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  • First Berlin Wall Commemorative Monument to be Erected at St. Pete Clay- Press Release - 8/10/08
  • See Michelle Bocchino's video about the Outdoor Arts Foundation
  • Concrete investigative team always has hard evidence -- like chunks of the Berlin Wall - The Chicago Tribune - 10/28/07
  • Outdoor Arts Foundation-Berlin Wall - Channel 13 News WTVT (FOX) Tampa, FL - 07/26/07 video
  • Outdoor Arts Foundation - Channel 10 News WTSP (CBS) Tampa, FL- 07/26/07 video
  • First pieces of the Wall arrive- The St. Petersburg Times - 7/27/07
  • Arts organization's latest effort centers around panels of the Berlin Wall- Tampa Bay Business Journal - 7/30/07
  • Berlin Wall Arrives in Tampa Bay Area - Press Release - 7/16/07
  • Tampa Bay Area Art Group Collects Pieces of the Berlin Wall- USA TODAY - 07/27/07
  • Tampa Bay Area Art Group Displays Pieces of the Berlin Wall- The Examiner - 07/27/07
  • Tampa Bay Area Art Group Displays Pieces of the Berlin Wall- News Press - 07/27/07
  • News Briefs From Around Florida- Ocala.com - 07/27/07
  • News Briefs From Around Florida- The Ledger - 07/27/07
  • Berlin Wall is Living History Brought to Bay Area - The Tampa Tribune - 5/9/07
  • Symbol Of Divide Unifies Past, Future - The Tampa Tribune - 5/4/07
  • 'Manatees' at auction - St. Petersburg Times -11/12/06
  • Open Invitation- Landscape design brings in visitors
  • Click here to listen to audio of Mindy Wiesel discussing her participation in the Berlin Wall project (at the 11:07 mark).
  • "Mall Mobiles Entertain Shoppers"-St. Petersburg Times -4/21/06
  • "Whale Of A Poem Is Coming To Tampa" -Tampa Tribune-1/2/06
  • "Public prose" -Tampa Bay Business Journal-12/9/05
  • "20 sculptures to convey beauty tinged by tragedy"-St. Petersburg Times-11/27/05
  • "Tampa foundation grows outdoor public art by expanding indoors " -Tampa Bay Business Journal-8/19/05
  • "Art Gets Out"-The Tampa Tribune-8/2/05
  • "Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve Gets Artistic Facelift" -Press Release -7/20/05
  • Fire On Ice' Mural Depicts Bolts' Stanley Cup Win- The Tampa Tribune -6/19/05
  • "Larger Than Life"-The Tampa Tribune-5/8/05
  • "Artist turns towering eyesore into an accolade" - St. Petersburg Times -4/29/05
  • "Manatees Greet Folks At The Mall" - The Tampa Tribune-4/23/05
  • "Manatees hit the mall"- St. Petersburg Times -4/22/05
  • "In the Dog House" - easyJet IN-FLIGHT FEATURE -April 2005
  • "Manatees Swim into Westfield Shoppingtowns" -Press Release -4/7/05
  • "Manatee magic" - St. Petersburg Times-3/18/05
  • "Drawing on the Area" -TBO.com-2/12/05
  • "Mural harkens back to community's rural roots"- St. Petersburg Times-2/6/05
  • "Manatees try on dreadlocks, Bucs helmets, beads"- St. Pete Times -1/31/05
  • " Mural to offer glimpse of old days in Oldsmar"- St. Petersburg Times-12/29/04
  • "Mr. Sun to shine every day at school"- St. Petersburg Times-11/29/04
  • "Splashy Sea Wall Sunrise" - The Tampa Tribune-8/21/04
  • "Painting A Better View" - The Tampa Tribune-7/7/04
  • "Artists' work will have nonprofits sitting pretty"- St. Petersburg Times-6/01/04
  • "Front Porch: Carries a torch for steel"- City Times-5/28/04
  • More 'gossip bench' than ever"- City Times-5/28/04
  • "Canine castles are fit for dog kings"- St. Petersburg Times-5/21/04
  • "Ruffin' it In Style"- Tampa Bay Illustrated Magazine-April 2004 Issue
  • Outdoor public art painting Tampa Bay area- The Tampa Bay Business Journal
  • Wild horses to adorn Harborview Center- Tampa Bay Newspapers Online
  • "Colorful fish will mark route along Gulf Boulevard"-St. Petersburg Times -10/26/03
  • "Art Park's code of conduct: Please touch the paintings"-St. Petersburg Times -10/11/03
  • "Kids are the stars of mural's flag"- St. Petersburg Times -7/4/03
  • Artistic visions united in one mural 5/30/03 -The St. Petersburg Times
  • "The Kat's meow" 3/20/03 -The St. Petersburg Times
  • "Artist Max's Heart Of Love Graces Mease Countryside"- 3/15/03 -The Tampa Tribune
  • "Art and heart --to the Max" 3/13/03 -The St. Petersburg Times
  • "Pop giant to help hospitals" 3/11/03 -The St. Petersburg Times
  • "Arts Group Conceals Fence With Murals"- 2/16/03 -The Tampa Tribune
  • "Condo site gets artsy touch" 1/30/03 -The St. Petersburg Times.
  • Building Wrap: "Invocation Of The Muse"- 12/30/02 -The Tampa Tribune
  • "Mural to Drape Tampa Building" 12/6/02 -The St. Petersburg Times.
  • "Trash Containers Easy on the Eyes"- 11/18/02 -The Tampa Tribune.
  • Check out our article in the September/October issue of Tampa Bay Magazine.
  • "Building Wrapped Into a Work Of Art" -8/22/02 -The Tampa Tribune
  • "Getting the Big Picture"-7/27/02 -St. Petersburg Times
  • "Dumpster duty: Bringing art to alleys"-10/24/02 -St. Petersburg Times
  • Weekly Planet's Best of the Bay 2002 (scroll down to "Best Community Art Project")