The Journal
St. Pete
Sunshine City walls, festivals and the studios behind them.
St. PeteMurals · 5 min read
Ten Days of Wet Paint: SHINE 2026 Returns to St. Pete
The Sunshine City's mural festival turns twelve this November, and this year it is looking inward — at the local artists who started all of it.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
A Little Less Ordinary at the Salvador Dalí Museum
On St. Petersburg’s downtown waterfront, a glass Enigma, a remarkable collection, and a few reality-bending encounters make a persuasive case for looking twice.
St. PeteGuides · 3 min read
So You Want to Understand St. Pete's Mural Scene
A crash course in how one painted wall on Central Avenue turned into an entire outdoor museum.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
The Net That Ate the St. Pete Pier (In a Good Way)
Janet Echelman's Bending Arc and the rest of the waterfront's public art collection.
St. PeteGuides · 3 min read
Walking Central Avenue's Open-Air Gallery
A self-guided route through the Central Arts District and Grand Central District, no ticket required.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
How Abandoned Tomato Warehouses Became an Arts District
Tracing the Warehouse Arts District from packing plants to the ArtsXchange.
St. PeteArtists · 3 min read
The Muralists Who Turned St. Pete's Walls into a Résumé
A few of the confirmed names behind the SHINE Mural Festival's biggest walls.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
The Dalí Museum Is Basically a Surrealist Mural You Can Walk Inside
Why the building housing St. Pete's Dalí collection is as wild as the paintings inside it.
St. PeteArt Scene · 3 min read
St. Pete's Glass Obsession Runs Deeper Than One Gallery
Inside the Chihuly Collection and the century-old arts group that built the room around it.