Everything in the Quick Stop \u2013 from felt potato chip bags to aspirin bottles to produce \u2013 went on sale (just like a real store!) and lots of things have been sold since.<\/p>\n
Sparrow will be back at FloridaRAMA this weekend to expand on her installation with \u201cSugar Rush,\u201d a candy shop with 18,000 newly-handmade items of candies and confections. She introduced the concept at the Art Miami Fair last month.<\/p>\n
The artist will be onsite at FloridaRAMA Sunday and Monday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, from 2 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
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UNITED in Pinellas Park<\/p>\n
John Gascot, one of the owners of Pinellas Park\u2019s Studios@5663, is launching the UNITED Mural Project, in which six artists (incluging Gascot himself) will paint one letter, in their own style, of the word UNITED on an outside studio wall. It\u2019s a beautification project (the wall, they say, has been looking shabby), a message to the universe and a commentary on the drying-up of arts funding overall. Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the public is invited to 5663\u2019s first-ever Mural Fest. Attendees are encouraged to help paint the mural\u2019s background, contribute to collaborative community canvases, explore a local art and maker market. There\u2019ll be open studios, live music and a general groove. And it\u2019s free. All the info is at the website.<\/a><\/p>\n Gascot and participating artist Laura \u201cMiss Crit\u201d Spencer will guest on Friday\u2019s edition of our Arts Alive! podcast.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n SHINE on<\/p>\n The book includes more than 250 pages of photography, artist biographies, behind-the-scenes stories and comments from muralists and community leaders on the goal, and the intrinsic value, of public art.<\/p>\n Admission to the 6:30 p.m. is free, but RSVPs (at this link<\/a>) are required.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n More new stuff<\/p>\n Now on view at Wild Space Gallery (at The Factory St. Pete): Fine Feathers: Etchings by John Costin. The exhibit includes 22 copperplate etchings of native Florida birds, detailed, lifelike, life-sized and hand colored. Find more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Oil painting by L.E. Fen.<\/p>\n Now on view at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (Tampa): Dimpy Bhalotia: Small Lens, Big World, a collection of black and white cell phone images by the Mumbai-born, London-based photographer. Says the museum website: \u201cHer work proves that powerful storytelling doesn\u2019t require elaborate equipment, just a sharp eye, impeccable timing, and the camera in your pocket.\u201d Find more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unique works by oils artist L.E. Fen go on exhibit Friday, Feb. 6 at Gulfport\u2019s Brenda McMahon Gallery. A reception is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. that day.<\/p>\n Just so you know: The\u00a011th annual St. Petersburg Fine Art Festival is happening Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 7 and 8, in South Straub Park.<\/p>\n Artists, museums and galleries: Please add the\u00a0Catalyst\u00a0to your email lists: bill@stpetecatalyst.com. Thanks!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British artist Lucy Sparrow caused quite a (positive) stir when she spent a few days in St. Petersburg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-133567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SHINE-Mural-Festival-book-228x300.jpg\")
Coming to Tombolo Books Feb. 5: A celebration of St. Pete\u2019s SHINE Mural Festival, which had its 10th anniversary in 2024. It\u2019s at Tombolo because SHINE: 10th Anniversary Book has just been published. The event will include a panel discussion moderated by St. Petersburg Arts Alive executive director Helen French. The panelists include longtime SHINE director Jenee Priebe and artists Todd Burgess, Reid Jenkins, Cristi L\u00f3pez and Zulu Painter.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Artist-LE-Fen-227x300.jpg\")
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