Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg
THE STORY OF ART – Searching for the Middle Ages with Dr. Stanton Thomas
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe Story of Art series focuses on the story of art history, one that is continually being retold as we discover new things and look afresh at the familiar. Join MFA curators on a journey to learn more about our collection, contextualized with other objects from around the world, as we take a grand tour […]
Art is LIFE – Jerry Saltz
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe MFA is pleased to welcome Jerry Saltz, Pulitzer Prize winner and senior art critic at New York Magazine, for an engaging talk about art, artists, and his new book, Art is Life. Saltz has been one of the most influential writers about art and artists for more than a quarter of a century. In […]
Art on Film | An Evening with Lonnie Holley
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesJoin us for a screening of "Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley." This 58-minute documentary film by George King covers the life and work of Alabama visual artist and musician Lonnie Holley over the course of 22 years. An enthralling conversation between Lonnie Holley and George King will immediately […]
The Story of Art: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesKatherine Pill, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, will discuss Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? This provocative discussion examines art historian Linda Nochlin’s 1971 essay, an epic examination of the institutional obstacles that prevented women from succeeding in the arts. Katherine will discuss the recent […]
Still Striking: Creativity & Aging
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesHow does creativity accommodate the changes that come as we age? For artists (painters, sculptors, musicians, poets, dancers), what are the benefits of growing old, when your body and mind begin to occupy alternate spaces? How does one adapt to these changes by adjusting methods and expectations? How does one’s place in the cycle of […]
The Nature of Art | The Overview Effect
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe overview effect is a cognitive shift reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. Researchers have characterized the effect as "a state of awe with self-transcendent qualities, precipitated by a particularly striking visual stimulus." Those who experience the Overview Effect often describe a shift in perspective, seeing Earth not as divided nations […]
The Art of the Americas
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesAndrew James Hamilton, associate curator of art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago visits the MFA on Thursday, October 26 for an enthralling talk on "The Art of the Americas." Hamilton, the author of the highly acclaimed book, "Scale & the Incas" (Princeton 2018), will explore how this Andean civilization created a host of […]
Art on Film | WASTE LAND
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesJoin us for an evening at the MFA featuring our popular Art on Film series. We will have special evening hours at the museum and a screening of the award-winning documentary WASTE LAND on Thursday, November 2. WASTE LAND is a 98-minute uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of […]
Artist Talk: Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.)
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesJoin us on Thursday, November 9 at 6pm as the MFA hosts an Artist Talk with Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.). Globally renowned and celebrated for his exquisitely crafted lush and brilliant works, Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.) brings an extraordinary life story to a rich and compelling body of work in a variety of media. Born Deyvi Orangel […]
Marly Music Series: Water Music featuring The Dan Kalosky Quartet
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIn collaboration with The Nature of Art, the MFA proudly presents The Dan Kalosky Quartet, featuring “Water Music” in an enchanting musical performance. Join us for an afternoon where the transformative power of visual art meets the emotive language of music. The quartet, led by the talented Dan Kalosky, will weave a melodic tapestry inspired […]
Artist Talk | Janaina Tschäpe
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesJanaina Tschäpe’s fantastical scenes dissolve boundaries, seamlessly intertwining in an ever-flowing continuum of evolution and transformation in a grand opera that delves into themes of change, gender, and the construction of myth and history. The universe created by artist Tschäpe beckons one into a parallel world of ambiguous scale—indeterminate in both time and space. Join […]
The Story of Art: It’s The End of the World as We Know It! Artists and Apocalypses
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe Story of Art series focuses on the story of human history, one that is continually being retold as we discover new things and look afresh at the familiar. Join MFA curators on a journey to learn more about our collection, contextualized with other objects from around the world, as we take a grand tour […]
The Overview Effect | Jane Poynter
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesJoin us for an enthralling talk with Biosphere 2 crew member and Space Perspective CEO Jane Poynter. The Overview Effect is part of a series of public programming events designed to illuminate our next exhibition, The Nature of Art, which looks at the myriad ways humans have used art to navigate and mediate our environment. […]
The Story of Art | Nature and Technology
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe Story of Art series focuses on the story of human history, one that is continually being retold as we discover new things and look afresh at the familiar. Join MFA curators on a journey to learn more about our collection, contextualized with other objects from around the world, as we take a grand tour […]
Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesEgyptian art has long served, and continues to serve, as a primary inspiration for fashion designers, solidifying the legacy of Egyptomania—the influence of the art of ancient Egypt. Join us as we welcome Darnell-Jamal Lisby, assistant curator of fashion at the Cleveland Museum and curator of Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession, who will discuss the exhibition […]
Making the Middle Republic with Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesDuring the fourth and third centuries BCE, Roman expansion into Italy reshaped the peninsula’s Archaic societies and prompted new political relationships, economic practices, and sociocultural structures. Rural landscapes and urban spaces throughout Latium saw intensified use amidst novel principles of land management, animal husbandry, and architectural design. Join scholar and author Dan-el Padilla Peralta as […]
Artist Talk | Ursala Hudson
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesUrsala Hudson (Kadusné) is a transdisciplinary artist of European, Filipino, and Alaska Native (Tlingit) descent, T’ak Deintaan clan from the Head House of the Raven moiety. Raised amidst her parents’ full-time multi-media artist lifestyle, Ursala explores the experience of a modern-day, globalized Woman with complex ancestry through two-dimensional performance and fiber arts. Join us for […]
Make Yourself Uncomfortable | Life Inside After Carbon with Dr. Daniel A. Barber
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesIn conjunction with our current exhibition, The Nature of Art, and its themes, join scholar Dr. Daniel A. Barber as he discusses ecology in non-modernist cultures, tropical modernism, new narratives of ecological thinking, designing for discomfort, and architecture as the mediation between the infrastructural and the personal. Daniel A. Barber is a professor of architecture at […]
Art in Bloom
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesA grand Spring tradition, Art in Bloom presents floral interpretations of works in the MFA Collection. Designs are created by professional florists, talented hobbyists, and members of The Stuart Society. Join us as we celebrate Spring! Floral interpretations will be displayed in the museum’s galleries and gardens Thursday, April 4 – Sunday, April 7, and […]
The Lost Birds performed by the MC Voices (from the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay)
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg 255 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL, United StatesThe MFA proudly presents the MC Voices from The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay performing Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” – a musical memorial to bird species driven to extinction by humankind. Led by Artistic Director Matthew Abernathy, MC Voices will perform a haunting tribute to those soaring flocks that once filled our skies, but […]