Genre: Grantee Story

Gasparilla Festival of the Arts The 2022 Raymond James Gasparilla Festival of the Arts happened this past weekend, March 5th and 6th. The Festival is an Annual celebration of the… Read More

The time has finally come. I attended so many events downtown, and I admired the artists who were bringing their own tent and selling their work. A couple months back… Read More

  There’s a whole vibrant culture around  craft and art festivals. Vendors and attendees alike share a passion for both beautiful art and community. My very first art festival as… Read More

Read How I Got Into The Arts Here: Read Part 1 Here: How I Got Into the Arts Part I: College and Jewelry Read Part 2 Here: How I Got Into the… Read More

MUSE Awards 2022 One of my main reasons for starting these body castings was to help women (whether they are the models posing for the work, or a woman admiring… Read More

Right out of college I started working at an ad agency as an Art Director. It was at the beginning of when computers took over typesetting by hand. Which made… Read More

Read How I Got Into The Arts Here: Read Part 1 Here: How I Got Into the Arts Part I: College and Jewelry Read Part 2 Here: How I Got Into the… Read More

On Thursday, April 3rd, Creative Pinellas hosted the first Emerging Artist Conversation for the 2022 grant recipients. All the artists were live on a Zoom call, that was streaming on… Read More

We have rarely shied away from criticism about our work being too “Woke” or being on the wrong side of Florida’s polarized political landscape- we can easily remember being called… Read More

This is something that all-too-often gets overlooked, both from the musician and audience perspectives: The Bandleader. This is the guy (or gal), who isn’t necessarily the frontman, but keeps everyone… Read More