By Caron Schwartz
Where’s Winston? Yousuf Karsh’s “Roaring Lion” photograph of a stoic Winston Churchill has been recovered and will be returned to Canadian authorities. The 1941 portrait, which had hung in Ottawa’s Fairmont Château Laurier hotel for decades, was snatched and replaced by a fake during the Covid lockdown.
DRV Gallery updates Learn palette knife techniques from the master, award-winning abstract artist Amy Howell. DRV Gallery’s first workshop of the season, 10/19, 1-4pm. Register: https://bit.ly/a-palette-knife
If painting isn’t your thing, how about jazz at DRV? Check out La Lucha, 11/7 6-9pm. https://bit.ly/la-lucha-live
McMahon solo Ceramic artist and gallery owner Brenda McMahon’s transformative five-week residency in Vallauris, France, this summer offered her the opportunity to dive into work she says has been simmering inside for more than a decade. Inspirations from France: The Seeds of Vallauris Take Form, McMahon’s first solo show in her acclaimed gallery, will be on display in October. www.brendamcmahongallery.com
Rise & SHINE For 10 years the annual SHINE® St. Petersburg Mural Festival has illuminated the power of art in public spaces by revitalizing areas, inspiring dialogue, and uniting our community – while cultivating new standards of artistic excellence reflecting St. Petersburg’s creative and vibrant spirit. SHINE 2024 takes place 10/11-20. Find events, including a 10-year retrospective and star-studded finale at https://bit.ly/shine-24
View Vienneau Judy Vienneau’s exhibition Existential Crisis – Abstractions with Wire is on display at Gulf Coast Artists’ Alliance’s new event and class space at 5546 First Ave. N, St. Pete through 10/26. The location is also home to Judy’s new art studio. www.gcaa-fl.org
Show off your art at St. Pete ArtWorks. Gallery space is available for a small fee and eight hours per month of volunteer time. Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/fund-creative-2024
Not an early-bird special Imagine Museum in St. Pete offers $5-weekday admission for seniors through 11/22. Discover the beauty of contemporary glass art and take advantage of additional savings in the museum store. www.imaginemuseum.com/special-offers
Museums for All Anyone receiving food assistance (SNAP benefits) can gain free or reduced admission to more than 1,300 museums throughout the US simply by presenting their SNAP EBT card. Museums for All, an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLSM), encourages individuals of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. https://museums4all.org
Creative Pinellas’s Arts Annual, now in its seventh year, returns 11/9, 6-9pm, with its Annual Fundraiser. The Arts Annual 2024 Exhibition will be on view 11/10–1/4/2025. Participating artists will be announced in October. Learn more and register https://bit.ly/fund-creative-2024
Tour Ybor The Third Annual Ybor Arts Tour takes place on 10/17, from 5-9pm. The free event starts at HCC’s Ybor Campus Art Gallery and culminates at Kress Contemporary. https://bit.ly/ybor-arts-tour
Under new management Klaudio Rodriguez is the St. Pete Museum of Fine Arts’s new executive director and CEO. Rodriguez joins the MFA from The Bronx Museum of the Arts in The Bronx, NY, where he led the institution in its core mission of inspiring people and connecting communities through the power of art and education.
For the birds The MFA’s new exhibition, Audubon’s Birds of America, celebrates the legacy of John James Audubon (1785 –1851). The iconic artist, naturalist, and ornithologist published one of the world’s rarest, largest, and possibly most coveted books, The Birds of America, almost 200 years ago. More than 40 hand-colored prints, additional illustrations, books, letters, photographs, and ephemera are on display 10/12-2/16/2025. https://bit.ly/mfa-birds
Caturday calm Find inner peace with the soothing sounds of Himalayan Singing Bowls and purrs. Adoptable kitties will surround you as you relax and rejuvenate at Whiskers Workspace, the first cat coworking space in St. Pete. Second Saturdays, 2-3pm. https://bit.ly/whiskers-bowls
Bank/sy heist Banksy’s iconic print, Girl With Balloon, was stolen from a London gallery, but was promptly recovered by the police a few days later.
My way or the Skyway Skyway 2024: 12 Ways of Looking at a Landscape is USF Tampa Contemporary Art Museum’s contribution to Skyway 2024: A Contemporary Collaboration, a multi-venue exhibition profiling new art in the Tampa Bay region. Other participating institutions include the Ringling Museum of Art, St. Pete MFA, the Sarasota Art Museum, and the Tampa Museum of Art. See it through 11/23. https://bit.ly/usf-skyway
Fins Up! Celebrate Jimmy Buffett, Van Morrison, and other musical legends, powered by The Florida Orchestra. Sing along to hits like Come Monday, Fins, Kokomo, It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere, and Brown-Eyed Girl. Escape to paradise with the vibes of these magic-filled melodies. https://bit.ly/tfo-buffett
More TFO You bring a blanket and a picnic and The Florida Orchestra will provide free music under the stars. No better way to impress a date or spend quality time with the whole family. Featuring movie music, Broadway hits, and classical favorites. Please bring non-perishable goods for TFO’s annual food drive. 11/9, 6:30pm, Vinoy Park in St. Pete. https://bit.ly/2024-pops-vinoy
Fun-for-a-good-cause Party on the Plaza at the Mahaffey Theater Plaza 11/9, 7pm. This special benefit concert features local band, #NOFILTER. Proceeds benefit the Bill Edwards Foundation for the Arts, which provides arts education programs for youth, community outreach programs, and performances for the entire community. https://bit.ly/mahaffey-plaza-party
Go Blue With Cyanotypes! during the Museum of the American Arts & Crafts Movement (MAACM) Family Day 11/2 at 10am. Have fun learning this beautiful, historical printing process inspired by the natural world by using plants and flowers to create your own.
Includes a tour of the Arthur Wesley Dow cyanotypes in the museum. www.my.museumaacm.org/790/2450
Adults only MAACM’s Morning Pour and Tour begins at the Arts Café for a crisp mimosa, followed by a specialty docent-led tour featuring the works of this month’s featured iconic artist of the Arts and Crafts movement: The Unique Metalwork Style of Dick Van Erp. Must be 21 and over. Doors open at 10am, tour begins promptly at 10:30am. https://bit.ly/join-maacm