The Spring Mixed Media Creativity Retreat of May 13-15, started with a bang for me — I learned just before leaving for Rainbow River Center in Dunnellon that I had been awarded a $5,000 Creative Pinellas Individual Artist’s Grant.* On our way to our final destination a group of us met up at the Tampa Museum of Art to view the Jaume Plensa exhibition. Although we liked his sculpture, it was his mixed media works

I create and exhibit sculptural installations while continuing to be active painting, collaging and making artist books. Addressing both contemporary and historical phenomena that impact humanity, such as environmental degradation and war, my conceptually themed, multimedia installations often incorporate the processes and materials used in my two-dimensional work. Two recent examples of sculptural installations are: Homeland, Lost and Found which is a collaborative project indebted to two previous projects: Bound Crosses and Boundary Crossings, a series

by Amy Martinez On the third floor of St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Rose Marie Prins goes door to door greeting patients as she pulls a suitcase filled with crayons, markers and other art supplies. “Hi, my name is Rose Marie,” she says. “I’m an artist, and I’m here to make art with you.” Ken Wood, hospitalized with a kidney stone just before last Christmas, decides to make a greeting card for the nursing

A powerful weekend of art! Evoke, experience and express your own unique creativity with Rose Marie Prins, mixed media artist and Linn Sennott, Core Health Facilitator and yoga teacher. Open yourself to inspiration from nature in our beautiful retreat setting at the Rainbow Rivers Center, Dunnellon, Florida, located at the confluence of the Rainbow and the Withlacooche Rivers. Draw, paint, collage, explore new art media and journal. Share the creative process in the company of

This was my second experience at Art Basel Miami Beach and it was almost overwhelming. I have a blurred recollection of wind, rain and traffic, traffic, traffic. I did, however, get to see some wonderful art; also a lot of sensationalist and gimmicky art. And I was pleased to see that women were well represented this year. Although I didn’t have time to visit all the satellite shows, other than Art Basel at the Miami