'Spring Breakers' Gets Release Date and Trailer Debut

The Sarasota- and Tampa Bay-shot movie will have a trailer released on Thursday at 7 a.m. on MTV and is set for wide release on March 29.

Last March, Ringling College of Art and Design were filled celebrities like Selena Gomez, James Franco and Vanessa Hudgens filming Spring Breakers. In a few months, you'll be able to go and see those local areas on the big screen. Spring Breakers is due for wide release on March 29, almost a year after they finished filming on area beaches in Tampa Bay. The film will also be releasing it's first trailer on MTV news this Thursday according to the film's twitter account.  The story of the film is set to revolve around a drug dealer, played by Franco, who bails a group of girls on spring break out of jail. He then demands that they kill his rival. Based on the plot and the uncensored leaked clip (Not Suitable For Work), it's safe to say the …

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3-D Chalk Artist Kurt Wenner Comes to Sarasota

The 'father' of Pavement Art will give a series of lectures and demonstrations during the upcoming Sarasota Chalk Festival

The 4th Annual Sarasota Chalk Festival will begin Nov. 1 and continue through Nov. 7 in historic Burns Square. The theme this year is ‘Pavement Art Through the Ages’ and the world-famous guest artist Kurt Wenner, the ‘father’ of 3-D street art, will be on hand to create art as well as offer seven public lectures. Wenner is credited with being the innovator of 3-D pavement art, also known as chalk art, street painting, and 3-D sidewalk art. In 1982, while studying classical architecture and perspective, Wenner combined geometry with drawing and classical design principles and started creating 3-D art on the streets. Shortly thereafter, 3-D street painting became popular and today artists emulate Wenner’s 3-D works world-wide. The following …

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