By Lee Ann Leonard
Pier Park’s latest area artist collaboration is just getting started. The mall selected local artist David Hansel to restore and reimagine the sea turtle fountains that grace its food court and the seat wall in front of Auntie Anne’s. The Pier Park team charged the artist...
The Panama City Center for the Arts opens the new year with two new exhibitions beginning on Friday, January 19, 2024. The Main Gallery features Bay Reflections featuring over a dozen artists from across Bay County. Local artists Helga Letourneau and Janis Hannon join creative forces for their duo...
The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) (“St. Joe”) announced plans by the Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation, an arts-supporting non-profit organization, for the Longleaf Art Park in the Watersound Origins community. The park, which is currently under development off Origins Parkway, is planned for 15.5 acres and will be open to...
By Will Estell
If you’re a fan of the arts—whether visually, musically or through their power of healing, and if you live anywhere in Okaloosa, Walton or Bay Counties, then you’re likely already familiar with Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF)—the outreach and events this organization has been bringing to Northwest Florida’s Gulf...
Hosted by the town of Seaside, Florida, the non-profit Escape to Create (E2C) has been bringing creative talent from around the globe to enjoy month-long artist residencies since 1993. For this season, their 31st, the residency featured the work of contemporary abstract artist Kenn Kotara as part of Seaside...
By Jamie Zimchek
“Art is conversation,” says local artist Christon Anderson. You only need a minute with his works to see what he means. In one, a baseball player straddles the painting’s focal point, offset by a torn picture of Bert from Sesame Street, a news clipping, and a ripped...
