Bridges 2026: Artists at the Top of their Form
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - There is something ultra-exciting about walking into an art exhibit and finding yourself immediately surrounded by works of art that makes your head spin with delight, makes your heart pump with excitement, and makes your senses tingle with a new found sense of discovery. This is the feeling that will likely come over you when you visit the new art exhibition Bridges 2026 that recently opened at Cane Roots Art Gallery in Christiansted. This annu
Fort Fred Art Show: Freedom Rings Out!
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - There is something about entering Fort Frederik that can leave you scarred with its memories. The fight for freedom that went on inside and outside its walls can haunt you from the moment you step inside this historic place. The battle for freedom by the Crucian slaves sings out with every step you take, every breath you breathe. Yet, who carries on those battles today? Who cares to bring the plight of those courageous souls back into the light of the
CMCArts Exhibit: The Importance of the Soil
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Why think about the soil we crunch beneath our feet as we move about our daily lives? Why think about what lies beneath the miles and miles of concrete jungle that makes up so much of our world? Why believe that soil is anything more than a comical mudpie to the face, an unpleasant irritant we need to wash off our hands and feet? Who thinks about soil as being one of the most important elements of life on earth? Who thinks that without soil, this beau
Pride Art Show Opens the Dialogue at CMCArts
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - Pride Month, which takes place throughout June 2026, and celebrates LGBTQ+ history, advocacy, and culture, was commemorated in the arts community with the recent opening, at CMCArts in Frederiksted, of the exhibition Conversations on Pride, co-curated by CMCArts and Sonia Nahar Deane of Cane Roots Art Gallery. This dynamic show speaks out to many of the hopes, dreams and fears that face the LGBTQ+ community as they forge their own world within
El’Roy Simmonds 53 Years A Master Artist’s Work
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - There comes a time in everyone’s life when you have to stop, look back, and examine the path you have taken to get to your present state of being. For the average person, the look back could be a happy one, or it might not be so easy, involving painful memories, old photos, thoughts about what might have been. But for an artist, the process may be somewhat simpler. One major question might very well occupy their mind: What have I created in my years
Last Chance to Enjoy the Wonders of Art Thursday! Maufe Gallery Now at Crucian Cafe; Sonya’s - Original St. Croix Hook
M.A. Dworkin St. Croix - All great things must come to an end. And this week’s Art Thursday marks the end of another great season for the ultra-popular Christiansted art gallery walk. What an artistic blast it has been this season to escape the day-to-day world and enter a scene filled with beauty and creativity. All the wonderful art, the fantastic jewelry, the cool people you meet along the way, it certainly has been a breath of fresh creative air. But ‘parting is su
