Quinton Merada is a native of Pinellas Park. His mom has been an educator for over 30 years and his dad is intimate with warehouse work and manual labor after over 38 years at UPS. Merada approaches his art and knowledge of the working class…
Staycation options for families in Tampa Bay are fabulous. The attractions that bring hundreds of thousands of tourists here each year are a quick car or bike ride away. Here are some options for adventures and art at the Morean this holiday week. Forget about…
While you’ve been home cleaning and organizing in self-isolation chances are you made that pile of “stuff.” Eventually you focused your energy and enthusiasm to your family and everyone was organizing their closets and bed rooms too. Now you have the real challenge, what to…
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman evaluated nearly 40 individual art works created by local artists for the Pelican Proud exhibition currently running in the pop-up gallery space of The Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg. For the Mayor’s Choice Award, Kriseman selected A…
The Morean Arts Center, the region’s oldest community arts center, has re-opened their free galleries on Central Avenue and Morean Center for Clay at 420 22nd Street South in St. Petersburg. In January the Pelican, amazing, sometimes awkward, and omnipresent was designated the official bird…
The Morean Center for Clay at 420 22nd Street South in St. Petersburg is starting its traditional series of exit solo exhibitions for this year’s class of Artist-in-Residence. The free galleries at the Morean Center for Clay in the heart of Warehouse District will feature…
The Morean Arts Center, the region’s oldest community arts center, has re-opened their free galleries on Central Avenue and Morean Center for Clay at 420 22nd Street South in St. Petersburg. The Central Avenue galleries have extended thru June 25th the 4th annual Fresh Squeezed…
in Memory of Ida Y. Mandell Today, as we navigate unprecedented challenges, seems the perfect time to remember and honor the indomitable spirit of Ida. Many in the Morean family know Ida as an accomplished metalsmith specializing in the challenging work of hollow forms. But she was…
The Morean Arts Center offers a number of FREE children’s and family art programming throughout the school calendar year. One of the most popular opportunities is the Saturdays at the Morean make-and-take drop-in art program for children ages 5 to 10. The teachers of Saturdays At…
Teens interested in boosting their creative and technical skills can join an online class at the Morean Arts Center. The Online Teen Illustration class covers sketching, developing creativity, figure drawing, perspective, charcoal pencil, inking and more. Students focus on what they like to draw, learning…
