Art

Elected officials in Miami Beach, Key West, Delray Beach and Fort Lauderdale have all missed their deadline Thursday this week to remove street art.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke with former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner about his gubernatorial candidacy. Plus, an update on street art removals and more.

Last week, Fort Myers Mural Society executive director Shari Shifrin learned Sarasota is removing more than 200 sidewalk panels in the historic Burns Court arts and culture district.

Mayor Ken Welch gave a call to action for residents to visit the mural sites, take photos and share them with others. He said to use hashtags like: "#WeAreStPete," "#OurStreetsOurVoices" and "#CantErase."

Janet Echelman's sculpture was removed "for assessment and repair" in February after last year's hurricanes. An engineering hired by the city concluded the hanging artwork had been improperly attached.

Finishing the express lane project concluded the end of the airport's phase two of its master plan.

Rainbow-painted crosswalks and Black Lives Matter street art installations could be a thing of the past. New guidelines place bans on political, social or ideological messaging.

Famous and not-so-famous works from both artists are part of an immersive experience at the Straz from Aug. 1 through Sept. 28th.

On "Florida Matters," we spoke with three WUSF reporters spotlighting arts and culture that’s unique to Tampa Bay — like murals and death metal.

Christopher Still will be talking about his works that are part of the "Great State of Florida" exhibition at the Tarpon Springs Heritage Museum on May 20.

Cynthia Mason is one of three artists being featured by Naples' Baker Museum during its 12th annual Florida Contemporary exhibition.

Keith Padgett paints the winding rivers, waterside forests and old-timey shrimp boats of Florida’s rural Gulf Coast. Yet, like many other artists who paint landscapes of nature in Florida, he fears the myriad of threats chipping away at the very subject of his work.