Lori Ballard in her studio at the WTCA. Photo: MV
Since word has it that there will be no closing reception for A Sense of Space at the West Tampa Center for the Arts, I thought I’d bring you just a taste—or two—of some of the creative endeavors currently under way in the former cigar factory. [...]

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Edgar Sanchez Cumbas in his West Tampa studio. Photo: MV

Over the weekend, I visited with Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, an artist who lives and works in West Tampa. Last month, he created a large-scale abstract painting for Creative Loafing’s annual Sensory Overload art-music-performance bash—but it wasn’t just the idea of a new painting that caught my [...]

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