Arts Annual Performers
This weekend is the Creative Pinellas Arts Annual fundraiser, celebrating working artists in Pinellas County with outdoor performances, food trucks, live painters – and a gallery exhibition with visual artwork on display and available for sale.
Tickets for an afternoon or evening visit are just $10, or $25 to enjoy live arts all weekend. You can find ticket information here.
A stellar visual art exhibition is on display inside the Creative Pinellas Gallery this weekend – and through December 19, open for free Wednesdays through Sundays 12-5 pm.
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Saturday, November 13 from 1-4 pm
1-4 pm Live Painting by Ricardo “reda3sb” Delgado
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1-1:20 pm – Two Happy Ukers
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Mike and Emily Stehle are Two Happy Ukers. “We play all genres of music on ukulele – the classics from the ’20-’40s, Motown, folk, rock, country, the Beatles, rock and roll, 1970s-2010s and specialize in singalongs.”
1:30-2:20 pm – Jon Ditty
Hip Hop
“I’ll be performing a mix of work from my current catalog – and perhaps a couple of unreleased tunes.”
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“The thematics of my writing differs from song to song, but generally is rooted in either social commentary, political activism or introspective analysis. My Live Solo Show is definitely different than what most expect out of a Rapper, these days — involving some musical interaction on both keys and sampler, as well as additional shenanigans I’ll leave to be revealed.”
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2:30-2:50 pm – Two Happy Ukers
Musical Performance
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3-3:15 pm – Alex/ander Jones
Dance
“My performance for the Arts Annual is actually the performance of process.
“My current research, coming out of graduate studies, is rooted in experimentation with world building. Is it possible to create and display a world instantly? What is the process of crafting the unseen and is it interesting to witness in real time?”
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“For the first section of this experimental solo, I have given myself a set movement vocabulary to work within and five progression prompts to complete within a time limit. The second section centers around exploration of the world that is (possibly successfully) created.
“How do i move inside the thing i create? Am I a part of the world? Or an alien to it?”
3:30-4 pm – Tom Sivak
Musical Theatre
“We’ll be performing 5 songs from Sunshine City the Musical. The cast includes Colleen Cherry, Regan McLellan, Elizabeth Gelman and Louis F. Fiol, accompanied by the composer, me. There will be a short narrative, linking the songs while briefly telling the story.”
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“Sunshine City the Musical is an old-fashioned show, set in St Petersburg in the Roaring Twenties. The underlying story reveals how St Petersburg became a tourist mecca, because it wasn’t always that way.
“Using actual publicity stunts from the era, our hero, Jack, brings St Pete out of the tourist drought created by the great hurricane of 1926. Coining the moniker, ‘Sunshine City,’ Jack sells sunshine to the frozen north. The finale of the show is a hymn to optimism – ‘Sunshine Is A State of Mind.’
“Audiences will learn a little about St. Pete and see a touching love story – complete with singing alligators and an imaginary dog coming to the rescue! Anything’s possible when Sunshine Is A State of Mind!”
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Saturday, November 13 from 5-8 pm
5-8 pm Live Light Painting by Linda Costa
“It may be hard to believe that the magic in my images are created in complete darkness. That all of the fantastic effects in these portraits were inspired by the exchange between myself and that client. To believe that each electrifying streak of light was made by movements I made while painting with light , which is then captured by long exposure photography, not manipulated via photoshop. When you try light painting for yourself you will be immersed in the most extraordinary photographic magic trick, one that results in a truly unique experience. . . ”
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5-5:45 pm – MJR Trio
Latin Jazz & Jazz Standards
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The MJR Trio performs Latin jazz and jazz standards. The group is led by bassist Mauricio Rodriguez with John Richardson on piano and Andy Fournet on drums. Individually, the members have performed in Cuba, Spain, France, Russia, Canada and in the United States in prestigious jazz festivals. David Manson may step in on trombone, on one or two selections.
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5:55-6:05 pm – Victoria Jorgensen
Multimedia Exhibit
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Filmmaker Victoria Jorgensen created a video that will be playing as dancer and performance artist Alice Ferrulo performs.
Here is the poem that started the thoughts.
6-6:25 pm – Tom Sivak, Sunshine City the Musical
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6:35-6:45 – Victoria Jorgensen
Multimedia Exhibit
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6:45-7 pm – Sparks in the Rain
A Multi-Arts Performance with
Creative Pinellas Artist Laureate Helen Hansen French
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The Sparks Collaborative Ensemble will perform Sparks in the Rain, a colorful and funny look at family, memory and Florida weather. Created in collaboration with dancers Helen French and Fernando Chonqui, actor K Chinthana Sotakoun, ukulele player and visual artist Emily Lee Stehle, and playwright Sheila Cowley.
Visual artwork by Emily Stehle and by Creative Clay will be part of the set and is part of the Gallery exhibit. Creative Clay’s paintings were created in response to the Sparks in the Rain script, through work with choreographer Paula Kramer.
7:10-7:20 pm – Victoria Jorgensen
Multimedia Exhibit
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7:20-8 pm – MJR Trio
Latin Jazz & Jazz Standards
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Sunday, November 14 from 1-4 pm
1-4 pm – Live Painting by Jujmo
“I am going to do some freeform sketching of characters I tend to draw on the regular –
rabbit creatures, mushrooms, cool vibes, haha. I do a lot of live painting. It is a lot of fun!”
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1:10-1:30 pm – Two Happy Ukers
Singalong tunes from Mike and Emily Stehle.
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1:40-1:50 pm – Tenea D. Johnson
Literary Reading
“I’ll be reading some excerpts from Broken Fevers, a short story collection out this year, of which Publisher’s Weekly wrote ‘the 14 hard-hitting, memorable short stories and prose vignettes in this powerhouse collection from Johnson… are astounding in their originality.’”
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“I’ll also have video in the virtual annual – a selection from Frequencies, a Fiction Album also out this year.
“What’s a fiction album? Best way to find out is probably to check it out at the virtual festival. The opening can be found here.
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2-2:20 pm – Amy Collins
Musical Performance
Amy Collins will perform works by Satie, Gershwin, Morricone and others on oboe, accompanied by pianist Gerald Steichen. Read the full story here.
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2:30-2:40 pm – Tenea D. Johnson
Literary Reading
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2:50-3:30 pm – Two Happy Ukers
Musical Performance
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3:40-4 pm – Amy Collins
Musical Performance
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You can find Arts Annual
ticket information here
