Julie Busch's Latest Articles
Photo Slideshow: The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg
Fully appreciating Artist Salvador Dali and the fabulous new St. Petersburg museum that houses 96 of his world-renowned paintings requires an up close and personal examination of the details contained within. Watch and listen along as 83 Degrees Managing Photographer Julie Busch takes a tour.
Photo Slideshow: 11:11 Rehearsal, St. Petersburg
Watch and listen to the multilayered sounds of Soulfire as group members rehearse for the upcoming 11:11 event in this photo slideshow by 83 Degrees Managing Photographer Julie Busch. From the didgeridoo to singing bowls, flutes, drums and vocals, there's a lot to hear from this 9-person band.
Photo Slideshow: Dali Museum, St. Petersburg
The anticipated January 2011 opening of the new Dali Museum adds to the growing collection of museums in St. Petersburg, Tampa and Sarasota as the Tampa Bay region boosts its reputation as a top destination for arts enthusiasts from all over the world. Among the newest? The Tampa Museum of Art, the Chihuly Collection and the Glazer Children's Museum, all helping spur the region's economy by creating jobs and an environment that appeals to business and industry executives looking to relocate.
Photo Slideshow: Zen Glass Studio, St. Petersburg
Just as nightfall brings relief from Florida's summer heat and humidity, Zen Glass Studio begins to heat up as artists inside go to work creating glass goblets, pendants and vases. The modest studio in the historic Roser Park neighborhood is one of the many small businesses that are helping to grow the arts community in St. Petersburg.
Photo Slideshow: R/V Weatherbird, St. Petersburg
Whether oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has reached the Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current, where it could begin its journey around the Florida Keys and up the East Coast, has been the focus of scientists from USF's College of Marine Science as well as state and federal researchers dispatched to the scene. Information gathered by scientific crews aboard the R/V Bellows and the R/V Weatherbird will help determine how best to react to the spill and the extent of damage to marine organisms in its path.
Photo Slideshow: Dragon Boat Races, Tampa Bay
Crazy excitement and enthusiasm raced up and down the Tampa Riverwalk and Garrison Channel in downtown Tampa on May 1 as 65 teams from all over the world competed in the seventh annual Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races.
Photo Slideshow: McNichols Company, Tampa
The perforated aluminum "skin" that wraps around the Tampa Museum of Art was provided by the McNichols Company, a Tampa=based global manufacturer of perforated metal, expanded metal, wire mesh and other decorative metals, as well as a full line of grating and flooring products. See the sights and hear the sounds inside the McNichols Company as workers create such designer metals for use by architects and builders.
Photo Slideshow: Stand Up Fitness, St. Petersburg
Brody Welte's Stand Up Fitness combines outdoor exercise with scenic natural beauty by offering paddle tours of the waters around Tampa and St. Petersburg. The tours often include trips along the Hillsborough River.
