As the world continues to grapple with the ramifications of the pandemic, virtually every community in America has been afflicted by some form of racial, political, and/or economic strife.
In Pinellas County, many municipalities were divided along the aforementioned lines, with neighbors arguing with neighbors in public and private spaces, creating a spirit of disharmony that lingers today.
Safety Harbor’s latest public art installation — a metal sphere comprised of hundreds of hand-traced handprints joined together to form a colorful, connected globe — was designed to turn the page on the ugliness of the COVID era and reunite communities, according to the artist, Deborah Marucci.
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Photo credit - Mayor Joe Ayoub's Facebook page