Arts In

Susan Giles Wantuck reads "Tarpon Springs Oboist Plays on the Need for Reed," a profile of oboe player Amy Collins, written by Kurt Loft and published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine.

Susan Wantuck reads "Keyboard Kinetics," a story by Kurt Loft that was published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine on October 29, 2021. Featuring music by John O'Leary III and Shaun Martin from O'Leary III's upcoming CD produced by Martin.

https://creativepinellas.org/magazine/keyboard-kinetics/

A profile of the Tampa-based Acme Jazz Garage ensemble before their performance at St. Petersburg's Palladium Theater on October 24, 2021. Written by Kurt Loft and published in the Creative Pinellas Arts Coast Magazine. Voiced and produced by Susan Wantuck.

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

Bestselling suspense novelist Lisa Unger is based here in Pinellas County. Her new book, Last Girl Ghosted, comes out on October 5 and was named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by Crimereads.

Unger’s critically-acclaimed thrillers have sold millions of copies and been translated into 30 languages. Her work has been on “Best Book” lists from the Today show, Good Morning America, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, Goodreads and more. In 2019, she received two Edgar Award nominations, an honor held by only a few authors, including Agatha Christie.

Though she writes dark psychological thrillers, Lisa Unger is a warm and down to Earth working mom. Her conversation with Barbara St. Clair is rich in laughter, as she shares how stories and characters reveal themselves to her, and what she’s driven to explore as she digs deep into stories.

You can explore Lisa Unger’s work at lisaunger.com

Sheree L. Greer reading her short story, "Ghostbusters"

Award-winning poet Gloria Muñoz shares a soundscape of her poem “The Romantics” from her forthcoming poetry collection "Danzirly / Dawn’s Early."

The soundscape was created for Nikke Pike’s installation “Totem” which was on tour at the Dunedin Fine Arts Center. The poem was originally published by Cosmonauts Avenue.

Brandie Dziegiel (pronounced “Diesel”) is a young artist embracing the age-old craft of printmaking.

She tells Barbara St. Clair about choosing to get an art degree after serving in the Coast Guard. Brandie shares her passion for the physical craft of cutting away to reveal an image, and how she uses her artwork to process her experiences as a veteran.

Growing up in a military family, Brandie moved around a lot. She talks about returning to Florida’s landscape and how the fragile natural world and Pinellas County’s indigenous heritage finds its way into her work.

Explore Brandie Dziegiel’s work at https://brandiedziegielart.com/

Arts In is produced by Sheila Cowley. Executive Producer, Barbara St. Clair.

Ray Arsenault’s Freedom Riders Book 
Premieres as a New Opera

Cora Marshall can express herself in almost any medium. That’s thanks to teaching high school art for many years, where she had to show students how to do everything from drawing to throwing pots on a wheel.

In this thoughtful conversation with Barbara St. Clair, Marshall explains how different concepts lend themselves to different artistic mediums. She shares her inspiration for the series she’s created based on newspaper ads hunting for runaway slaves, and another about older people who keep working at difficult jobs on their feet, to survive.

Cora Marshall and Barbara St. Clair discuss the fine lines of political art, and her college years at Howard University during the Black Power Movement. Marshall details the artwork she’s created to explore her family’s heritage and history, and a new series designed to find a way out of our current negativity - artwork inspired by children’s faces.

Explore Cora Marshall’s work here https://www.coramarshall.com/Artist.asp?ArtistID=47105&Akey=X679CJP9&ajx=1#!asset76453

Arts In is produced by Sheila Cowley. Executive Producer, Barbara St. Clair.

Muralist, painter, designer and all-over creative Daniel Barojas talks with Barbara St. Clair about the art of graffiti, the inspiration he draws from indigenous communities and his own Mexican heritage, experiments with Op Art-style patterns and illusions. . . and the stories behind two murals in St. Pete that are helping keep the city safe.

You can explore the work of Daniel Barojas at https://r5imaging.com/ and on Instagram.

This article explores his experiments with Chromadepth 3-D glasses - https://creativepinellas.org/analyzing-chroma-depth-and-geology-with-daniel-barojas/.