It's quite possible that attempting to photograph all of St. Petersburg's Second Saturday art is a fool's errand. I mean, who is this magical person that can hit 40 galleries in four hours? If you do the math, that means you'd have six minutes per gallery. This is assuming it takes you literally no time whatsoever to travel between galleries. So when I hit seven galleries during the first Second Saturday Art Walk of 2019, I was really proud of myself. But I was even more proud of the St. Pete Arts Alliance for highlighting all the awesome art in St. Petersburg with this monthly event. Even seeing only seven St. Petersburg gallery experiences, you can see the city has a little bit of everything, from sculptures made out of flip flops to imminently affordable clay pots to high end collectible paintings. If your New Year's resolution is to start or expand your art collection, make Second Saturday your thing in 2019.
Second Saturday St. Petersburg has amazing Florida artists on exhibit
By CL Staff on Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 8:02 pm
01/12/2019
Photos by Jennifer Ring https://flillustrated.com/
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- Art Lofts,
- Art Walk,
- ArtsXchange,
- Craftsman house gallery,
- florida artists,
- Florida CraftArt,
- local art st petersburg,
- MGA sculpture studio,
- Second Saturday St. Petersburg,
- St. Pete arts alliance,
- tampa bay art exhibits,
- tampa bay events,
- The Collector's Exchange,
- Thing to do in St. Pete,
- Things to do Tampa Bay,
- Truffula
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This new venture from Jeff Schorr of Craftsman House Gallery and Leslie Curran of ARTicles gallery is billed as St. Petersburg's only eco-boutique. Truffula specializes in earth-friendly clothing, fashion accessories, and home décor. Located in St. Pete's Grand Central District.
This crazy Octopus sculpture, found at Truffula, was made from recycled flip-flops by Ocean Sole Africa.
Another one of Ocean Sole's awesome sculptures.
These stemless wine glasses, also found at Truffula, were hand-blown by Judy McManus. McManus fires her kilns with methane gas collected from a landfill near her home in North Carolina.
Leslie Curran's Collectors Exchange, next to Truffula in St. Pete's Grand Central District.
Leslie Curran's Collectors Exchange, inside looking out.
Leslie Curran's Collectors Exchange is full of interesting artwork you can buy right off the gallery walls.
This delightfully dark painting by St. Petersburg's Aurailieus Artist, "The Boy Who Finally Found Fear," was for sale at Collectors Exchange when I visited.
St. Pete's Craftsman House Gallery, in St. Pete's Grand Central District, represents over 300 local and national artisans.
Craftsman House's artist-in-residence, Adam Addison, in the studio out back.
Some spoon holders by Addison.
These rusty fish sculptures, found at Craftsman House Gallery, are by Kentucky artist Ken Roberts.
Mugs from Ohio couple Tyson and Jessica Geib of Lollipop Pottery. Found at Craftsman House.
These saltwater fish sculptures, found at Craftsman House, are by New York artists Alan and Rosemary Bennett.
Utah artist Fred Conlon's Angler Fish/Hammer Head at Craftsman House.
The relatively new (opened in Oct. 2017) ArtsXchange in St. Petersburg's Warehouse Arts District has done a lot to beautify the area.
Thomas Geer doing a live blacksmith demo outside ArtsXchange Saturday night.
I saw the most activity of the night here at ArtsXchange, where it was opening night for Dunedin artist Christina Bertsos' solo sculpture show.
Christina Bertsos' Coaxing Beauty: A Sculptor's Discovery with Stone at ArtsXchange. This stunning display of sculptures will be at ArtsXchange through Feb. 3.
Christina Bertsos standing with her sculptures at ArtsXchange.
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