Mann-Wagnon Memorial Park is locked behind an aging chain-link fence — a mix of weedy abandonment, boarded-up buildings and nature's beauty. This is Cecile Wagnon's legacy nearly 48 years after her death in 1961. In coming weeks, Tampa and Hillsborough County officials will take a new look at her last will and testament before deciding the park's future. Area residents are pressing a long-standing case that the property, 1101 E. River Cove Drive, should become home for a history museum and Stepping Stones, a nonprofit youth arts program. It also could house the art collection of folk artist and sculptor Taft Richardson. The Sulphur Springs resident died last year. ...more

February 11, 2009

New York pop artist Charles Fazzino will return to the Tampa Bay area to present his colorful and frenetic vision of Super Bowl XLIII. ...more

January 21, 2009

He has arrived. Now who is "he"? Todd Smith, 43, the new executive director of the Tampa Museum of Art, says he already is pretty comfortable with Tampa and his new job, even though he has been here only about a month. ...more

November 16, 2008

On Sept. 15, the South Shore Arts Council will kick off a celebration of art and community hailing back to the days when Ruskin was founded. ...more

September 3, 2008