We are excited to announce the relaunch of Arts Annual’s THE PARTY REDUX on Thursday, December 15th from 6-9 pm at the Gallery at Creative Pinellas. This one-night only event will be our only fundraiser of the year. Experience music, visual art, and participatory experiences – all from the Arts Coast. Enjoy a cash bar, light bites, and art. Dj Isha, host of WMNF’s LatinX will be playing music throughout the evening. You’ll also be one of the first to try out the Arts Navigator, a new app that will lead you to more incredible arts experiences in the Arts Coast. Come view, buy, and create during this unforgettable night of art.
Also, thank you to everyone for your understanding as we navigated Tropical Storm Nicole, resulting in the cancellation of our Arts Annual Fundraiser.
If you have already purchased a ticket, please read on.
If you need a ticket, tickets can be purchased online for $25.
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If you already have a general admission ticket, your ticket will be valid for this new date. You will also get a complimentary ARTS COAST raffle ticket and free admission that night to the Holiday Lights happening at the Florida Botanical Gardens in our Park, for continuing to support Creative Pinellas.
If you already have a VIP ticket, you will still receive a VIP experience with an open bar, two special and exclusive gifts, three ARTS COAST raffle tickets, and free admission to the Holiday Lights happening at the Florida Botanical Gardens in our Park.
Thank you for continuing to support this fund event and we hope you can join us.
Tickets for THE PARTY REDUX helps us fulfill our mission of facilitating a vibrant and sustainable Pinellas County arts community as an arts and cultural destination.
Arts Annual 2022 Exhibition Artists:
Anna Ayres, Elizabeth Barenis, Nathan Beard, Christina Bertsos, Saumitra Chandratreya, Neverne Covington, Javier T. Dones, John Gascot, Jim Gigurtsis, Jason Hackenwerth, Steph Hargrove, Kenny Jensen, Patricia Kluwe Derderian, Cecilia Lueza, Cora Marshall, Mark Mitchell, Gianna Pergamo, Babs Reingold, Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse, Xina Scuderi, Emily Stehle, Judy Vienneau, and Angela Warren.
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 Anna Ayres
Anna Ayres began her painting career well before she began painting. A childhood immersed in the four seasons of rural Vermont showcased the natural world to Ayres, initiating an early sense of wonder and gratitude for it. In winters, the Ayres family skated by lantern on icy cornfield valleys. In summers, a waterfall in the woods transformed into a cold swimming oasis. In fall, she and her siblings sold garden pumpkins and gladiolas by the side of the road and…… 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 Great Bardo, starring Jose Ferrer (Lincoln Center). Recent works include micro-operas, Love v Death and Frankie & Gianni, and musicals Oh Gasparella! and Sunshine City. Opera Tampa is featuring Tom’s music in Witching Hour 2023 and will be performing Tom’s chamber opera, Love v Death in October, 2024…. 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 worked previously in commercial graphic design and advertising for 10 years, Vienneau has been studying traditional sculptural techniques, and producing wire and mixed media sculpture. Vienneau has exhibited in galleries and juried exhibitions throughout Florida and the Northeast for the last thirty years. Her artwork is part of private and…… Read More
By Kenny Jensen
I am a multidisciplinary professional artist and amateur naturalist currently focused on growing an oil painting practice which can sustain my goal to live life in the woods. My wide ranging creative practices flow out of a lifelong connection to the natural environment and insatiable curiosity fueled by divergent tendencies… I have been active in the Tampa Bay Area arts community for over 20 years as an exhibiting artist, grass roots organizer, curator, art handler and museum preparator for many…… Read More
By Creative Pinellas
Born 1990, Saumitra Chandratreya is a Fiber-Installation artist who lives in St. Petersburg, FL and Chicago, IL. He was born in Mumbai and Bangalore, India is his other home. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017 with a Master of Design in Fashion, Body and Garment. He has a BFA in Textile Design from the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India. Chandratreya was awarded one of the Individual Artist Grants…… Read More
By Xina Scuderi
Xina Scuderi is a fine art photographer based in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 2019 she was inspired to start the ‘Doors of St. Pete Project’ to honor her father who was an Artisan and Door Designer in St. Pete from the 1970s until the 2008 recession. Xina grew up in a house surrounded by craftsmanship and architecture. As a teenager and early college years she worked as her father’s helper building, finishing, and installing wood, metal, and stained-glass works. Xina…… Read More
By Creative Pinellas
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 group exhibitions ranging from museums, universities, alternative spaces and galleries. Solo exhibits include venues in New York City, Los Angeles CA, Atlanta GA, Savannah GA, St. Petersburg FL, Jersey City Museum NJ and the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo NY. Museum group exhibits include: Newark Museum, Jersey City Museum,…… 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 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 2011. Gianna is primarily a mixed media artist, combining collage, acrylic paint, colored pencil, and more. She was a previous recipient of the Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Grant, and was recently featured in Creative Loafing as well as on Fox 13. Gianna regularly donates pieces to auction off for Equality…… 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
By Nathan Beard
Nathan Beard’s richly layered paintings combine playful Abstract Expressionism with fields of color that transition slowly through hue and temperature. He slices blue painter’s tape, strip-by-strip, and methodically applies it to create cyclic patterns that enhance… 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 Women Artists, the Tampa Museum of Art, the Brevard Museum of Art, the State Capital and various venues throughout Florida and at the Museum of the South in Alabama. John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital commissioned her to create a twenty foot mural for their lobby in St. Petersburg, FL. She…… 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 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 Arts in 2018 and 2021 for Creative Pinellas. She says she’ll never stop emerging as she sees inspiration every day for her art practice of transforming discards to fine craft art. An ever-evolving creative basket maker for more than 30 years Emily is known for weaving baskets out of non-conventional…… 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 Cecilia Lueza
Argentine-American artist Cecilia Lueza is well known for creating vibrant public art across the United States and beyond. Throughout her career, the artist has intensely explored a wide range of artistic media including painting, sculpture and monumental outdoor installations. Her awe-inspiring murals can often be found in unexpected locations such as rooftops and street intersections. Lueza is committed to creating visually engaging public art that enhances our environment, transforms the landscape, engages the viewer and define a sense of place…… Read More
See how the Arts Coast is a vibrant and sustainable arts community and an arts and cultural destination.
Browse the Arts Annual 2022 and collect what feels right for you from the amazing Arts Coast artists featured in the latest exhibition from Creative Pinellas…. Read More
Raffle tickets are; 1 ticket for $25, 3 tickets for $50, and 10 tickets for $100. Must be present with a ticket to win.
Get ready to experience a brilliant splash of color and artistic inspiration on your next trip to the Arts Coast. Cool art pieces created by leading artists living and working in the Arts Coast, Pinellas County, are on display in participating hotels, reinventing the typical art gallery experience by taking art Beyond The Walls. You’ll be awed by a variety of dynamic artwork created in different shapes, sizes, and styles. Each piece of artwork is available for contactless purchase. You can deepen…… Read More
PAST EVENTS:
The Arts Annual 2022 continues Friday with artist tours and talks throughout the day. These opportunities allow us to celebrate the artists in the Arts Coast while learning more about the artists and their processes. Free to the public. Below is the schedule for the artists’ talks. 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm Tampa Bay Afrofuturism Festival Panel Discussion* Creative Pinellas is excited to share that the Tampa Bay Afrofuturism Festival will be presenting their first event of their three day…… Read More
The Arts Annual 2022 wraps up a celebratory weekend with artists in Music, Theatre, Dance and Film for Performances in the Park. There will be special appearance by Tampa Bay Ray’s mascot and food available by Top Nosh Street Food. Free to the public. In the Courtyard: 11:00 am: Scenes from the Nutcracker from the Academy of Ballet Arts – Suzanne Pomerantzeff, Director (A Childhood Classic!) 11:30 am: Musical highlights from Oh Gasparella! A new musical by Tom Sivak (She’s not…… Read More
SUPPORT PINELLAS ARTS AND CULTURE! Be part of an unforgettable arts and cultural experience! As an Arts Annual Hurricane Relief Fundraiser sponsor, you will receive marketing and publicity leading up to and during the Arts Annual, both in the gallery and online. Your support helps Creative Pinellas provide funding to the creative community. Thank you for being part of our work! BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY! To become a sponsor, discuss customizing, or if you have any questions, please contact us:727-385-1336Margaret.Murray@creativepinellas.org…… Read More
SUPPORT PINELLAS ARTS AND CULTURE! Be part of an unforgettable arts and cultural experience! As an Arts Annual Hurricane Relief Fundraiser sponsor, you will receive marketing and publicity leading up to and during the Arts Annual, both in the gallery and online. Your support helps Creative Pinellas provide funding to the creative community. Thank you for being part of our work! BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY! To become a sponsor, discuss customizing, or if you have any questions, please contact us:727-385-1336Margaret.Murray@creativepinellas.org…… Read More