Organizers had cool weather in mind when they scheduled this year's Suncoast Arts Fest for Jan. 23 and 24 at The Shops at Wiregrass. ...more

October 26, 2009

A popular art and craft show is returning to South Tampa for the 19th year, and you can stroll around the Hyde Park Village Art Fair for free from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. ...more

September 24, 2008

From outside the Shops at Wiregrass, it's hard to see the anthill-like scurry under way as the mall approaches its Oct. 30 opening. ...more

September 8, 2008

From outside the Shops at Wiregrass, it's hard to see the anthill-like scurry under way as the mall approaches its Oct. 30 opening. ...more

August 31, 2008

A family art affair is cooking at the Kitchens. RhondaK Kitchens, sister Sherrie St. James-Bastien and their mom, Shirley Kitchens, have a cottage industry of native folk art under way at Shirley's house in Plant City. ...more

August 13, 2008

Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth of July worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory. China, where fireworks were invented, is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerous cargoes abroad. ...more

July 1, 2008

SEBRING –– It's the time of the year. The 41st annual Fine Arts and Crafts Festival hits downtown Sebring on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event features artists from around the country displaying glasswork, watercolor, oil, wood sculpture, jewelry, photography, pottery, woodworks, metal sculpture, mixed media and more. Highlands Art League is sponsoring the daylong event. The streets that radiate off of Circle Park will each have their own theme artwork and names, such as Crafts Street, Cultural Street, Children's Street, Community Street and Culinary Street. In addition to the traditional art show that opens at 9 a.m., the art league has partnered with the Sebring Chamber of Commerce to host the evening events beginning at 4 and running until 9. Activities will culminate into the Heartland Idol finale at 7 p.m. While the primary focus of this year's festival is from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., the whole family will enjoy the activities taking place after the festival, too. ...more

November 9, 2007

The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce's offices overflowed recently with members and guests of the East Hillsborough Art Guild who came to listen to Plant City sculptor Monica Naugle talk about how she creates her contemporary works and to view slides of her spring 2007 exhibit at the Polk Museum of Art. ...more

October 31, 2007