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Bach's "Toccata Et Fugue En Ré Mineur" performed on the University of Tampa's Ars Sonora Bell Tower – the first in the U.S. and the largest in the world.

Recorded by Kurt Loft, photo by Kurt Loft. Story published in Arts Coast Online on October 7, 2022 – https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/

Cindy Stovall talks with Eric Davis and Matthew McGee about freeFall Theatre's 2022-2023 season and their efforts to create a safe space to gather, to escape and build community.

USF Theatre professor Fanni Green talks with USF English professor Gary Lemons about his aim as the June 2022 guest editor of the Arts Coast magazine – Community Healing through Artistic Transformation.

Published in https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/.

A profile of 13-year-old violinist Eunice Park and the all-volunteer Tampa Bay Symphony, which includes 70 musicians ages 18 to 80 and serves as a platform for people who want to play part-time, but still tackle challenging works. "The beauty of our group lies in the members," says double bass player Paul Kurtz. “It’s a beautiful blend of young, old, Black, white, brown, yellow, straight, gay – basically, come as you are. And to me that is a true reflection of community."

Voiced by Susan Giles Wantuck. Written by Kurt Loft. Originally published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine on May 5, 2022. https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/

An audio version of Kurt Loft's story, "Master Chorale Offers Musical Balm in Times of Stress," voiced and produced by Susan Giles-Wantuck. Published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine on March 23, 2022, https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/. Music by the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, https://www.masterchorale.com/.

An audio version of Kurt Loft's conversation with pianist Susan Cahill about her performance series "The Future is Female," focused on works for piano written by historic and contemporary women. Voiced and produced by Susan Giles-Wantuck, as published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine – https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/.

Susan Giles Wantuck voices the story she wrote for the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine, exploring the wonders of Replay Amusement Museum in Tarpon Springs FL – where the visitors and staff are equally passionate about pinball and retro video games.

Published December 17, 2021 in https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/

Public artist Douglas Kornfeld tells the fascinating tale of how he created vibrant public artworks in New Orleans that became symbols of the city, part of parades – and will hopefully save lives if a major storm hits.

Kornfeld talks with Barbara St. Clair about what it truly means to be an artist – and what it means to make work on a monumental scale, along with the logistics of massive installations. He shares how he found his way to large-scale public sculpture and explains how figuring out Photoshop at

a time when people barely knew about it revved up his career.

You can explore the work of Douglas Kornfeld at http://www.awaka-inc.com/.

Published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine on November 23, 2021. . . https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/

Abstract artist Kirk Ke Wang teaches at Eckerd College and his work is known internationally. His boldly abstract creations are colorful and striking – moving through painting, sculpture, photography, video, conceptual, performance and installation art. “Although oscillating between them, I intend to weave a tapestry of my vision of the world, led by a consistent thread – the fear of inexorable cataclysm.” Still, Kirk Ke Wang’s work often appears joyous.

He shares the details behind several large-scale installations, and talks with host Barbara St. Clair about how he grew up in China during the cultural revolution – and learned both visual art and music from professors locked up in a labor camp, using water instead of ink to paint, and playing a keyboard drawn on a table while the professors sang the notes.

Published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine on November 19, 2021. . . https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/

Famed photographer Clyde Butcher tells how he didn't let a water moccasin bite stop him from taking a photo of a Ghost Orchid, for an audience of reporters at the Clearwater Public Library. The free exhibit, "America's Everglades Through the Lens of Clyde Butcher," runs through May 31, 2022.

Featured in "Clyde Butcher’s Photography Inspires Visitors at Clearwater’s Main Library," published November 17, 2021 by the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine.

https://creativepinellas.org/arts-coast-magazine/