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Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member’s Show

August 24, 2010

A friend tipped me off that she had won an honorable mention at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Member’s Show. I was very pleased for her and wanted to see her picture. Plus, I was very curious about this museum. I’d not heard of it at all. The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts is [...]

The New St. Pete Dali Museum and politics

February 9, 2010
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New Dali museum under construction The new Dali Museum The new Dali Museum being constructed right next to Mahaffey Theater looks exciting. I hadn’t driven down that way until just recently and what I saw took me by surprise. I’m not sure if this is the front or the back of the new museum–that fits [...]

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Behind the scenes at the Arbors Records Invitational Jazz Party

January 24, 2010
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Gary Baldassari, Incorporated Magi audio engineer, instructing Full Sail interns on microphones Teachers and students   The tagline for Inkwatu is “Delights, near and far.” Less poetically put, that simply means that this blog is about things that I find delightful: people, places, things, food…and also the good I see some people do. One such [...]

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art lover loving art

December 11, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC Photoshop “triple exposure” taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

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shadows of translucence

December 10, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

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recreating interior space

December 9, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

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everybody’s a critic

December 8, 2009
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Metropolitan Museum, NYC taken on August 25, 2009 Most images link to larger images. click on larger image for closeup

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Ybor Evening — Acropolis, Silver Meteor Gallery, and Poor, Dirty Girl

June 13, 2009
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Acropolis Greek Taverna   A couple weekends ago, a friend and I went to Ybor City to hear an original play produced by my friend’s former students. Ybor City is an historical section of Tampa. As long-time Tampa residents, my teacher friend and I both had, in our youth, spent many an evening (probably too [...]

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Arts and Crafts

February 4, 2009

click here for larger image FRAN SIMS BEADED HANGING (SHOWN HORIZONTALLY) Arts & Crafts Whenever I’ve felt like “running away from home” (from responsibilities, from humdrum, grinding routine) I’ve fantasized about quitting all jobs and surviving by selling homemade art (water colors, photos, prints, whatever) along the side of the road. So far, I’ve not [...]

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Creative Clay Folkfest

October 1, 2008

EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT THE 2008 CREATIVE CLAY FOLKFEST   This past weekend I attended the Creative Clay Folkfest, the second annual Street Arts Festival. Creative Clay (1124 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL. 33705; 727-825-0515) is an organization in St. Pete with widespread and enthusiastic support in the community. Their mission, as expressed on their [...]

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