Arts In

Internationally-known artists Robert Stackhouse and Carol Mickett share their method of collaboration and give listeners a look behind the scenes of large-scale public art commissions - wrangling contracts. sourcing materials, coordinating with engineers, and managing budgets and schedules on art installations where you have to wear a hard hat. Robert and Carol explain their passion for both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art, how placement on a wall affects a work of art, and why St. Petersburg’s maturing arts community needs every kind of artist from students to professionals. Find out more about their work at http://mickettstackhouse.com Produced by Sheila Cowley. Arts In is produced by Matt and Sheila Cowley. Executive Producer, Barbara St. Clair for Creative Pinellas.

Lynn Whitelaw looks at how much the world of visual art has changed in Tampa Bay in the last 40 years. We enjoy a wealth of museums, galleries and arts events now, and take for granted the many working artists and arts organizations in our area. It’s hard to believe how different the arts scene was when Whitelaw arrived in 1975. Lynn Whitelaw recently retired as the founding Director and Curator of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College. He also served as Curator of Education at the Tampa Museum of Art and taught at Hillsborough Community College. - Recorded and mixed by Matthew Cowley, edited by Sheila Cowley. Arts resources Lynn mentions in his talk: Chihuly Collection http://www.moreanartscenter.org/chihuly/ Salvador Dalí Museum http://thedali.org Dunedin Fine Arts Center http://www.dfac.org Florida Artists Hall of Fame http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/programs/florida-artists-hall-of-fame/ Florida Association of Museums http://www.flamuseums.org Gallery 221@HCC http://www

Tom Sivak Tom Sivak is an adventurous composer and lyricist who talks about turning Beatles songs into Bach fugues, a musical version of “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die - in 3D!!!” and an Andrews Sisters spoof on Shakespeare that featured Jose Ferrer at Lincoln Center. Tom spoke to us shortly after revealing his new comic opera, “Dr. Dilligaff’s Baboon,” at The Palladium. You can find out more about Tom’s work at http://tomsivak.com and follow the development of “Dr. Dilligaff’s Baboon” at http://www.rapidreturns.org/artistslandingpage/. Arts In is produced by Matt and Sheila Cowley. Executive Producer, Barbara St. Clair for Creative Pinellas.

Lisa Powers Tricomi In a conversation rich with laughter and with her own probing questions, Lisa Powers Tricomi shares her thoughts on acting and directing. Lisa talks about her work with veterans in The Telling Project, and the ideas behind drama therapy. She explains the different energies of acting and directing, the power of theater to transform audiences, and how she grapples with questions of how to be human through her work onstage and off. Find out more about Lisa Powers Tricomi’s work at: http://creativepinellas.org/artists/lisa-powers-tricomi/ https://thetellingproject.org http://www.theactproject.com/home.html Arts In is produced by Matt and Sheila Cowley. Executive Producer, Barbara St. Clair for Creative Pinellas.