The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance’s 2023 MUSE event happens Friday (March 3) at the Morean Center for Clay, in the Warehouse Arts District. It’s the annual celebrate-the-city bash for the umbrella arts organization, with live entertainment from area musicians and dancers, live art demonstrations, and more.
The centerpiece of the event is the presentation of the MUSE Awards. For 2023 – the ninth consecutive year – they’re going to Florida CraftArt CEO Katie Deits, Tampa Bay Times writer Maggie Duffy, patron and sponsor Belinda Dumont, choreographer Alexander Jones and his Project Alchemy company, glass/metals artist Catherine Woods and Mikhail Mansion, the Fairgrounds artist, technologist, and installation specialist.
Participating visual artists are Jason Hackenwerth, Judy Vienneau, DemiGod, and Janna Kennedy.
The jazz trio La Lucha, singer/songwriter Colleen Cherry, and Sarasota-based jazz vocalist Synia Carroll will perform.
Backed by a top-flight band that includes La Lucha’s pianist John O’Leary and trumpeter James Suggs, Carroll will perform Thursday night in the Palladium Theater’s Hough Hall, in a tribute to jazz, R&B, blues, and folk singer (and activist) Nina Simone. Read more
