David McCauley is an interdisciplinary artist based in St Petersburg, FL. Since 2012, he has founded multiple 501c3 organizations such as the Rise Up Gallery, Laundromat Art Space, Artillery Residency… Read More
David McCauley
Award: 2024 Emerging Artist
Fran Failla
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Fran’s personal artistic journey began at a very early age. Given the opportunity in elementary school to take up painting, she quickly showed a special… Read More
Thomas Sayers Ellis
Poet, photographer, and bandleader Thomas Sayers Ellis is the author of The Maverick Room and Skin, Inc,: Identity Repair Poems, He co-founded The Dark Room Collective and The Dark Room… Read More
Antonia Lewandowski
A New York City native, Antonia Lewandowski moved to Florida in 1989. She is a poet and essayist. Her most recent project, featured at Creative Pinellas, was the spoken word… Read More
Tyler Gillespie
Tyler Gillespie is an award-winning writer and educator. He’s written for Rolling Stone, GQ, The Washington Post, The Nation, Salon, and Playboy. His poetry appears in anthologies such as In… Read More
Gaby Rosa
For the past five years, Gaby Rosa has blazed a trail as a full-time, professional fire and circus performer. Her journey commenced with fire dancing, a mesmerizing art form that… Read More
Kaitlin Crockett
Kaitlin Crockett is a printmaker, writer, book artist, educator, librarian, and owner of Print St. Pete. Primarily using analog methods like Letterpress and Risograph printmaking, she creates zines, publications, broadsides,… Read More
Vanessa Cunto
Vanessa is a Florida native and local artist here in the city of St. Petersburg. She has always placed creativity at the core of her life, from her formative years… Read More
Luci Westphal
Luci Westphal is a St. Petersburg photographer, filmmaker, writer, and mixed-media artist with a focus on social and biophilic art projects. Originally from Hamburg, Germany, she has lived and created… Read More
Harriet Monzon-Aguirre
Harriet Monzon-Aguirre is an oil painter creating out of Bahia Studios in Safety Harbor. She spent her early childhood and formative years on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Harriet earned… Read More
