Artist Profiles
Lorielle J. Hollaway is the founder of Cultured Books children’s bookstore and the Founding Director of the affiliated nonprofit Cultured Books Literacy Foundation. Lorielle’s professional career has centered upon informal… Read More
Ancestral Funk Inc is an artist emporium that allows artists to be who they were purposed to be. It was started in 2018 and was the brainchild of artist Siobhan… Read More
Choreographer and educator Jai Hinson is the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Arts 4 Life Academy, located in Clearwater, FL. She has been engaged with cultural and performing… Read More
The board agreed and I became the ED (now CEO) of Creative Pinellas, the County’s Local Arts Agency. Since then, we have launched multiple successful programs, from grants for professional and emerging artists, to grants to send kids to arts summer camp. … Read More
Elizabeth Gelman spent decades as an artist and arts educator before transitioning into the museum world. Moving from work in the classroom to museum education, she has held leadership positions at… Read More
Robbyn Mitchell Hopewell is the Assistant Vice President for Communications at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. Prior to joining Eckerd, Robbyn worked as a news/features reporter with the Tampa… Read More
USF announced Chris Garvin as the Dean of the College of The Arts in 2020. The assignment consists of the Schools of Architecture & Community Design, including the Florida Center… Read More
Nancy Loehr, the Managing Director at Duke Energy, is an energetic leader with 30+ years in the energy sector and expertise in community relations, consumer affairs, operations, and customer & employee engagement… Read More
Charlie Justice, a Pinellas native, lives in St. Petersburg with his wife and two daughters. He is a lifelong public servant, former State Legislator, and current Pinellas County Commissioner. From… Read More
roman.black@creativepinellas.org | (727) 582-2811 | “I am thrilled to join the team at Creative Pinellas and expand my love of the arts throughout the region.” … Read More
