The Suncoast Jazz Festival will go virtual for its 30th anniversary in 2020. Until this year, the event has been held every November at the Sheraton and Marriot hotels on Sand Key in Clearwater. This year, the festival will transition...
Article and photos by John Lawrence The Kapok Special Events Center on McMullen Booth Road is well-known for its Greco-Roman gardens with statues spouting waterfalls, as well as its interior and exterior spaces for weddings, anniversaries, and other special events....
The city of Clearwater’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), in partnership with the Clearwater Public Art and Design Program, is seeking artists to design and paint a series of murals on public and private properties throughout Downtown Clearwater. Applications are open...
Dan Brooks has spent 20 years in the corporate world and was looking for something more to do – something fun and enjoyable. Brooks began creating art out of license plates under the name Great Plates. One of his first...
Why should you get a mural for your business? Murals have been around as long as there have been people. Photo by Tim Oun on Unsplash From the cave paintings in southern France to the street art murals of today,...
By multi-award-winning artist Matt McAllister Visit his Facebook page for his other masterpieces of murals, 3D and chalk art! Video courtesy of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Do you know of any more murals? Let me know at kellyshannonkelly@yahoo.com. Check out the...
Some of Clearwater's murals are spread out in areas that aren't close together, so this category is titled Others. First are the joyful, colorful paintings which promote diversity at the Artz 4 Life Center at 1751 Kings Highway. Next is...
Clearwater boasts many colorful murals. In this fourth installation of the series on Clearwater's Magnificent Murals, we take a look at the Gateway area. The Eastern Gateway comprises the area bordered by Missouri Avenue on the west, Highland Avenue on...
Continuing with the five-part series on murals, this post focuses on the Downtown Clearwater area. For this post's purpose, Downtown is from Drew Street on the north to Court Street on the south, and from the bluff walkway on the...
Second in Colorful Clearwater’s five-part series on murals is the East Shore Resort. Located on East Shore Drive on Clearwater Beach, this colorful oasis deserves its own post because of the vast array of murals on display. Owner Billy Day...
Let’s face it – or not face it – walls can be pretty dull. That’s probably why a boring town is referred to as a “hole in the wall.” We really never notice a wall unless perhaps a picture is...
Maybe you've already found one. Perhaps you didn't know they existed. On your next social-distanced walk around your neighborhood – perhaps with your furry friend – keep your eyes peeled for a brightly colored rock – hidden at the base...
