local art

It’s often difficult to convey the energy, hard work, and dedication that our Fairgrounds St. Pete team put into creating the work you get to now enjoy!

Here is a look at the wall in the Mermaid Star Motel Lobby, a painting by artist Jane Bunker, and wallpapering by our internal art and tech team.

On view in the Mermaid Star Motel Lobby, “Carnival” is a vibrant celebration of light, rhythm and color inspired by the beauty of lilies. It expresses the joy its artist, Jane Bunker, experiences from the perfection in nature, along with the tremendous happiness she feels, knowing that her art is making a difference in someone’s life.

Three years ago, she suggested to Terri Lipsey Scott, the director of the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum, that they start a college scholarship fund for African American youth, supported by 100% of the proceeds from the sales of her paintings. For Jane, this project is like a dream come true; she gets to combine her passion for painting with her love of helping people. In each of the last two years the scholarship program has raised over $40,000 and they have been blessed with an additional donation of $50,000 per year for the next ten years from the Milkey Family Foundation.

In an interview with the Gabber, Jane said “ It’s the highlight of my life, working with these young people.”

To see Jane Bunker’s work at Fairgrounds St. Pete, – get your ticket today, and join our Insiders Club for the latest Fairgrounds St. Pete news.

To support the Bunker Scholarship Auction, please visit https://bunkerscholarshipauction.com/ 

Discover an immersive environment that combines romance and mystery 💕🔎🕵️

It’s often difficult to convey the energy, hard work, and dedication that our Fairgrounds St. Pete team put into creating the work you get to now enjoy!

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the “Sunnymooners Suite”, created by our internal art and tech team.

The immersive installation also includes artwork by inaugural Fairgrounds St. Pete artists such as Savannah Magnolia and Shay Willard.

As you walk into the all-pink motel room, you’ll discover the room just as the “Sunnymooners” left it before they went missing. Did you see the search wall they left behind?

To see the “Sunnymooners Suite” – get your ticket today, and join our Insiders Club for the latest Fairgrounds St. Pete news.

Discover an immersive environment that combines LED light bulbs, code, and repurposed lamps.💡

It’s often difficult to convey the energy, hard work, and dedication that our participating artists and Fairgrounds St. Pete team put into creating the work you get to now enjoy! 

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at “Lampscape”, created by our internal art team.

As with all of the artwork at Fairgrounds St. Pete “Lampscape” has a story.

A nod to Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms, “Lampscape” is a narrative-rich installation created by Fairgrounds St. Pete internal art and tech team.

Composed of hacked LED light bulbs coded to sync together, this symphony of lights has a transformative effect.

To see the “Lampscape” – get your ticket today, and join our Insiders Club for the latest Fairgrounds St. Pete news.

Discover artwork inspired by a blend of nature and mechanics 💮🎈⚙️🍄

Here is a behind-the-scenes look at the artist, KJ Wu, sharing the process of making “Signs of Life”

It’s often difficult to convey the energy, hard work, and dedication that our participating artists and Fairgrounds St. Pete team put into creating the work you get to now enjoy!

As with all of the artwork at Fairgrounds St. Pete, “Signs of Life” has a story.

It’s a pneumatic light sculpture that speculates an exotic life from the nature of the future. What you see in the dome is collected through Core Sample, a portal that teleports future ecosystems to the present. It is a species that emerged after the chaotic shifts in climate. During the process of photosynthesis, it actively breathes in a large amount of carbon dioxide using its bladder and converts it into an energy source, which causes the flower to glow in colors.

Scroll on to see BTS images of making the “Sings of Life”.

Kuan-Ju Wu‘s work focuses on creating delightful interactions between humans, machines, and environments. He builds immersive experiences and tangible interfaces that borrow facets from the shapes and movements of nature, the stories about the future machines, and the perceptual memories from our early childhood; those intuitive, rich, and satisfying experiences. He has shown work in such venues as Ars Electronica, Japan Media Art Festival, and CURRENTS New Media Art Festival.

To see OVERGROWN’s work at Fairgrounds St. Pete, – get your ticket today, and join our Insiders Club for the latest Fairgrounds St. Pete news.

Did you know that each of the guest bathrooms at Fairgrounds St. Pete features a unique hand-painted mural? 🖌️🎨

The immersive art experience at Fairgrounds St. Pete goes beyond the walls of the “Mermaid Star Motel.” Choose-your-own experience and discover artwork in each of the bathrooms 🚻.

It’s often difficult to convey the energy, hard work, and dedication that our participating artists and Fairgrounds St. Pete team put into creating the work you get to now enjoy!

These immersive murals were painted by the following Fairgrounds St. Pete collaborators:
Chloe Castillo @chloecastililililililio
Gracen Gilmore @Gracenpaints
Sarah Carolan-Rodriguez @sarahliz.cr

Scroll on to see images of the Bathroom Art!

Fairgrounds St. Pete St. Pete is a permanent indoor immersive, explorable art and technology experience in St. Pete, Florida. Over 60+ participating artists were commissioned to make art for you to immerse, photograph yourself in, and enjoy.

To experience these epic bathrooms at Fairgrounds St. Pete  get your ticket today, and join our Insiders Club for the latest Fairgrounds St. Pete news.