Arts Annual 2023 Artists

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Chad Mize is a multimedia artist, designer and muralist residing in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1974, and then moved to Tampa Bay Florida,… Read More

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Jean Blackwell Font is the co-founder of FontSquared and collaboARTive. She is a mixed mediaartist and arts marketer living and working in Miami,FL. Working in assemblage, mixed media, and collage,… Read More

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Marlene Rose is an internationally known award-winning sculptor who produces stunningly beautiful works of art in her chosen medium, sand-cast glass. Seen in museums and galleries across the US and… Read More

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The husband and wife duo, Peter Meder and Chris Chomick, have been collaborating for over four decades. They draw inspiration from unconventional and captivating visuals that possess both beauty and… Read More

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I believe that art making can lead me deep into the essence of what life on earth is all about. Painting is venturing into a dark cave where my spirit… Read More

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Desireé Moore is a time-based artist who hybridizes film modes and media technologies. Her practice is collection/archive-driven and emphasizes themes of female subjectivity, memory and loss in the 21st Century…. Read More

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Mike and Emily Stehle met 48 years ago in the news room of The Waterbury Republican in Connecticut and have been a couple ever since! Six years ago, they joined… Read More

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Sheree L. Greer is a writer living in Tampa, Florida. In 2014, she founded Kitchen Table Literary Arts to showcase and support the work of Black women writers and is… Read More

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Greg Byrd is the winner of the 2018 Robert Phillips Chapbook prize from the Texas Review Press for The Name of the God Who Speaks. His fiction has appeared in… Read More

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The Dunedin Music Society (DMS) helps enthusiasts engage in live music which is essential to the heart. This primarily includes in-person, momentary, un-amplified, organized sounds generated by people and their… Read More

By JasonHackenwerth

Jason Hackenwerth is a professional artist with an extensive exhibition history spanning more than two decades. He was named a prestigious alum from his undergraduate, as well as graduate, universities of Webster University and Savannah College Of Art And Design…. Read More

By Courtney Clute

Courtney Clute lives in St. Petersburg, FL. Her work has appeared in Passages North, Fractured Literary, Ghost Parachute, Flash Frog, New Flash Fiction Review, and more. Courtney’s chapbook, The Fermi… Read More

By Troy Bernardo

Troy loves spending time reading, writing, camping, and drinking local craft beer. He is an English Department Head at an alternative online school, and lives with his wife Laura, his… Read More

By Roman Black

Heavily influenced by her uncle, Buster Cooper, a ten-year member of the famed Duke Ellington Band, Siobhan has been dancing to jazz tunes well before she could walk. At the… Read More

By Richard Savid

Ric Savid was born in New York City, earned a BA from Rollins College in 1976, then served two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in the Philippines. Following his… Read More

By Kristy Andersen

Kristy Andersen is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work is centric to Florida, where she has worked for more than 40 years. The documentary, ZORA NEALE HURSTON: JUMP AT… Read More

By Charlotte Johnson

Charlotte Johnson, a native of Saint Petersburg Florida began her dance training at the early age of seven attending The Academy of Ballet Arts. She later went on to attend… Read More

By Tom Sivak

Tom Sivak, Composer. Notable credits include Prelude and Fugue, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! In 3-D!!! (2011 New York Musical Theater Festival), and The… Read More

By Sarah Emery

Sarah is a freelance teaching artist and choreographer based in St. Petersburg/Tampa, FL. She has been teaching dance to all ages for over 20 years in schools including the Atlanta… Read More

By Roxanne Fay

Roxanne Fay is an actor, playwright, and director. As playwright, Roxanne was named a 2016 Hawthornden Writers’ Fellow (in residence, Hawthornden Castle, Scotland) and was twice awarded the Creative Pinellas… Read More

By Rachel Stewart

Rachel Stewart is a sculptor and printmaker concentrating on experimental prints using her relief sculptures as a matrix for her prints. She received a BFA in sculpture from Boston University… Read More

By Frederick Woods

Frederick Woods (Rootman) is a Florida native who grew up in the small North Florida town of Hampton. From an early age he loved to draw and taught himself by… Read More

By Sketzii

Ketsy Ruiz’s experience in the nonprofit field is extensive. As a Marketing Associate at Creative Pinellas, she utilizes her marketing expertise to support the organization’s initiatives. She is a multifaceted… Read More

By Teresa Mandala

2022 Emerging Artist Teresa Mandala is an artist whose work embraces the divine feminine through a dance of color, visual movement, and unique textures. She enjoys exploring new mediums and… Read More

By Heather Rippert

2022 Emerging Artist Heather Rippert, fine artist, living in Clearwater, Florida, has been painting and drawing from the time she could hold a pencil. Growing up an only child, she… Read More

By Ashley Rivers

Ashley Rivers | The Nature of Fire | is a Contemporary Multidisciplinary Artist living in Gulfport, Florida. She is primarily focused on creating unique works of art through inspiration from… Read More

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Reid Jenkins’ current work focuses on the display of the range of human emotion and experience. His art is a reflection of a person or people’s status, stature, and relationship… Read More

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Ever since I first picked up a paint brush I have been fascinated with realism. It does not seem possible that acrylic paint can create the illusion of space, light,… Read More

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Jim Gigurtsis was born in Crete, Greece and moved to England as a young adult. Jim moved to Seminole, Pinellas County from Europe in 2016. Jim Gigurtsis is an award… Read More

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Gabriel Ramos was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and currently lives and works in Tampa Bay, FL. He obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of… Read More

By Steph Hargrove

Steph Hargrove is a painter and installation artist engaged in social practice art. Steph collects community donations of items such as cereal boxes and junk mail to create interactive installations… Read More

By Judy Vienneau

Judy Vienneau is a Professional Artist and Arts Administrator with a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Since moving to Florida from Massachusetts in 1989, having… Read More

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Cora Marshall, born in Washington, DC, is an artist and educator. She earned her BFA. from Howard University, her MSEd from Bank Street College of Education with Parsons School of… Read More

By Kenny Jensen

I am a multidisciplinary professional artist focused on growing an oil painting practice to sustain my goal to live and create artwork in the wilderness of Gulf Hammock, FL. My… Read More

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Zoe Papas lives in Clearwater, Florida, and has her BFA in drawing and illustration from the University of Central Florida. She is currently attending the Florence Academy of Art’s inaugural… Read More

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Rose Marie Prins’ mixed-media paintings and sculptures have been featured in solo and group exhibitions in museums, cultural centers, and galleries throughout the United States, including the San Francisco Museum… Read More

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Venezuela-born American artist Babs Reingold creates sculptures, drawings, and installations focusing on the environment and poverty. Ms. Reingold has an extensive showing history with 16 solo exhibitions and over 75… Read More

By Christina Bertsos

Fluidity converges with emotion and sensuality in the stone sculptures of Chicago born sculptor, Christina Bertsos. Creating surfaces honed by hand to coax the stone’s luminous quality, she highlights its… Read More

By Don Gialanella

Donald Gialanella (Jell-a-nella-a) is an artist specializing in the field of public art. Originally from Maplewood, NJ, he now works out of his studio in St Petersburg, Florida. Donald apprenticed… Read More

By Elizabeth Barenis

She believes that what the viewer finds in the art is one of the most important things about it. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally…. Read More

By LauraSpencer

Laura Spencer is an Illustrator and Graphic Designer based in St. Petersburg, FL. Having started her formal art training at a very young age,… Read More

By George Retkes

I create art because I seek to further develop my appreciation for nature and technology…. Read More

By Gianna Pergamo

Gianna Pergamo is an artist from Brooklyn, New York who now lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. She received her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in… Read More

By Angela Warren

Angela Warren lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2018 she received a Pollock and Krasner Fellowship to attend Vermont Studio Center artist in residence program.Angela spent 2017 and 2018 teaching art post hurricane Irma in St. John, US Virgin Islands where she helped people heal through art…. Read More

By Javier Dones

Javier’s current work springs from a lifelong passion and fascination for the elements of nature, her power, arrangements, and structures. The medium is metals and chemistry. Copper is the main working material…. Read More

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Daniel Barojas (a.k.a. R5, Rope5) Born in Mexico City and now living in St. Petersburg, Florida. Daniel works in various artistic mediums including painting, mixed media illustration, watercolor, graphic/product design,… Read More

By NeverneCovington

Neverne Covington’s drawings, prints, paintings and sculpture explore childhood, language, landscape, memory, and the American south where she grew up. Her work has been exhibited at the Florida Museum for… Read More

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Joseph Weinzettle lives and works in St Petersburg. He has drawn and painted plein-air across the state of Florida, in West Africa and the Caribbean. His medium is oils on… Read More

By MarkMitchell

Mark Mitchell is an international artist and painter of Conceptual Pop Art. As a PRATT grad, SVA alum, and former NYC advertising creative director, he has spent his entire career honing his visual communication skills…. Read More

By PatriciaKluweDerderian

Arts Coast Galleries Artist Patricia Kluwe Derderian has always loved to draw, even the smell of her uncle’s colored pencils inspired her to major in architecture – since art was not an option in the little city where she was raised in Brazil. She has used her art to express her projects and ideas…. Read More

By Akiko Kotani

Akiko Kotani, born in Waipahu, Hawaii, received her BFA in painting from the University of Hawaii and her MFA in Textiles from the Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA…. Read More

By Tatiana Baccari

TATIANA BACCARI – (she/they) is a generative director making new plays, musicals and radical adaptations of classics. She is committed to anti-racist, accessible and inclusive spaces. Tatiana is currently a… Read More

By John Gascot

Queer artist John Gascot, hailing from the Caribbean, traces his childhood roots to Puerto Rico, an origin that fuels his passion for vibrant hues. While he delves into diverse artistic… Read More

By Victoria Jorgensen

Writer, Director & Producer Featured Arts Annual Film Victoria Jorgensen is an award winning Tampa Bay based filmmaker, writer and film festival organizer who’s film/ video career spans over four… Read More

By Steven Kenny

Steven Kenny was born in Peekskill, New York in 1962. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1984. His final year… Read More

By Sheila Cowley

Sheila Cowley is a playwright and audio producer based in St. Petersburg FL. She leads the Sparks Collaborative Ensemble, a working group of artists diverse in age, gender identity, ethnicity,… Read More

By Takeya Trayer

I do not fit into a neat little box of societal standards. I’m an artist, parent and teacher. I see myself not just as an artist but as a problem… Read More

By Sara Ries Dziekonski

Sara Ries Dziekonski was named Runner-Up in the Press 53 Poetry Award for her manuscript, Today’s Specials, which is projected to be published in the Fall of 2024 as a… Read More

By Emily Lee Stehle

Emily Lee Stehle is a mixed media fiber artist who has been three times an Emerging Artist. First with Florida CraftArt in 2017, second with the Gasparilla Festival of the… Read More

By Carol Mickett Robert Stackhouse

Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse are a collaborative team whose 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art is focused on water and climate issues.  Mickett and Stackhouse were the 2020 Creative Pinellas Art Laureates and received a Creative Loafing Best of the Bay Critic Award for their science conversations. … Read More

By David Manson

David Manson is a composer, trombonist, arts presenter, educator and producer. His degrees include a doctorate from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. As director of the nonprofit EMIT, David has… Read More

By Mason Gehring

Mason Gehring is an actual Florida native born into a family of artists in Dunedin, Florida. She is a studio artist, drawing and painting instructor, and an artist in healthcare… Read More

By Nikki Devereux

I took my first oil painting class when I was just 13 years old. It was in the basement of an old stone house down the road from my childhood… Read More