Before Deb Nissley joined the staff of Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation more than 23 years ago, she didn’t have a background in the cultural arts. She had designs on being a landscape architect, but life had other plans for this…
Pensacola is fast becoming known as “the Culture Capital of the Southeast.” That’s thanks in part to hosting ambitious cultural events such as next month’s Foo Foo Fest, a 12-day extravaganza of all things arts, culture, and entertainment. Pensacola’s pristine sugar-white…
With a given name like Maxine Orange, you might expect someone bold, colorful, and original. Indeed, you get that — the Southern gentility from being born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, is sweet frosting. Orange, 42, is hazel-eyed with a…
Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach recently announced the appointment of John Colette as the festival’s new curator. Colette, who is also a professor of motion media design at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), has participated in the festival since 2014 both…
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) is accepting applications for the Adult Collaborative Art Exhibit component of the 26th annual Festival of the Arts (October 30-31, 2021) at the Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village in Destin, Florida. One of the…
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) names artist, Estelle Grengs, the 2021 Festival of the Arts poster contest winner. Born and raised in New Hampshire, Grengs is a self-taught artist who molds a unique and whimsical folk-art style that embraces her…
Cartoonist Andy Marlette wields a wicked lampoon
The summer rotation runs June 28 through October 17, 2021
In Okaloosa County, Amy Baty-Herbert induces creativity
His fanciful art appears ready to take flight
