least that’s the impression I get. Read more:http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=70010

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Mussett says the city loaned the museum money in 2004 to get them to move from the old Maas Brothers store on 2nd Street, to a much smaller location in St. Petersburg College on 2nd Avenue North. That allowed the city to sell [...]

Councilperson Leslie Curran Speaks

…about how unpredictable an economic base the users of Tropicana Field are. Read more here: http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/18/Business/Store_site_near_Trop_.shtml

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St. Petersburg City Council member Leslie Curran’s district borders the location. Curran also owns Interior Motives Inc., an art gallery and design business a few blocks away.

“You can’t put a business there that’s going to [...]

St Petersburg Saturday Morning Art Market, December 15, 2007

Okay, Councilperson Curran, is it the St Petersburg Saturday Morning Art Market or the St Petersburg Saturday Art Market? I vote for the latter, because it would make a better a url, and because we can save letters and pass the savings along to you, the customer. I’ve got your back, Mr or Mrs Customer [...]

Dunedin Broadway Art Project Redesigned

Dunedin Broadway Art Project Redesigned
Dunedin Florida, of course; according to “Sticks of Fire” an actually walkable city right here in Pinellas county. Which is not the case, actually, but Dunedin does at least have a walkable portion.

The Last House On My Block

But not the worst. I think my house holds that honor. Everything looks good around this time of day, especially anesthesia.
This house is in the Euclid-St Paul’s neighborhood of St Petersburg, Florida. The romance in tangible here. Or maybe it is the fumes. Not sure.

The Vatican Shares With St Petersburg

..some portion of its imperial horde. Click on url below to get the official party line:

clipped from www2.tbo.com

ST. PETERSBURG - One of the largest collections of art and artifacts from the Vatican is coming to the Tampa Bay area, offering residents and visitors a glimpse of religious relics never seen outside Rome.

 

Williams Park’s Former Role as St. Petersburg’s Hub of Activity…

…will return! This I swear by Thor and Wotan! And so does the Times, and you can read the whole story by clicking on the little “clipped from sptimes link” below.

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Markets Enliven Williams Park

 

Quick Portrait Painting

I was tired on Saturday night’s St Petersburg Art Walk, and when my friend brought her daughter to the gallery, I used her for a subject rather than starting a new cityscape. The child was unscathed by flying paint and seemed pleased with the image.

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