{"id":41484,"date":"2025-11-10T21:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41484\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:43:11","slug":"shine-mural-festival-wraps-up-with-a-party-in-st-pete-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/41484\/","title":{"rendered":"Shine Mural Festival wraps up with a party in St. Pete this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"347273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/shine-mural-festival-wraps-up-with-a-party-in-st-pete-this-weekend\/attachment\/53340527779_858da2a81c_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53340527779_858da2a81c_o-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6m2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1698246153&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SHINE Mural\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53340527779_858da2a81c_o-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53340527779_858da2a81c_o-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/53340527779_858da2a81c_o.jpg\" alt=\"A street-level shot of a large, colorful mural on the side of a modern white building. The mural features a highly stylized, intricately patterned pink and red flamingo walking left against a bright teal background with small clouds. Parts of trees frame the image, and a green &quot;2 HR PARKING&quot; sign is visible in the foreground.\" class=\"wp-image-347273\"  \/>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cityofstpete\/53340527779\/in\/photolist-2pgusua-2pgpWbd-2pgvAwh-2pgw9y4-2pgwkeP-2pgekcW-2pgm5mx-2pgjTRj-2pgkqXZ-2pgkqYa-2pgkqYq-2pgiJCj-2pgjLr4-2pge6Vk-2pgiB9g-2pgiB7Y-2pgiwWZ-2pgjG6a-2pgjG5U-2pge2KX-2pgirPe-2pgk9w2-2pgdTB2-2pgioUM-2pgk6xM-2pgjvqh-2p6Y1TQ-2p6ZxRB-2p6Y1Qi-2p6ZxPH-2p71z1k-2p6ZWzZ-2p71yXE-2p6ZWzd-2p71yT1-2p6ZWvR-2oy9ZcS-2oy691E-2oybkYo-2oyb4av-2oy68XZ-2oy96vs-2oy9MHp-2oy5WQU-2oy9MGN-2oepQFC-2oeqEUs-2oekQF3-2oeqEwi-2oeonmS\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bunnie Reiss \/ cityofstpete\/Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Pete has even more murals this week, thanks to Shine Mural Festival (stylized \u201cSHINE\u201d). <\/p>\n<p>To mark a decade of painting the town, the festival went back to its roots this year with its \u201corigins\u201d theme and a purely local artist lineup. FloridaRama (stylized \u201cFloridaRAMA\u201d) hosts its finale celebration, with\u00a0 DJ Austen Van Der Bleek, gourmet food for purchase from FOMO Chefs, and lots more quirky art. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.cltampa.com\/event\/shine-origins-mural-festival-finale-20829170\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets are $15 for the Shine Origins Mural Festival Finale on Saturday, Nov. 15 in St. Petersburg.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa\/NewsletterSignup\/Page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Stories<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/shines-2025-focus-on-regional-artists-is-a-move-towards-community-building-20598223\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/campbell_park_mural_by_zulu_painter_cityofstpeteflickr.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Shine\u2019s 2025 focus on regional artists is a move towards community building\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"340965\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/shines-2025-focus-on-regional-artists-is-a-move-towards-community-building-20598223\/attachment\/campbell_park_mural_by_zulu_painter_cityofstpeteflickr-webp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/campbell_park_mural_by_zulu_painter_cityofstpeteflickr.webp.webp?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"campbell_park_mural_by_zulu_painter_cityofstpeteflickr.webp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Zulu Painter mural in St. Petersburg, Florida\u2019s Campbell Park.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/campbell_park_mural_by_zulu_painter_cityofstpeteflickr.webp.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/campbell_park_mural_by_zulu_painter_cityofstpeteflickr.webp.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Local art does not mean less-than art,\u2019 Executive Director Helen French told CL.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/tes-one-co-founder-of-st-pete-shine-mural-festival-responds-to-creative-pinellas-funding-cuts\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tes-One-tourism-full-featured-crop.png\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018Tourism follows culture. Culture does not follow tourism\u2019: Co-founder of St. Pete\u2019s SHINE festival responds to funding cuts with art and a plea\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"342499\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/tes-one-co-founder-of-st-pete-shine-mural-festival-responds-to-creative-pinellas-funding-cuts\/attachment\/tes-one-tourism-full-featured-crop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tes-One-tourism-full-featured-crop.png?fit=902%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"902,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tes One tourism full featured crop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Design by Tes One&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tes-One-tourism-full-featured-crop.png?fit=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Tes-One-tourism-full-featured-crop.png?fit=780%2C536&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tLeon Bedore, aka Tes One, wants to know if he\u2019s doing the \u2018art for tourism\u2019 thing right.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/st-petersburgs-shine-mural-festival-is-changing-dates-for-2025-20583783\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/shine_2023_mural_by_hannah_eddy_photo_via_cityofstpete_flickr_.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium size-newspack-article-block-landscape-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"St. Petersburg\u2019s Shine Mural Festival is changing dates for 2025\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"340919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/arts\/st-petersburgs-shine-mural-festival-is-changing-dates-for-2025-20583783\/attachment\/shine_2023_mural_by_hannah_eddy_photo_via_cityofstpete_flickr_-webp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shine_2023_mural_by_hannah_eddy_photo_via_cityofstpete_flickr_.webp.webp?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shine_2023_mural_by_hannah_eddy_photo_via_cityofstpete_flickr_.webp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A section of \u2018With Flying Colors\u2019, a Shine 2023 mural by Hannah Eddy, located at the CASA Support Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shine_2023_mural_by_hannah_eddy_photo_via_cityofstpete_flickr_.webp.webp?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shine_2023_mural_by_hannah_eddy_photo_via_cityofstpete_flickr_.webp.webp?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe festival will also skip inviting international artists this year.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Trending<\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/nov-6-12-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nov. 6 \u2013 12, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelene San Felice is managing editor of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/selene\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Bunnie Reiss \/ cityofstpete\/Flickr St. Pete has even more murals this week, thanks to Shine Mural Festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[27491,202,204,27492,203,199,201,200,27461],"class_list":["post-41484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-shine-mural-festival","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-murals","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-things-to-do-in-st-pete-this-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41484","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=41484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}