Recycled Tunes donation drive for musical instruments kicks off Nov. 14

November 10, 2016Music, Music Industry Recording ArtsMarilyn Shaw

St. Petersburg College is partnering with the Gasparilla Music Foundation (GMF) to support music and education through the Recycled Tunes donation drive. The music instrument drive for the community outreach program will kick off at noon on Monday, Nov. 14, at SPC’s St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, in Room SC-134, 6605 5th Ave N. The event will … Continue reading Recycled Tunes donation drive for musical instruments kicks off Nov. 14 →

St. Petersburg mural art featured on WEDU PBS video produced by SPC students

November 10, 2016Digital ArtsBarbara Wolter

St. Petersburg mural art is all the rage recently. Almost everywhere you go in downtown St. Petersburg, people are talking about the artists who have turned the streets into an open air art gallery. St. Petersburg College students experienced the urban art form firsthand recently when they partnered with WEDU PBS to produce Concrete Canvas, … Continue reading St. Petersburg mural art featured on WEDU PBS video produced by SPC students →

SPC theater students perform at LRMA gallery talk

November 1, 2016Performing Arts, TheaterArt, Brecht, Faculty, Leepa Rattner, Museum, Students, theaterScott Cooper

On Sunday, Oct. 30 at the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA), four SPC theater students (and their professor) assisted in a gallery talk entitled “An Introduction to Satirical Opera”. Gail Simon, LRMA docent and researcher, who is also a student of theater, presented an intricately detailed account of John Gay’s “Beggar’s Opera” and Bertolt … Continue reading SPC theater students perform at LRMA gallery talk →

Creative Loafing features SPC MIRA students

November 1, 2016Arts, Humanities, and Design - AllDonna Smith

Creative Loafing gave SPC MIRA (Music Industry Recording Arts) students Derell Parrott, Keturah Allyson, Andrey Gleis and Andrew Holnesss some attention for their volunteer work at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday Oct. 13-16. Creative Loafing article on Jazz Holiday In Ray Roa’s Oct. 10 Creative Loafing article, the four St. Petersburg College MIRA students were featured for … Continue reading Creative Loafing features SPC MIRA students →

SEmmy Awards application open

October 24, 2016Digital ArtsBarbara Hubbard

The SEmmy Awards (Seminole Emmys) is a multi-campus/department event sponsored by the Digital Arts, Media and Interactive Web Design department located on the Seminole campus. Now in its 12th year, the SEmmy Awards bring together SPC students and local Pinellas High School students to compete in various categories such and videography, graphic arts, music, web … Continue reading SEmmy Awards application open →

“Feathers and Teeth” opens Oct. 12 featuring SPC theater students

October 12, 2016TheaterScott Cooper

“Feathers and Teeth”, St. Petersburg College Theater Department’s fall production, opens tonight, Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Do you like comedy? Do you like scary stuff? Then our fall production of Charise Castro Smith’s “Feathers And Teeth” should be a perfect Halloween treat for you! Directed by Scott Cooper, this 90-minute play tells … Continue reading “Feathers and Teeth” opens Oct. 12 featuring SPC theater students →

SPC Partners with Recycled Tunes to Launch Music Instrument Drive

October 10, 2016Music, Music Industry Recording ArtsMelinda Daun

St. Petersburg College is partnering with the Gasparilla Music Foundation to promote Recycled Tunes, an instrument donation drive seeking to narrow the gulf between Pinellas County Schools’ students and their music-related goals. Imagine for a moment that your greatest love in life is music. You don’t merely listen to music or enjoy the experience fashioned … Continue reading SPC Partners with Recycled Tunes to Launch Music Instrument Drive →

SPC Arts Faculty to Exhibit at LRMA

September 29, 2016Digital Arts, Fine Arts, Photography, Visual ArtsLilian Norris

On Oct. 2, 2016 Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art (LRMA)will open its newest exhibitions: SPC Visual Art Faculty Show 2016, a special exhibition featuring the work of many of the college’s visual arts educators, and Satirical Opera: The Beggar’s Opera by Abraham Rattner and The Threepenny Opera by Jack Levine, an exhibition featuring two portfolios by two accomplished printmakers. … Continue reading SPC Arts Faculty to Exhibit at LRMA →

Award-winning organist Thomas Gaynor to perform at SPC

September 19, 2016MusicChris Demmons

Thomas Gaynor, an award-winning organist, plays the St. Petersburg College Music Center at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus as part of the Heissler Organ Concert Series on Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. General admission is $10. The concert is free to SPC students and staff with a valid ID card. Thomas Gaynor, Outstanding Artist Gaynor was the … Continue reading Award-winning organist Thomas Gaynor to perform at SPC →

Comic Con Pinellas celebrates creativity

September 15, 2016Digital ArtsChris Demmons

This year’s local Comic Con (Pinellas Comic and Maker Con- PCMCON) brought more than five thousand people to St. Petersburg College (SPC)Seminole Campus on Saturday, Sept. 10. Now in its third year, the Comic Con convention is doing better than ever! Comic Con draws crowds to SPC Seminole Campus The free annual Comic Con event … Continue reading Comic Con Pinellas celebrates creativity →