That... that's not the chalice we mean. Credit: Walters Art Museum [Public domain, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

That… that’s not the chalice we mean. Credit: Walters Art Museum [Public domain, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

Raise your glass — or you chalice, as it were — to Seminole Heights artist duo Michelle Sawyer and Tony Krol as they unveil their mural “The Art of the Chalice” tonight at the Tampa River Center. The mural, assisted by Stella Artois, features the Tampa skyline and has heavy Cuban nuances. It also pays homage to the city’s biggest — and perhaps oldest — marketing festival with a likeness of the José Gaspar “pirate” ship and the Gasparilla invasion. Stella Artois is also sponsoring music from Chris McCarty.

“The Art of the Chalice” unveiling | Tampa River Center, 402 W. Laurel St., Tampa | Nov. 6: 7 p.m. | RSVP for the unveiling of the Illsol mural here

This article appears in Nov 1-8, 2018.

Cathy's portfolio includes pieces for Visit Florida, USA Today and regional and local press. In 2016, UPF published Backroads of Paradise, her travel narrative about retracing the WPA-era Florida driving...