Already in a new location at 2190 Lakeview Drive, Gilbert Drugs' owners Jack and Patricia Kasmer will seek a $1,350 façade grant at today's Community Redevelopment Agency meeting for three new Norman Rockwell-style murals. ...more

November 9, 2009

Most new murals are now banned from the historic district, even though an artist whose painting touched off a controversy said his work was misunderstood. ...more

October 21, 2009

A public hearing has been set for Oct. 12 on a law that would ban new murals in the downtown historic district. The proposed ordinance also would forbid murals in historic residential districts. There's an exemption for existing murals and ones that are being painted. Some people have been alarmed at the proliferation of murals in the downtown core. Members of the Historic Resources Board and Planning Board have voted to recommend the proposed law. Seven murals have gone up in the city during the last few months, including three in the historic downtown district. The commissioners will accept public comment and consider the ordinance during their regularly scheduled 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 302 W. Reynolds St. ...more

October 3, 2009

Awarding scholarships to budding artists has been a trademark of the East Hillsborough Art Guild. Now the nonprofit organization is providing 10 talented teens with free painting classes taught by a celebrated Plant City artist. ...more

June 22, 2009

The smells of paint and popcorn, as well as pulsating rock sounds, filled the air at the recent It's All About Kids Spring Family Festival. ...more

April 15, 2009

South Florida Community College's Museum of Florida Art and Culture (MOFAC) presents Christopher M. Still: Bringing Florida Archeology to Life, today, 1-2:30 p.m., Building G, Room 101, Highlands campus. ...more

March 26, 2009

The American Civil Liberties Union has taken up the cause of Herb Quintero, the tackle shop owner who was fined by Clearwater after he had a mural of gamefish painted on his shop. ...more

February 25, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - When Omar Almonte was a teenager growing up in New York, he discovered the art of tagging. ...more

February 20, 2009

When Omar Almonte was a teenager growing up in New York, he discovered the art of tagging. ...more

February 18, 2009

When Omar Almonte was a teenager growing up in New York, he discovered the art of tagging. Even though he wasn't out spraying graffiti and running away like his friends, he practiced on paper and eventually on a wall in his parents' shed. ...more

February 11, 2009