St. Petersburg is currently dotted with over 80 murals from the annual Shine Mural Festival, and now a new app brings them all to life.
The update to the Pixelstix app allows users to view the St. Pete Art Alliance’s new “Drive-In Mural Theater,” which consists of a three-to-five-minute narration about the work and information about the artist. Think of it as a self-guided museum guide.
“After you’ve gotten used to enjoying the murals in this Drive-In fashion, you may wonder is this a Drive-In, is it a Self-Guided Tour, or is this an Art Gallery? Actually, it’s all 3!,” reads a statement.
Honestly, with blazing summer heat and a raging pandemic, there’s really no better way to view local art from the air-conditioned confines of your car.
Here are the instructions from the St. Pete Art Alliance:
Download and open the free PixelStix app.
Enter the Drive-In Mural Theater by selecting the map icon > select Popular > select or search #mural_theater.
Drive to any of the murals on the Map and park your car where you and your audience have a good view of the mural.
Select the small PixelStix logo on the map for your location to display information about this mural.
Select the ‘View Content’ tile to launch the docent info about this mural.
To listen to the docent narration select ‘Listen in Browser’ on the SoundCloud widget.
When you’re ready, hit the back button twice in the PixelStix app to return to the Drive-In Mural Theater Map so you can drive to the next one!
Read about it all in more detail here!
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This article appears in Jul 16-22, 2020.