The Village Magazine

 Tampa bay area artist, Aurailieus, first burst into the scene when he joined the ArtKasts, an artist collective founded by Amanda Stiles. The ArtKasts featured groundbreaking artists such as Aurailieus , Amanda stiles, Mike Goodwine and “Chainsaw” Chuck Majewski, a group joined as an alliance of emerging artist hell bent on breaking into St. Pete’s art scene, which the group felt was too exclusive to their particular brand of art.

The team banged away, putting on over 14 art shows in one year’s, time-instantly sending these names into the bay area art scene, and for two years running snagged creative loafing’s ” Best of the Bay” award for visual artist, first in 2007 by Amanda Stiles, then in 2008 by Aurailieus himself. The group ultimately disbanded, after the initial need of forming the group was satisfied, and every artist involved became an established artist in the local community. Read the rest of this entry →