Congratulations to the 2024 Cycle 3 Microgrant Recipients!
Brenda McMahon
ArtJones: Gulfports’ Open Studio Tour
December 7-8, 2024
Saturday 10 – 5
Sunday 11 – 4
Begins at Brenda McMahon Gallery
2901 Beach Blvd S.
Gulfport, FL 33707
ArtJones: Gulfport’s Open Studios Tour has a mission to celebrate the professional arts community in and around Gulfport, Florida, bringing artists and art-appreciators together in one studio arts weekend. Each year we grow and change. The tour bgan in 2017 with 11 artists, in 2024 they are 22 professional and aspiring artists showing their work and sharing their process during this two day event. They have showed the professional artworks of over 60 artists in our region.
Neil Bender
Live Her Now
January 23, 2025
Tempus Projects
1624 E 7th Ave
Tampa, FL 33605
“Live Her Now” will be an immersive wall painting and installation that will act as a stage for a variety of collages, drawings, paintings, and (possibly) photography that investigate the body and sexuality, both inside and out.
Luci Westphal
Post-Historic St. Pete
February 6, 2025
Craftsman House – Gallery, Cafe & Pottery Studio
2955 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
Post-Historic St. Pete is a cohesive mixed-media (wood, concrete, glass, metal) photography series juxtaposing iconic, historic buildings with new high-rise constructions. Exhibit and speaker event in early 2025.
Robert Fernandez
Unspoken Perspectives Book Release Project
March 22, 2025
1624 E 7th Ave
Tampa, FL, 33605
The Unspoken Perspectives Book Release is a one-time collaborative poetry experience celebrating the release of Unspoken’s first book and the community that made it possible.