Literary magazines, journals, and presses are run by a team of readers, editors, and social media experts, most of whom are volunteers. I am fortunate to be a member of… Read More
What It’s Like Volunteering for a Literary Magazine
Genre: Grantee Story
What do orchestral musicians do during the summer?
Many orchestras do not have a summer season. Some have a short summer season, some have a summer season in an alternate location, and some play year-round. The Florida Orchestra… Read More
Finding Meaningful Character Motivations
The last video I posted had to do with stabilizing characters and making sure the choices they made in our stories felt consistent and meaningful. By using the alignment chart,… Read More
Cropping to deny subjecthood
Alot of my work plays with the idea of the “gaze” and the power between the looker and the subject. In my final year of gradschool, I decided to take… Read More
THE PAINTINGS TELL THE STORY
THE PAINTINGS TELL THE STORY Titling paintings can be a challenge as it was when I finished the pieces that are in The Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist show. It wasn’t… Read More
Looking back and Forward
The wonderful experience of participating in the 2023 grant program at Creative Pinellas is the support I have enjoyed from every level. Promoting us, championing our efforts and providing opportunities… Read More
LIFE OF A WORKING ARTIST – REWARDS #3
Regarding the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant, it feels a little funny being called an emerging artist, especially after 25 years of creating artwork and selling it to the general… Read More
LIFE OF A WORKING ARTIST – GOTTA MAKE A LIVING #2
Well, as far as my first blog went, it’s apparent that there are no boxing fans and screenwriters out there. So, onward I go into the blogging world. It’s Saturday… Read More
Stabilizing Story Through Character Alignment
How do we make our characters feel real? How does motivation and how a character line up with how they should act in our story? Should they follow a structure?… Read More
Please Enter
Hello! Welcome to my blog for the 2023 Creative Pinellas Professional Artist Grant. I hope to be sharing some things about dance and my process and my projects over the… Read More
