Chris Van Vooren brings over 30 years of artistic experience to his craft. His journey began painting houses alongside his father, an experience that laid the foundation for a remarkable… Read More
Chris Van Vooren
Archives: Artists
Artist Profiles
Frankie G
Born and raised in Miami, FL, Francisco “Frankie G” Gonzalez identifies as a Hispanic mixed-media artist. Through his work, he aims to tell stories that inspire and uplift viewers. To… Read More
Michael Foley
Sixstar Performance Art Fund: To direct the performance “Let Go or Be Dragged” at Sixstar Studios and The Gallery at Creative Pinellas that highlights the ways people must release a known to step into an unknown… Read More
Keaton Fox
Keaton Fox is an Artist from Florida. Her work consistently invites viewers to collectively question the aesthetics shaping the fever dream that is 21st-century life. Fox’s award-winning projects have been exhibited and acquired by galleries, institutions, festivals, and museums, locally and internationally, since 2011…. Read More
William Leavengood
Arts Impact Fund – Writing or Composition: To compose, write, and workshop the new musical “Florida Man” that celebrates many wonderful quirks of our state… Read More
Suzanne Elizabeth Murphy
Arts Impact Fund – Writing or Composition: To publish the illustrated children’s book “Mirabelle and the Sea Green Bathtub, Journey to the Coral Reef” that inspires Children to save corals… Read More
Kyle Ransbottom
Arts Impact Fund – Writing or Composition: To write a fun, immersive education game about Florida ecology, so children study the natural world and care for the planet… Read More
Jae Alexander The Poet
Arts Impact Fund – Writing or Composition: To showcase, encourage, and celebrate youth poets in “Voices in Motion: A Youth Poetry Play”… Read More
Ashley Gierke
Arts Impact Fund – Writing or Composition: To complete and publish a memoir of the Artist’s experience with breast cancer at age 30, to reflect and act as positive art therapy… Read More
Tina Piracci
Arts Impact Fund – Visual: To create awareness of oyster population decline through clay 3D printed sculpture… Read More
