St. Pete’s FloridaRAMA celebrates fifth anniversary with November festival and art trailer

The Nov. 5-11, 2026 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Credit: Photo by Dave Decker. Design by Paul Pavlovich / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay No one combines Art and Florida Tourism quite like FloridaRama (stylized “FloridaRAMA”). The arts attraction opened in St. Pete’s Warehouse Arts District in late-2021 with Florida-themed spaces like the Mermaid Star Motel, an homage to Florida’s roadside motels, and an “Everglades Arena,” a central lounge-like space with a projection-mapped video wall that cycles through a day in the Everglades. Five years later, the space looks touristy as ever with its new airstream parked out front. FloridRama CEO Liz Dimmitt calls it the Artstream, and the mobile mini museum officially premieres during Art Everywhere, Creative Pinellas and Visit St. Pete Clearwater’s new tourist-targeted month-long celebration of culture and creativity. Seven local artists contributed—Merritt Horan Capurro, Brigitte Coovert, Tyana Hancock, Emilie Hernandez, Latonya Hi